This evening when I got home, Koa wasn’t looking any better so we took him to the Emergency Vet Clinic.

He was still really lethargic and Jes had to pick him up to put him in the car.

The tech took his vitals and brought him back to hang out with us in the waiting room.   He had lost 4 pounds since his check-up last month.

This is Koa in the exam room.  He’s usually a nervous wreck at the vet but not tonight.  He just laid himself down on the floor until it was time for us to put him up on the table.  The vet did his physical exam and said that he’d have to run some tests and would have a preliminary answer for us in about an hour.  So, we went to dinner and hoped for the best.  He called while we were still eating and said that everything came back normal with the exception of his kidneys.  He was having renal failure.  He may have a genetic condition or he could have eaten something that was poisonous for him. They don’t really know yet.  By the time we got back to the vet, they had placed an IV in his paw and they were giving him a bolus of fluids and some antibiotics.

They let us in the back where he was resting in a kennel with his right paw hooked up to a bunch of tubes.  He looked so scared but didn’t have enough strength to even come out.  We decided to have him stay overnight for the fluids to run and for another lab test in the morning.  If the test comes back with improved numbers, they may do an ultrasound tomorrow.  I hope he’ll be ok soon.  I hate to do it but I’m gonna have to prepare myself for the worst.  Too bad I have to work tomorrow morning.  Then again, maybe it’ll help me keep my mind off of things while we’re still waiting to see what’s going to happen to him.  Poor Koa.