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Mirinda returned to uni today while I took Freya to the vet for a check-up following her medical issues of last week. Of course, the gout that had returned to my right ankle wasn’t going to let me walk very well so Nicoline was asked if she could drive me there instead. Very generously, she said yes.
So, after lunch, we went.
Before we left, I noticed a big change in Freya. She seemed to be back to her normal self. I’d run out of the sweet tasting medicine and had given her just the one painkiller with lunch but she was almost boisterous and, best of all, she actually had a poo.
Of course, she may have heard me say I was taking her to the vet and, given how much she hates going, she may have deliberately improved in an effort to avoid it.
But, of course, we went and, as usual, when we entered the vets, she was petrified, shaking from head to tail, struggling to leave.
After an examination, the vet was happy with her progress, although she felt that Freya still had an issue in her rear end.
She took some blood and, at the end of the day, she reported that “Her CRP is now normal, but her blood count shows anaemia, low blood sugar and some effect on the GI tract and/or her liver enzymes.” She went on to say that this could be caused by all the drugs she’s been taking. I also think that the low blood sugar could be because she hasn’t been eating properly.
CRP stands for C-reactive protein. It is produced by the liver in response to inflammation and can be reliably measured in dogs and may be used as both a “…prognostic indicator and a management tool in routine companion animal practice.” Which is good. Basically, it means her organs are not going to explode any time soon.
Also, GI stands for gastrointestinal and the ‘effect’ could be as a result of her being constipated.
Anyway, the upshot is that the vet wants to look at the results of the tests taken at the hospital last week, something I’ll have to locate among Mirinda’s stuff. I feel confident that Freya is almost back to normal because she ate her lunch and dinner and her tail was raised rather than horizontal. She also ran to meet Mirinda when she returned home.
Next it’s my turn as I head to the vårdcentral tomorrow to see the doctor about my gout which seems to be haunting me with greater regularity than usual. Maybe I’ll get a blood test as well. Presumably my CRP will be far from normal though my GI tract will be just fine. But, of course, there will be far too many uric crystals present.
