Your in our hearts and prayers, we also praying for guidence for the doctors and all the medical folks. 

Hi Heather and Zeus, hope the news tonight are positive. He is so dear and seems to be laughing in his avatar pic.

We'll be thinking about you both and crossing paws to the best.

I cannot say it any better than Shanna & Trouble.  All our prayers and thoughts are with you now.  You have been an inspiration for many of us and will continue to be.  You have tought us how to fight, with our companions, for the quality of life our TriPawds deserve.

Bob & Cherry

I'm truly speechless with all the love and support. Thank you through streams of tears.

I don't have a huge update - we are still in the waiting phase, but here is what I know so far:

• His kidney counts came down (blood work was taken this morning) after only 12 hours on fluids which apparently is great news. (Pam - chime in here anytime please). Check in was last night around 7:30 and they took his blood this morning.
• They did an ultra sound too this morning - his kidneys are smaller than "normal", but they need previous measurements to determine what normal is for him. BUT, nonetheless, they are small and the color is "bright" in some areas which would lend itself to lymes - but he has had vaccinations for lymes and had his tighter in June which came back negative. He is on frontline and I haven't pulled any ticks off him this summer. But they haven't ruled it out.
• He is eating, no vomiting and going "potty" normally. 
• He has IV fluids and anitbiotics
• His blood pressure is raised - it was 175 this morning and 260 tonight, so they started him on meds for that. Normal is 160 (?)
• They took urine cultures and we are waiting on those results...I think a day or two.
• They will take blood again tomorrow morning and hopefully we see those counts coming down. If not - we're in big trouble.

From what I understand, he will stay on IV fluids until his counts level out. Once they level out, we will know what we are facing in regard to damage and treatment. Again, from what I understand - this could be a few days.

I went to see him tonight - he was so proud and avoided me for a few minutes. I was only allowed to see him for 20 minutes - they don't want him off the fluids too long and they won't let me back in the ICU

I fed him his dinner (bland kidney diet which he gobbled right up) which I KNOW is wonderful and positive, we went outside for a couple minutes then we hung out talking about our upcoming vacation on the 13th and how much fun we're going to have at the beach doing NOTHING but playing and napping and eating and playing and napping and eating. We chose September to go so that my babies could run on the beach (silly rule that dogs aren't allowed on the beach between memorial and labor day!), so he HAS to be here for that man!

They came and got him and wow - he did not want to leave me. He put the brakes on big time which of course just tore at my heart. I was a good girl and didn't cry at ALL until he was out of sight and sound and well...you know.

Wow - I didn't see this one coming a thousand miles away. I'm trying so hard not to do the would have's and could have's...my heart knows that it's out of my hands and there is nothing that I could have done to have forseen this, but my mind is playing games with me. This just plain sucks...no way around it. I do feel hopeful that this will be manageable and he will be around for awhile longer - he is strong and he is a fighter and his will to live is beyond me, but I know that there is also the inevitable, I just hope that isn't "today".

I will post in the morning when I have news. I mean it with all my heart that I can't thank everyone enough for this support and love. I actually feel it as if it were in the room with me. Thank you - I now fully know the power of tripawds.com and the love that exists here.

Love

Heather and Zeus