Toro At Home

I wonder when all this would get better san?

His iPTH test. So its not his parathyroid that is causing the elevated calcium in his blood. Back to the drawing board!

I really do not think this is funny san. YOU should try swallowing 6 pills and now the kaolin too?

See? I know what I am doing. Its just I won't slip off the couch of course.

I know you are still looking at me!

There is nothing I can do about it. A nap would be best!

The iPTH test came back negative so I guess it has to be from somewhere else. Dr Lee said it could be from some other source and may be a tumour somewhere else!! She advised an ultra sound (which he is getting on the 31st of Dec) and another blood test to see his calcium levels. She said that 13.9 is not overly high but we should monitor his calcium levels. Other than tis very worrying aspect, Toro is very well and chasing shadows as usual :)

Toro on Sunday

NO to the V_E_T!

Tomorrow he would get his blood test for pth and his ionised calcium test too. His skin has somewhat healed with regular cleansing and medicated antiseptic. Now the area is smaller and not so red. yesterday I found a bald round circle under his ruff. I think its caused by a fight with megat but it was as large as a 10-cent coin! So that is itself worrying. I hope he is not losing his fur or getting eczema or anything like that! I had put Frontline on him last week so it could not be a mite problem. This Toro is a mystery!

More tests for Toro

Our appointment with Dr Lee will be for 29th November.

His creatinine is now 2.4 from 2.6. Not a good indicator but at least it is lower than last month! His BUN is 29 which is the same as last month though. at least that is not higer but his blood calcium level is higher at 13.9 from 13.2. Dr T suspects parathyroids as if its his kidneys, the potassium levels would also be correspondingly higher!

So he would be getting his ionised calcium levels tested as well as his blood test to test for his pth. Poor guy! Dr T suggested that I could give Toro another pillto tryt o stabilise the calcium but I am not doing that yet as he is already on too many pills! I am surprised he is still so good humoured about it.