You know that Rufus has been having seizures since January. On Thursday, I took him to the vet for x-rays & blood tests, which he had to be sedated for. It was nerve wracking, since piggies can have a bad reaction to anesthesia, but he didn't have any problems. However, the vet couldn't get any blood for tests. She couldn't reach the veins anywhere she tried, there was too much skin etc. She said that blood is seldom taken from guinea pigs. The x-rays show a couple spots near his hips that might be kidney stones, but they are very tiny. She is going to discuss everything with another vet on Monday (tomorrow) to see what our next steps are. I'm to continue giving him pancake syrup, since she said his glucose was still low.I'm going to get a different kind of syrup at Target, because it has a higher sugar content, but I don't know if it will really make a difference.
So, I don't really know anything more than before, except that he might have tiny kidney stones.I am hoping that she has some ideas for treatment, because the syrup isn't preventing the seizures & I think that something ought to.
