I wish I was coming back with better news. Fraser is still a little over two weeks before his appointment with the specialist vet clinic in Vancouver. In the meantime, he seems to be going downhill. He is dropping into a crouch attempting to poop every few yards on his walks. He's started to be uninterested in his food, a major change as he's always been mad about food. I put it out and he will maybe take a few mouthfuls and then it sits while he goes back to bed for a snooze. Usually later he eats the rest of the food. However, he has lost weight, down from 11.8kg two months ago at the ultrasound to 11kg a couple of days ago. Last night while he was sleeping, his respiration was fast and shallow. I took a couple of vids to show the vet. I watched him for a couple of hours and it remained high. When I took him to the vet a couple of days ago, she upped his prednisone to 2 pills per 24 hours instead of the 1 pill every 48 hrs. Plus put him on a second antibiotic. I don't know if the raised prednisone might be causing the faster respiration. He's still asking to go out a couple of times per night and usually leaves several little pils, so overall his output still seems to match input. I'm wondering it there's any point in taking him out for neighbourhood walks as he spends most of the time trying to poop with little result, though some small amounts. He seems to produce more during his night time forays. But maybe he needs the walks for his mental health, a bit of stimulation and things to sniff. It's all very worrying and I don't know whether he's got much of a future, but I'm hoping the specialist vet will be able to pin down what's wrong and find effective treatment. Simple removal of the anal polyp is addressing only part of the problem though that's what he was referred for.