Signalment
- Age: 10 years
- Sex: female spayed
- Breed: Border Collie
- Species: dog
Disease Notes
- Certainty: tentative
- Final Status: Deceased from this disease on day 365
Treatment and Outcome
Problem Notes
- Azotemic: BUN 65 (9-31)
Creat 3.8 (.5-1.5)
Urine spGr 1.013 UP/C .6 urine Culture neg for bacteria
Abd ultrasound : appearance of kidneys is most consistent with lymphoma
owner declines oncology consult and chemotherapy - Weight Loss: When dog originally presented she had lost 4 pounds over the previous 4 months (38.6 to 34.2 lb). Her weight is now stable at 35.4.
Treatments
Notes:
Emma still feels fine, no clinical signs of renal failure.
BUN 100 (9-31)
creat 4.0 (.5-1.5)
phos 7.0 (2.5-6.1)
Owner is trying to change diet to higher protein and less processed
Diet is largely canned or kibble
Notes: I'm sorry there has been no follow up. Emma did well, acted like a normal dog for a year. She was on the same protocol of Himematsutake, Fu Zheng Support, Fortiflora, Omega 3'sfor 2 months then Astragalus was added and she started SQ fluids twice weekly. Although her blood work continued to deteriorate she did not clinically change. Her phosphorus rose after 6 months so Al OH was added. At that time I changed from Himematsutake and astragalus to WeiQi Booster. In October of 2015 the owner stopped her medications and then the fluids in November. Within 4 days Emma was weak, anorexic and vomiting. The owner requested euthanasia. It was remarkable that this dog remained clinically normal with a creatinine range of 6 - 8 for so many months!