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PING LAUREN [PawsForThought] URINE TESTS ---> Mooch
Hi Lauren, You asked for a follow up on our conversation in this thread and I promised to do so. Posted it last Thursday, but in case it was so far up that it got missed I'll repost it here in a new topic intead. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "billn" Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 23:23 Subject: Urine Testing Beads & URINE TESTS --- Mooch Well, I talked to my vet on the phone yesterday and she now says that since his problem has not reappeared we can probably not do the urinalysis. [He had symptoms of a UTI 3 times in a few month period. The last time the symptoms reappeared even before the last bottle of clavamox was used up. She then put him on Cefo-drops after a shot of dexamethasone. Anyway, it's 3 weeks since the last episode] So, I don't have to worry about that and I just hope the symptoms don't come back. I did ask just how she would obtain the sample and she told me that her preferred method is the urocentesis [sp?], or the needle into the bladder. I mentioned my concerns that I'd been told he'd be placed in a cage with an empty litter box and she said there must have been a misunderstanding. Well, maybe so, but I know what I was told. Just my opinion, but in that place I think they should let the vets do the talking instead of the other staff, then I wouldn't have spent all this time dreading this. Her reasoning for the misunderstaning is that a cat may be placed in a cage when brought in for urinalysis, but only if at the time of collection the bladder is empty and some time has to pass for urine to be produced. I guess if the owner can't stay or whatever... But again, I know what I was told, and to me it's a case of someone of the support staff just telling half the story. But like I say, for now it can be avoided as long as he stays symptom free. So, that's it for now, thanks for reading... -- ============================ ^..^ |== bill n ==| ^..^ ============================ |
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