Re Azalea and yours above:
Yes, thank you for suggesting and offering to set up a tab for Azalea's labwork in Sootie's SS. That'd be great (and you know me....cyber clutz).
I looked at the IRIS CKD staging chart and it's pretty much Greek to me at this point but your explanation and correlation with Azalea's b/w makes it more understandable.
Of the other factors that might contribute to elevated creatinine in that b/w: UTI should be ruled out (early in her life she had a bout or two of cystitis with her bun/creatinine always being just over the cusp of high normal after that).
She was highly stressed at OV and particularly during the blood draw. She gave the doc and tech quite a challenge, with them finally drawing from neck vein. Also, she'd been fasted since midnight the night before, unhappily endured eye exam with flinching and squirming and hissing and was already p'o.'d when we decided to do b/w.
so....while I'm not ruling out any stage of CKD, I do wonder if another possible explanation for the creatinine # not being consistent with bun#... Is the glucose factor you mentioned. Her glucose was high, and I think fasting and stress induced..would the creatinine increase in response to glucose elevated bc of no food and extreme stress?
On food: I've been adding water to her food for quite some time already, so that's a good thing. Began doing this a couple years ago while nursing her in recovery from sudden bout of 'silent seizures' akin to Tia's but different.
She has been on Subq fluids for about a year, beginning after the seizures bout. She began to dehydrate. At first was every month or so, then every few weeks, then every couple of weeks and now for the past few months once weekly with B12.
Oh yes, you asked if any action was taken when she her HCT was low a month and a half ago. No, reg vet felt it wasn't at the level to treat in the ways you mentioned. However, with homeopathic vet, we did shift her standard process supports.
Hope this helps. And again, words don't express adequately how much I appreciate and thank you all throughout
all these journeys and in the midst of holidays and life, moment to moment, being what it brings us each and all.
Look forward to hearing from you and wishing you and yours a joyful Thanksgiving....!!!!
Sina
Yay for good appys all around at your house!!
