Hi guys
I just found out that Dynah has bladder crystals. I took her to a new vet (so far they've been great) and I just wanted to run what's happened by you guys to make sure everything is going as expected.
I took her in this morning to do a urine analysis and some blood work and left her there. The vet said she could not feel Dynah's bladder (turns out it's very small) and did an ultrasound. She said she found 3-4 crystals and some fragments in the base of her bladder. She also said that her bladder is very irritated and the walls are dense as a result. The blood work came up normal.
The plan right now is to get a urine sample (if she'll pee for them) to figure out what kind of crystals she has. The vet said that there are two kinds: One kind that dissolves and one kind that does not. Given that most cats have the dissolvable kind, she is giving Dynah:
Antibiotics
Pain meds for the bladder
and a wet food diet that is for breaking down the crystals.
She would like to reassess in 4 weeks with an ultrasound to see where the crystals are at. If they are not dissolvable, she said that it will cost $1800 for the surgery.
It all sounds like reasonable measures right now. Does this all make sense?
I just found out that Dynah has bladder crystals. I took her to a new vet (so far they've been great) and I just wanted to run what's happened by you guys to make sure everything is going as expected.
I took her in this morning to do a urine analysis and some blood work and left her there. The vet said she could not feel Dynah's bladder (turns out it's very small) and did an ultrasound. She said she found 3-4 crystals and some fragments in the base of her bladder. She also said that her bladder is very irritated and the walls are dense as a result. The blood work came up normal.
The plan right now is to get a urine sample (if she'll pee for them) to figure out what kind of crystals she has. The vet said that there are two kinds: One kind that dissolves and one kind that does not. Given that most cats have the dissolvable kind, she is giving Dynah:
Antibiotics
Pain meds for the bladder
and a wet food diet that is for breaking down the crystals.
She would like to reassess in 4 weeks with an ultrasound to see where the crystals are at. If they are not dissolvable, she said that it will cost $1800 for the surgery.
It all sounds like reasonable measures right now. Does this all make sense?