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| Kelvin |
| With all our dogs you'll get a history and science lesson. You just have to look up their names! |
| We posted bail for Kelvin on 12/9/08 and were able to bring him home on 12/12/08. He had been dumped of at a kill shelter in San Angelo on Thanksgiving weekend. They estimated his age at 9 but our vet is thinking 11 or more. He was extremely thin and we have worked to build him back up to normal basset weight. After some swelling from his neuter we had him checked over by our vet and tested for heart worms. He was negative for the heart worms but had a positive antigen test for ehrlichiosis. We expect him to still live a long life with the proper treatment if he has a flare up, for now he is on an antibiotic but is otherwise fine. In February 2009 his renal function was diminished so we began limiting protein and giving him a phosphorous binder with his meals to help lower his BUN numbers to below 25, he was 106. June 15, 2009 After seeing steady progress on his BUN numbers over the last few months, we had gotten him down to 34, he had an increase this months. Back up to 54. So the vet is officially calling this CRF (chronic renal failure). We are trying yet another food to see what else we can do to lower the BUN to as close to 25 as we can get. For now this is a management only type of situation until we see what changes it brings. He is not allowed to gain any more weight at this point so we will try and maintain 50 ponds from now on. |
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| Kelvin's weight progress |
| For videos of Kelvin and his recovery process, please visit: Kelvin's Journey And Kelvin's First Month |
