Spice has been displaying some strange symptoms with regard to her “lady squats”. When we would walk her, she would usually give the grass a good watering and then be ready for an extended walk. But lately, she has been squatting several times after her initial effort, usually with no results. Yesterday morning, the intrepid Carol, armed with a paper towel, did a blot check on Spice’s watering spot and found blood in her urine. Bummer! We inquired about finding a vet when we checked in at KOA and made an appointment for today.
The vet is located in Maryville (pronounced Marvil), which is good as we want to see the town. We were checked in and seated in the waiting room when the vet tech asked if she might get a urine sample from Spice. The vet tech, Carol and Spice are all the same gender, so I thought it best, they conduct this sampling without me. The three of them ventured out to the parking lot; the vet tech armed with what appeared to be a fast food French fry tray. Within minutes they returned. The smiling vet tech commenting on what a “good sample” she got.
The outcome is, most probable, Spice has a bladder infection. The other possibility is bladder stones. And most remote is bladder cancer. The vet put Spice on antibiotics and told us to watch her “habits”. We should see a change back toward normal shortly. If we don’t see a change, we should get her X-rayed for stones.
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