Sophie is healed!

Our miniature schnauzer, Sophie, passed a bladder stone about 6 weeks ago when she suddenly peed on the floor in the kitchen. We immediately took her to the vet and they found two more larger stones in the bladder.  They put her on a canned S/D diet and said to come back in 3 weeks.

At the 3 week check-up, she had 1 larger and multiple tiny stones.  They said to try this special (very expensive) diet for another 3 weeks, and if the stones weren't gone, we would have to do surgery.

Sophie and I went back to the vet this morning, and the x-ray showed no bladder stones! Yippee!!  So she doesn't have to have surgery and we don't have to pay for surgery.  She will continue to require an expensive diet for the rest of her life, but that should prevent the stones from returning.  No more table scraps for poor Sophie, but she is approved to have an occasional carrot, which is her favorite snack.