Desley asked me to post a Buster update as her pc is being a bit temperamental atm, hopefully she'll be back on shortly.
Took Busters urine sample up last night and finally got to speak to the vet (although I did camp out there for half an hour!!). He waffled on for a bit, but the general thing is he has no idea what is wrong with him, he wouldnt do a Free T4 test with his current thyroid levels (26), as they aren't in the higher end, and even if suppressed by illness he would expect to see higher, wouldnt have necessarily done a further test for pancreatitis with his current bloods, but isn't willing to rule anything out atm. He wants to see what his new urine sample shows, if there is still blood in, I dont know where we go, as he has already had a bladder scan, but the blood/anaemia is coming from somewhere (I am suspecting bowel, and bowel cancer was mentioned last night - I am not willing to rule out cancer at the moment, but praying it is thyroid instead), if it doesn't, we can rule out his bladder and look at something else. He is still weeing on things though, but is also happy to use a litter tray (urine sample consisted of putting him in a room with an empty tray, within 10 mins he had used it) - he finished his Cystaid on Sat. The only test the vet did seem to want to do was an FIV/FeLV test, in case that is causing the anaemia - he tried to give me the 'if money wasnt' an issue we could do loads of tests' - well of course it isn't, and he is insured. He is also due his boosters this month, so I have booked him in for 2 weeks time, and we will see whether the vet thinks he is well enough to do (although one of the vets comments was whether he will still be here in a years time), and maybe do some more bloods - unless of course he gets worse in the meantime. Urine results should be here today or tomorrow. On the plus side, he does seem better since I wormed him, his fur feels better (although that could be the extra chicken), and I am seeing more solid poos (although that could be pinching Molly's steroids).