Thanks for the update. I’m sorry the prognosis doesn’t sound very good.
And not to second-guess the Vet, but I just want to be sure the Vet considered whether it might be kidney failure rather than liver failure, in case the treatments are different. I’m not a Vet, so it may be perfectly obvious to a Vet that liver-related symptoms are nothing like kidney-related symptoms... but given that Vets all over the country were stumped by the cases related to the recalled-food, it probably doesn’t hurt to ask the question, “Is there any chance this could be acute renal failure or in any way related to the symptoms attributed to the recalled foods?”
Whether or not the dog was eating one of the recalled foods... As we have seen, the recall has expanded several times, so just because a food isn’t on a current recall list doesn’t mean it might not be the same symptoms. Don’t let the Vet tell him “if he wasn’t eating one of the recalled foods, then it can’t be the same illness.” The recall may continue to expand.
When he wasn’t eating his Kirkland food, that is when my son gave him the can of alpo and later that night, those were recalled.
He asked her about the kidney thing but she seems sure.