We have lab results for the boys.
UA on Danny showed a few small crystals, traces of blood, and was pretty concentrated. Plan is to continue adding extra water to his canned food, cut back a little on the dry urinary health crunchies, do another UA in early October. If no improvement, a switch to canned Rx food may be in his best interest. He's snoozing here on the bed right now, he really was getting frantic being locked in the bathroom and needed a sanity break, and I needed to clean up in there anyway. We're going to let him out under supervision and see how it goes.
Draco's bloods show liver issues, elevated white cell counts- both not off the charts, but elevated- and UA showed very diluted urine, indicating kidneys that aren't quite 100% either.( If we could combine his kidneys with Danny's we'd be perfect, lol) Next step would be an x-ray and/or ultrasound to look around.
But I say...he's @17, even if we found something, and even if I had unlimited resources, and even if whatever it was could be dealt with, I don't think I want to put him through a lot of medical intervention just to add a few years on to the end of his life, at best. Right now, that extra diluted urine is working in his favor anyway, he hasn't been blocked in 5 years. lol He's happy, eating/drinking/purring. If or when he's not happy, we'll say goodbye knowing we gave him at least 14 years he wouldn't have had anyway. They were going to put him to sleep that day, and yet here he is. Multiple surgeries on his foot until most of it was amputated. Twice blocked and surgically unblocked. I think he's been a good sport, and deserves a break.
So not exactly good news, but no worse than I expected. Still have to take the girls in, but I don't anticipate any issues with them. Hubby will be taking the dog for a once-over once I make a Sat. appt. Odin is not too keen on getting in the van anymore, and I can't lift him.
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Chaos333
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for Danny. 
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