Murphy went back to the vet today for another water deprivation test. He failed miserably. He is not concentrating his urine at all despite the medication. Dr. Heidi now suspects this is nephrogenic DI, which means the receptors in his kidney's are not responding to the ADH hormone. If that's the case, plying him with all the desmopressin in the world won't help him.
So for now, we're continuing the drug, along with Proin to help him wetting at night. He goes back in 2 weeks for a third water test.
Poor fellow, he wets the bed nightly. We've tried doggie diapers and baby diapers with a hole cut for his tail, but none of the fit well. They also needed to be so tight to stay on, it made it hard for him to move. So tonight we're going to try a belly band with a Poise pad inside.
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