Penny is sick... (Updated 30th October - Page 3)

[cloverfdx]

*Sigh* Poor Penny is unwell again, it seems she has more bad days than good lately :(. Saturday morning we woke to find diarrhea and blood all over the bathroom floor, so she was rushed off to the vets and they could find nothing majorly wrong with her (Hello blood), gave her a shot of painkiller and 2 lots of anti biotics to take, said to fast her for 24 hours but encourage drinking.

Saturday night i was out and got home early Sunday morning, Mum got up when i got home and said Penny had started to vomit over night. The vomiting has stopped but there is still blood present. And her eye with the cataract has been very weepy and swollen this afternoon. So it is off to the vets again tomorrow first thing in the morning.

Please keep our little dog in your thoughts.

:(

[chocolatepuppy]

Rhi, I'm so sorry Penny is doing so poorly. :( I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers. {hugs}

[Ginger's Mom]

Oh poor Penny. She will be in my thoughts and prayers. I sure hope they can figure out what the problem is to help her get well again.

[k9krazee]

:( She will be in our thoughts!

[binka_nugget]

Poor Penny :( I hope she gets better soon!

[cloverfdx]

Thanks everyone :). Penny seemed to perk up a bit this evening and had a couple of good big drinks, so i am happy about that. She even ate a little bit of boiled chicken and rice.

Thanks again for keeping her in your thoughts, i will keep you updated.

[labmomma]

Please seek a second opinion for your dog? Anytime your dog is passing blood from either end it needs to be looked at and possibly X-Rays. I will pray for the recovery of your sweetie.
Labmomma

[luvofallhorses]

I hope she is feeling better soon, Rhi. she will be in my thoughts and prayers. ((hugs)) give the little sweetie a gentle hug for me, please. :)

[dragondawg]

There are two possibilities you should seek to eliminate.

The first is to have your Vet stick a scope down into the stomach to check for possible ulcers. If one is found then treating with zantac or prilosec will help the healing. Not to mention avoiding any feeding of bones.

The second primary cause of blood in the vomit is the beginning of liver failure and/or disease. If caused by something like Salmonella contaminated meat, then the antibiotics should help-assuming they don't irritate an ulcerated stomach. Cephalexin has such a habit, where as Baytril is usually mild on the tummy. A liver blood profile should be taken, and if enzymes are elevated and the antibiotics are not clearing up the problem then you might want to have an ultrasound performed.

[captain]

Rhi,

You are in my thoughts .......... and have my prayers .....

[cloverfdx]

Well we were back at the vets today and Penny was given 2 more shots of 2 more different Antibiotics. They wanted to keep her overnight and take blood in the morning but we would not leave her there, so she will be going back in the morning for tests.

Labmomma we trust our vets and they are very good, 2 different vets have seen her over the last week and we are all concerned that the meds have not worked.. we are doing everything we can to get an answer. Depending on what the blood tests show, Penny will be well taken care of.

Thankyou for your support everyone, it means alot to us {{Hugs}}. I will update tomorrow after we get the test results back.

[cloverfdx]

Updated for those that are interested....

Penny's test results still have not come back :(, we will know in the morning. She had a bit of a rollercoaster ride today, blood taken in the morning..then she came home for a while and went for a small drive.. when we got back home her hind legs collapsed and she was unable to walk.. so we rushed back to the vets and by the time we got there she was able to walk again (Little bugger).

The vet then took more blood and did a quick test which showed nothing, and then he came to the conclusion it was low blood sugar from not eating much in the past week (She has gone from 4.9KG last month to 4.4KGs now). So we are getting her to eat what ever we can, including roast chicken and baby food.. she did eat quite well this evening.

*Sigh* I just want to know what is wrong with her... it is heartbreaking not knowing what is going to happen :(. I just want her to be well again.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h32/westernweiners/Q18.jpg
Found this photo taken just a couple of months back on holiday.. she had a blast staying by the beach for 10 or so days. The beach is her favourite place ever.

[lv4dogs]

I am so sorry to hear about Penny. I've been keeping my eye on this thread, she's been & continues to be in my thoughts & prayers. I hope she feels better and soon. {{{hugs}}}

[captain]

Rhi,

Let us know when you get the results ............. {{{hugs}}}

Michelle

[Jadapit]

Poor baby! My sons friend has a daschund they woke up one morning to find him sitting in a pool of blood they rushed him to the vet. It turned out he had diabetes. He is doing great now though. I sure hope you get some answers soon on Penny. You both are in my thoughts. (((Hugs)))

[Daisy and Delilah]

Get well little girl!! Our thoughts and prayers are with you! :(

[chocolatepuppy]

Penny is so cute. I'm still praying for you Penny, please get better.I hope you find out what is wrong with her soon.

[k9krazee]

Aww :( She's still in our thoughts and prayers!

[K9soul]

Poor baby :(. She is in my prayers Rhi.

[Ginger's Mom]

I will keep Penny in my prayers. I hope they find an answer soon, so they can start making that sweet little girl feel better.

[Dorothy39]

I have read your thread about your dear Penny so many times, hoping that there was an absolute diagnosis found.

