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7 year old lab in stage IV renal failure

Our 7 year old yellow lab Rocco was recently diagnosed in the last stage of renal failure just a couple weeks ago. I brought him to our regular vet with symptoms of loss of appetite, bad breath & nausea. The vet did a brief exam & said his exam was unremarkable & didn’t feel like a blood work was necessary. Said he looks like a healthy dog. A week later I called the vet back & said I wanted blood work done.  On a Friday they performed blood work & urinalysis. Monday afternoon I get a call from vet saying Rocco was in renal failure & had 6-8 months to live at best. He told me if it was caused by Lymes we could do a Hail Mary pass & treat with high dose of doxycycline. I went to pick up antibiotic but they were out of doxycycline & gave me a days worth of, starts with m forgot what it was but later found out it was worthless. So 2 days later I go to pick up the doxycycline at vet office & inquire about trying the prescription kidney food. I was told my vet was not in but another vet could prescribe the food. So the vet comes out & ask if I ever thought of IV fluid treatment. I said I was never offered that & didn’t know it was an option. I said yes I would like to try this & made arrangements for the next morning. Unfortunately when I went back home my Rocco was in rough shape. I thought omg he is going to die right here right now. So I called my vet office back & asked if they could start fluid therapy. It was 4 pm & they close at 5 pm so I was advised to check into the emergency vet & then in am I could bring him back to vet office to continue treatment. I had in the meantime contacted the University of MN Vet Clinic. I had an appointment for the following week. Well the vet at emergency gave me a lot of information about renal failure & made some suggestions for Rocco to his regular vet. I dropped him off at his regular vet Thursday morning to continue the IV fluid therapy. Later that afternoon I get a call from the vet saying he never offered me the fluid treatment because he has never seen any improvement in dogs who did this. I was basically in tears & so confused as I was getting 2 different opinions on Rocco’s treatment. So I called the University & they said to bring him down ASAP. So I picked Rocco up at vet office at 4 pm & drove him 2 1/2 hours to University.  After many questions & exams they admitted him & started on IV fluid. They said when he arrived he was severely dehydrated & anemic. I think his BUN level when we first tested was 120 & creatinine was 15.  At the University said his levels when he arrived was BUN 135 & creatinine was 14. When he left the University after 4 days of IV fluid therapy they were only able to get his BUN level to 114 & creatine to 9.4. They gave him 2 months but said he is still strong & full of life. I was given sub q to give at home 600ml per day, Omeprazole 20 mg tabs 2 tablets every 24 hrs, Maropitant 1/2 every 24 hrs. I bring him to his vets office & the vet techs give him his sub q since I am too scared to poke him. I will be watching how they do it today since he will need it Saturday & Sunday. I am having a hard time getting him to eat.  I have tried everything. He will not eat in morning but his appetite picks up towards afternoon but doesn’t get enough to sustain his weight & he is losing weight fast. Any suggestions on increasing his appetite & getting some high caloric intake.  Thank you for taking the time to read this long post but really want to have feedback on what else we can be doing for Rocco. Food & medication. I also just ordered some hemp oil drops for dogs. Anyone have any success or experience with this? Thank you.
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