Good news, bad news on the doggy health front
So we took Boston to the vet Saturday morning. The good news is that he is definitely not diabetic.
The bad news is, now all the symptoms he has that seemed to add up to an obvious diabetes diagnosis (excessive thirst, constant urination, low energy, et al.) are now unexplained. I feel like I'm in a vet-med episode of House or something. :->
Our vet (a lovely little old Eastern-European man) noticed some matter on Boston's catheter while we were in the office, so provisionally suggested there might be an infection in there; Boston's on a regimen of two different antibiotics for a week, and then we'll bring him in for another consultation.
Ajax is amusingly jealous of Boston's pilling; Boston, while not gobbling them down like treats, is taking my thrice-daily liberties with his mouth tolerantly. He's really a very good dog about putting up with us doing things he doesn't want us to do.
The bad news is, now all the symptoms he has that seemed to add up to an obvious diabetes diagnosis (excessive thirst, constant urination, low energy, et al.) are now unexplained. I feel like I'm in a vet-med episode of House or something. :->
Our vet (a lovely little old Eastern-European man) noticed some matter on Boston's catheter while we were in the office, so provisionally suggested there might be an infection in there; Boston's on a regimen of two different antibiotics for a week, and then we'll bring him in for another consultation.
Ajax is amusingly jealous of Boston's pilling; Boston, while not gobbling them down like treats, is taking my thrice-daily liberties with his mouth tolerantly. He's really a very good dog about putting up with us doing things he doesn't want us to do.