Monday morning we took Meg back to the specialist to have a water deprivation test done. In this test, they withhold water until the puppy has lost 10% of their weight (due to dehydration.) Then, once they reach their target weight, they take a urine sample and run a specific gravity to see if the kidneys have concentrated or not. (Because when you're dehydrated, your kidneys should be working overtime to concentrate your urine and save every last precious drop of water they can. If they don't when you're dehydrated it's because they can't.)
The good news is that Meg's kidneys didn't concentrate even at that level, so we're all pretty convinced it's diabetes insipidus and once he (he being the amazing internal medicine doctor for dogs) figures out the right dosage we will begin medicating little Meg and and see if that solves the issue. I'm just glad it's not psychological and that it's relatively easy to treat. (If you consider administering eye drops to a skittery dog "relatively easy". I'm not sure that I do, but in the overall scheme of things it's better than it could be. So we'll give it a go.)
I'm guessing Meg will come to hate me soon. Maybe I can make Tim do the medicating.
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I'm sure Meg knows how much she's loved :) I'm glad it's not too bad and meds should be able to help.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad too that it is diagnosed more affirmatively than a psychological diagnosis would be. I pray the medication administration goes smoothly. Poor Meg. :-( But at least she is loved and with good companions, both human and canine. :-)
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