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Thank you for sharing Amber's story. It is lucky for both Amber and you to be together for 17 years. We wish Dusty could give us more time.I didn't find something conclusive to point to but you probably do need to key on the urine decrease. That is meaningful particularly combined with continued not eating and would likely benefit from vet discussion at least if not exam. The main reasons urine output decreases seem to be: infection (maybe this is what you're already going through, because you mentioned one), fluid retention (as mentioned above), blockage (females can't completely block but possibly they can have some kind of obstruction issue that could cause this), or kidneys are just no longer going to function (the worst case end-stage scenario).
The first three have potential of improvement. Let's hope it's one of those, even if it means more things to do. If your vet is not receptive to more discussion of such things, you may wish to get another opinion. If you have a house call vet available in your area, this may ease the stresses of the vet visit, but it seems like she could benefit from an exam to figure out what is the latest complication. I don't know if a house call vet can do an x-ray, though, which would be needed for some of those diagnoses. Just be aware, though, that one possibility is you've done all you could and this is it. Hang in there.
Agree with you that the urine decrease is most urgent. Will discuss with vet on Monday and keep you all updated.
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