The vet visit went about as expected. There was some initial hope that perhaps it was just a UTI, but further testing confirmed that he's in advanced kidney failure, which has been ongoing for some time and the UTI merely has accelerated the decline in the last couple of weeks. He's been given a dose of fluids and we've been given treatment for the UTI in the hopes that it will at least improve his quality of life, but it's a terminal issue overall at this point. We'll know by mid-week whether the treatment will be able to do anything for him. If not, we'll have to put him to sleep to spare him further pain and discomfort. Unfortunately initial signs aren't promising as he's still refusing to eat anything.
He's in my lap now as I type, not a place I normally let him be, but we've all been very tolerant and kind towards him as we see the handwriting on the wall and want to do what we can to help him be comfortable in what time he has left.
