Blood in Dog urine. Already under vets care. Help.

p00pieb0tt0m

My 10 year old mongrel b!tch has blood in her urine. She is under the care of our vet, but so far we are hitting brick walls.

I am looking for suggestions to put to the vet. Any suggestions you can give me would be a help to us. She is insured and it's all covered money wise but I want her to be well ASAP. She hates going to the vets.

She had a week of antibiotics. No better.
She had X-ray of bladder. No stones.
She had X-ray of bladder full of air. No thickening of bladder wall noticeable.
She had urine and blood samples taken. No abnormalities.
She has been on RIMADYL PAL(pain relief and anti-inflammatory) for a month now. No better.
Going for ultrasound on Friday.

She is absolutely fine in herself, no accidents in the house, no difficulty in eating or drinking or passing water. The only change we have seen is that the first wee in every walk is slightly longer than previously.

Please help.

elsien

Have you discussed with the vet the possibility of a referral to a specialist - this will be expensive so you'd need to check how much cover you have left and what you may be letting yourselves in for.
Just as an example when mutt was referred for urinary tract problems, a days worth of tests with no treatment came to over £1000 and that was several years ago.
I understand how worried you must be, but if she's fine in herself that's a good starting point.

puppy999

Maybe an other corse of antibiotics that are a bit stronger and I dont think a wk is long enough
Is you vet young ?? if so maybe ask for someone a bit older
Good luck xx

hotcookie101

puppy999 wrote: »

Maybe an other corse of antibiotics that are a bit stronger and I dont think a wk is long enough
Is you vet young ?? if so maybe ask for someone a bit older
Good luck xx

How rude I'm young (ish) with 10 years experience. My bosses where I work now are older than me, and are very good, but I have worked with many older vets who are stuck in their ways, do not keep up to date with current techniques and who feel that their way is the only way (steroids with everything please :eek:) Most people faced with this case would have been discussing with their colleagues anyway (well certainly we would) and it sounds like it is being worked up very thoroughly

I'm presuming the negative blood and urine tests including a culture-in which case antibiotics probably not neccessary, in any case a week should have certainly seen an improvement

OP-it can be really frustrating I know, but think of the negative tests as a good thing. If they haven't already done a urine culture and cytology (looking at the cells under a microscope) it might be a good idea for them to send off for that with urine got at the ultrasound.

If ultrasound is clear, then I agree that referral might be the next stage, they may want to do contrast studies of the kidneys. Did they just do a xray of the bladder with the air, or did they do a double contrast (where they put white contrast medium in too?

I hope your wee dog is OK, when is the scan booked in for?

Oh-and is the blood all through her urine, or at the beginning or the end of a wee? and does she drink more water than she used to?

jumpedtheshark

Why did your vet decide she needed an NSAID if the vet doesn't know the cause? NSAIDs like Rimadyl can react with various other conditions, not to mention that otherwise healthy dogs can have toxic reactions, so I wouldn't have thought any dog should be put on it unless it was absolutely necessary. [People seem a lot more blase about Rimadyl in the UK compared to when we lived in North America, where it's been the subject of class action law suits.]

Is anything actually inflamed, and is she actually in pain? If so, what and where? That might help us give suggestions.

[And if she's actually in pain, you can give safer pain meds than Rimadyl.]

p00pieb0tt0m

[/QUOTE]I'm presuming the negative blood and urine tests including a culture-in which case antibiotics probably not neccessary, in any case a week should have certainly seen an improvement

OP-it can be really frustrating I know, but think of the negative tests as a good thing. If they haven't already done a urine culture and cytology (looking at the cells under a microscope) it might be a good idea for them to send off for that with urine got at the ultrasound. Yes they did do a urine culture, not sure about the cytology.

If ultrasound is clear, then I agree that referral might be the next stage, they may want to do contrast studies of the kidneys. Did they just do a xray of the bladder with the air, or did they do a double contrast (where they put white contrast medium in too? Just the X-ray.

I hope your wee dog is OK, when is the scan booked in for? Friday

Oh-and is the blood all through her urine, or at the beginning or the end of a wee? and does she drink more water than she used to?[/QUOTE]
She doesn't drink more than she used to and the wee is stronger looking in the morning but doesn't seem to have differences through it.

Thanks for all the replies so far.