scrain2329
07-19-2008, 07:15 PM
Well, our trip was fun for the first couple of days.. the last few days was Hell!
I have some sad news kinda.:(
Kaysha got very sick while we were in california. She didn't react poorly to the flight, the weather nothing. It was so weird.the first 5 days she was awesome. Then Saturday she acted a little funny, very lethargic, just not right. I knew something was up but still continued to play and be somewhat herself. Sunday started to get worse and i called the vet to ask if we could come in for just a fluid shot since she seemed a little dehydrated and wasn't holding down the water she was drinking which helped for a little while. Monday aws really bad and we took her in. They gave her some meds and again fluids. She came home with us and it just got worse, extreme vomiting and tuesday we took her back first thing in the morning. They had no explination and we had to take her to ER. She stayed Wednesday night till friday morning when she was released. Her pcv(blood thickness basically) was at 75% In as sweet as way they could say it thats a dead dog,blood pressure undetectable, minor hypothermia extremely lethargic. It was awful. Wednesday night in the ER she developed profuse bloody diarrea. worst part, still no explanation. Just being treated for severe gastroenteritis. We were there with her for quite some time and I think I was stepping on toes just a little but they understood. They suggested it could be HGE but is very unusual in a puppy. The blood results show no signs of it so they were a little stumped. They didn't think she was going to make it that night, since her blood was so thick and losing so much in her movements. She weighed 7pounds 10 ounces when I left and is now at 6 pounds. Sigh. So over the night she got worse and throughout Thursday almost a 180 turn around. 3 am Friday morning they pulled her slowly off the IV and meds through it to oral meds, food and water, and happily as possible we flew home that night.
The doctors were absolutely amazing. I have never felt so comfortable, but we aren't in the clear yet. Still on a bunch of meds, 1-2 tablespoons of food every 4 hours... sigh. Still in the cautious stages of keeping her stable so this doesn't reoccur. They said if anything is wrong bring her in asap, we might lose her if she gets that bad again just because she has lost so much and at this point so fragile.
So yes, my little swimming pool, Hollywood, California, loving dog had fun but just hit the wall half way through. They made me feel good saying it wasn't the trip that did this, it could have happened either at home or away. They all really loved her and said they think it was her missing me, having to see me, basically not passing without me, that kept her 'kicking through that night'. The nurse is the one that said this, her and the doctor at the center who kept her happy and saved her should be receiving their flowers in a couple of days.
my question now for everybody. HOW CAN I GET HER TO GAIN THIS WEIGHT BACK, plus some, as long as she stays stable and her stools thicken up in the next couple of days! She barely eats anyways. I have such a hard time when people say wow she is really underweight because I just cant get her to eat. I sit on the floor with her, hand feed her even and she eats some but just stops when she wants to. I pretty much throw a part for her when she does and she likes being praised as she eats. I give her her daily amount of Nutri-Cal which seems to help her a lot for vitamins and "appetite" if you could call it that.
Please help us find a good thing for her to gain some weight! I just have no ideas left. We are searching for a specialist to talk to as my mother says we must. I told her i would search around for peoples advice before we wait 3 weeks to talk to somebody when they can get to us.
hopefully somebody has some ideas!
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I have some sad news kinda.:(
Kaysha got very sick while we were in california. She didn't react poorly to the flight, the weather nothing. It was so weird.the first 5 days she was awesome. Then Saturday she acted a little funny, very lethargic, just not right. I knew something was up but still continued to play and be somewhat herself. Sunday started to get worse and i called the vet to ask if we could come in for just a fluid shot since she seemed a little dehydrated and wasn't holding down the water she was drinking which helped for a little while. Monday aws really bad and we took her in. They gave her some meds and again fluids. She came home with us and it just got worse, extreme vomiting and tuesday we took her back first thing in the morning. They had no explination and we had to take her to ER. She stayed Wednesday night till friday morning when she was released. Her pcv(blood thickness basically) was at 75% In as sweet as way they could say it thats a dead dog,blood pressure undetectable, minor hypothermia extremely lethargic. It was awful. Wednesday night in the ER she developed profuse bloody diarrea. worst part, still no explanation. Just being treated for severe gastroenteritis. We were there with her for quite some time and I think I was stepping on toes just a little but they understood. They suggested it could be HGE but is very unusual in a puppy. The blood results show no signs of it so they were a little stumped. They didn't think she was going to make it that night, since her blood was so thick and losing so much in her movements. She weighed 7pounds 10 ounces when I left and is now at 6 pounds. Sigh. So over the night she got worse and throughout Thursday almost a 180 turn around. 3 am Friday morning they pulled her slowly off the IV and meds through it to oral meds, food and water, and happily as possible we flew home that night.
The doctors were absolutely amazing. I have never felt so comfortable, but we aren't in the clear yet. Still on a bunch of meds, 1-2 tablespoons of food every 4 hours... sigh. Still in the cautious stages of keeping her stable so this doesn't reoccur. They said if anything is wrong bring her in asap, we might lose her if she gets that bad again just because she has lost so much and at this point so fragile.
So yes, my little swimming pool, Hollywood, California, loving dog had fun but just hit the wall half way through. They made me feel good saying it wasn't the trip that did this, it could have happened either at home or away. They all really loved her and said they think it was her missing me, having to see me, basically not passing without me, that kept her 'kicking through that night'. The nurse is the one that said this, her and the doctor at the center who kept her happy and saved her should be receiving their flowers in a couple of days.
my question now for everybody. HOW CAN I GET HER TO GAIN THIS WEIGHT BACK, plus some, as long as she stays stable and her stools thicken up in the next couple of days! She barely eats anyways. I have such a hard time when people say wow she is really underweight because I just cant get her to eat. I sit on the floor with her, hand feed her even and she eats some but just stops when she wants to. I pretty much throw a part for her when she does and she likes being praised as she eats. I give her her daily amount of Nutri-Cal which seems to help her a lot for vitamins and "appetite" if you could call it that.
Please help us find a good thing for her to gain some weight! I just have no ideas left. We are searching for a specialist to talk to as my mother says we must. I told her i would search around for peoples advice before we wait 3 weeks to talk to somebody when they can get to us.
hopefully somebody has some ideas!
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh36/scrain2329/P7150159.jpg