Pampered Pooch

Rilee has had an on-going problem with bladder infections... Hubby picked her up from daycare last week and they told him, yet again, that they saw blood in her urine. So we called the vet and took her in for an exam. Since she's already had at least two bladder infections the vet decided we should do x-rays and a urine sample straight from the bladder. Yikes!

X-rays showed no kidney stones. Thank goodness! But the urine sample (in which they turned Rilee over on her belly and stuck a long needle directly into her bladder to extract urine) showed crystals. Crystals tend to be an indicator of kidney stones.

The vet said the brand of food we are feeding Rilee is a good brand... so no changes there. The water that we give her is from the well at the rental we are currently in. I won't drink the water because we never had the well tested and as old and dumpy as this place is... I don't trust the water. The vet said it might be a good idea to stop giving Rilee water from the well and give her bottled water, which is fine, cause we buy bottled water for us to drink anyway. But seriously... what a pampered pooch... she is now drinking BOTTLED WATER! ha ha!!

The vet sent Rilee's urine sample off to a lab to have the crystals analyzed and a complete work-up done. This should help to determine if her PH levels are normally high, etc., etc. It will give us a baseline for future things that come up.

She's doing fine... didn't even mind the long needle, cause the vet tech rubbed her belly while the procedure was done and that seemed to work for her!