Nanuchy and Co.

I know it has been a while since I posted. Above is Nanuchy my almost 14 yr old terrormix. She is almost completely blind and deaf at this point. (She looks so tired in all the pics now :( )

Last Friday I had to drop her of at the vets. She hadn't eaten in over 24 hrs and had been throwing up. She hadn't been eating well at all for the a week before that. Which is totally out of character for her. She also has been drinking a lot more and having some leaking when she sleeps. Her vet ran blood work (full panel) and urinalysis.

He told me that since May of last year, she has developed a heart murmur, which he believes is due to his age. He was waiting for the other results to see if it was related to the other problems. Her lungs are clear, heart rate good. So seemed in good shape overall. She was given some anti-nausea meds, which helped since she started eating again (not well but at least eating) and no more throwing up.

On Saturday I talked to one of the other vets (her vet was off work) about the blood work/urinalysis results. She is having kidney issues and liver issues, and her urine isn't concentrating. A combination of all this isn't good, almost like her body is starting to shut down.

She is scheduled on Aug 14th, to have an urine culture done as well as ultrasound of her bladder, kidneys and other interesting body parts. Hopefully we will know how bad things are.

A few years ago she had some kidney issues. At that point I cooked food for her and it helped even out her levels. Her levels are a lot worse at this point. But I started cooking for her again which has helped her eat a bit better. She actually didn't stand over her bowl of 1-2 minutes with me coaching her to get her to eat. She def loves rice/boiled chicken/raw carrots mixed with half her kibble (And so that Sonja since I mix that in with her kibble too).

From what the vet said we will be maintaining a good quality of life for her but not going to be able to "fix" the problems. As long as she is happy and comfortable we will continue with what we are doing. On the 14th I'll know if we will be adding any meds to her mix. I'm not doing any extreme measures with her. She has had too many health issues all her life to put her thru more and I know she won't be able to handle that.

Sonja was so fun on the day of the vet visit. I put her in her crate with her kong with peanut butter and a cookie in it and she was so busy eating it, she didn't even notice me walking out the door with Nanuchy LOL.

She sure was happy to see us when we got home!

Last Saturday my sis went to a soccer game with some friends, so I took care of her crew. Squeaky (3 yr old maltipoo girly) came over to hang out with us. Since my dogs paid no attention to her she decided to play with Pirata lol. I know the pic above is horrible but it was so cute since they are about the same size and Pirata was happy to play with her lol.

After playing with Pirata, she needed to take a nap since it was such hard work lol. Notice she is lying on a leopard print blanket LOL. She looks like Nanuchy and tries to act like her. We have dubbed her Mini-Gucci lol.

If you could spare a quick prayer for Nanuchy I would really appreciate it. Thanks!