Raider

Raider, our first baby was diagnosed with chronic renal failure about 1 1/2 months ago. He just wasnt acting the same and we took him to the vet for a check up. He had lost some weight and wasnt eating very well. His kidney numbers came back very elevated, so much so that the vet said she was surprised he was alive. His BUN was 110 & Cr 9.5. After 2 full days of doggie IV fluids, his numbers dropped to 80/6.5 (still very elevated). But the vet is hopeful that his life can be extended with special kidney meds and food.

He now looks much better than these pics. We have been making him chicken tenders and lean beef. On days he wont eat that, we let him have a can of dog food. Its most important that he eats, even if it cant be chicken & beef all the time! He's had some trouble with vomitting and we had him on pepto every day. We now switched to pepcid to help, since he starting vomitting again :( Just when I thought his time was up, we got some good news. We have this urine specific gravity tester (loaned to us by a wonderful friend, Stan) His ability to concentrate urine is actually getting better. I was a little confused about what #'s he was supposed to have and called the vet one day when I thought his #'s were out of range. To my surprise, his # was actually improving! Thank God. Jon had just told me that he had been praying for Raider....so definitely a prayer answered.

Thank you all for your support during this time! Especially to Stan, who has been through doggie renal failure before with his own fur baby. Jon and I can always count on our friends and we are so thankful!