Thor is feeling much better and has been running and playing during the week. Tomorrow he is going to the vet's for an ultrasound. Not that anything new has happened, but because the staff needs training with the ultrasound machine.
Thor is basically a vet's dream patient. He will let you poke and prod him and as long as you give him some love while you do it, he is a happy boy. Well, as long as you don't touch his nose he is happy. He hates having his nose touched! He won't snap or bark, just pull away.
Since Thor is so well behaved, my vet called and asked if we would let him be their test subject. He gets a full body ultrasound and we can see if the cancer has spread for free. I of course jumped at it!
Now back to his bladder infection. Thor is doing well on the antibiotics. I was giving him yogurt to balance out any side effects of the antibiotics, but it gave him gas. Now he is just getting an acidophilus capsule instead and it is working quite well.
We got back the analysis of his bladder stones. They are 95% struvite which means he is not producing enough acid in his urine. It is usually corrected with a prescription diet, but because of Thor's history of pancreatits he cannot eat it. So my vet is now doing some research to see if there is a supplement he can take. Someone suggest apple cider vinegar in his water or cranberry capsules. I am going to check with vet tomorrow. I am hoping the capsules will be a good solution. As for the vinegar, I'm a bit leery as I don't want Arabelle to start having the opposite problem as they drink the same water.
Well, we will wait for tomorrow and see!
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