The picture you posted of her was so worth the wait!!!!!!!!!!


I am so hopeful that she will be well again!!!

Your feelings are recognized by me , and I am sending heartfelt prayers for Dear Penny to feel better.

I am sorry that are striving for an answer as I type!!! :(

I will keep coming back for more up dates.

Hugs to you and to Penny.

[luvofallhorses]

I hope she will be okay, Rhi. :( ((hugs)) to you both! she is quite a cutie!

[cloverfdx]

Thankyou for all the lovely thoughts and prayers everyone {{Hugs}}, they mean so much to us.

Update for today (28th of July).....

Test results came back today and Penny's white blood cell count is pretty high, the vets think she is trying to figh an infection. Our poor little dog has lost some movement in her hind left leg aswell, which is a big worry.

Penny has been going in for anti biotic shots the last couple of days, but if there is no improvement by tomorrow they are going to keep her in overnight for IV fluids and more tests :(.

Xrays and ultrasounds are going to be requested tomorrow if she does not pick up.

Thankyou all once again for the support.

[captain]

Rhi,

My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Come on darlin Penny - pick up ....... get better sweetheart

[cloverfdx]

We are off to the vets in about 10 minuted for the little ones shots. Penny seems a bit better today and we have been getting as much fluids into her as possible.. she also had a pick at some dry food/ kibble without hooman prompting this afternoon and was able to crunch it up.

It looks like Spring is on the way and it has been sunny and warmer the last couple of days, we spent a good hour outside this afternoon sitting in the sun, Penny loved it and had her little head up towards the sun.

Will update when we get back....

[cloverfdx]

Update (29th July)...

Good news everyone, Penny has improved over the last 12 hours or so and the vet was quite happy for her to spend the weekend at home and vet free (Unless something else happens), IV fluids were not needed as we got quite abit into her over tha last 24 hours :D.

Pen will be on oral anti biotics for the next 5 days and then back for another check up and blood test after that. But for now it looks as though our little dog is going to survive. Thankyou so much for all the thoughts and prayers... PT prayers realy do help.

{{HUGS}}

[Dorothy39]

Your up date on Penny was such relief.


antibiotics will hopefully help her feel even better. Poor little doggie has to have blood work, but I'd rather learn she go through this, rather then chemo!!! I was really worried.(high white blood count :confused:)


Get Well Penny!!!!!

[Ginger's Mom]

I am so glad to hear that Penny seems to be doing better. I will keep her in my prayers.

[Jadapit]

Thats wonderful news! I'm so happy for you both! :D

[k9krazee]

Glad she's doing better!

[lv4dogs]

Glad to hear she's doing better. She'll continue to be in my thoughts.

[cloverfdx]

Thanks everyone :). Penny finishes her antibiotics tomorrow, then it is back for more blood tests to see if everything is ok. If she goes down hill again after the ABs stop then we will know there is something going on and Xrays and ultrasounds will be done.

[Dorothy39]

I'm hoping and praying that Penny"s blood work reveals a clean bill of health.

I'm so happy that she has improved during the course of her treatment. I'll keep her in my thoughts. She's such a sweet doggie!!!!!

[cloverfdx]

Bit of an update on Penny...

We ended up back at the vets today Penny may have to have her left eye removed, the vets thinks either Glucoma or possible a growth/ tumor behind her eye. Pen goes back in to the vets in the morning to have her pupils dilated so the vet can look back and see whats happening behind her eye :(.

Good thoughts and vibes would be appreciated thanks.

[trayi52]

Prayers for Penny. Hope she gets better soon.

Sending good thoughts your way. Hope the Vet gives you better news.

Hugs,
Willie :)

[borzoimom]

Prayers for Penny for sure!

[chocolatepuppy]

Pawsitive thoughts and prayers for Penny.

[cloverfdx]

Thanks everyone. I forgot to mention that our little dog has gone from being nearly 5KGs to 3.74KGs since July :eek:.... not good.

[captain]

Rhi,

Sorry I only saw the update now.
How is Penny?

[cloverfdx]

Thanks for all the good thoughts everyone!!

Penny went back to our vets this morning and stayed for a good hour or so, we got a call about midday saying we had to take her down to Melbourne (about 1 1/2 hours away) for possible emergency surgery... our vet saw what she thought was the lense of Penny's eye torn away so sent us off to an eye specialist ;).

It turned out being a very severe cataract and her body has had a reaction to it and her eye is quite inflamed, we have drops for her long term that need to be givin once a day and we need to call back to the specialist's in about 2 weeks to let them know if the swelling and irritation has lessened any. And to see if her other eye has gotton any worse (Start of another cataract).. if the other eye has worsened then we will organise to have both eyes operated on.

So heres hoping the other eye stays the same and the swelling goes down.... and we can get some weight back on to the little girl ;).

[captain]

Rhi,

Which vet did you have to bring Penny to in Melbourne?
HUGS for you and her that the drops work ..... :D

[cloverfdx]

Michelle it is Animal Eye Care , they have a clinic at Weribee every thursday.. i cannot remember what street the other clinic we went to is in ;).

Penny is doing ok, still plodding along, eating/ drinking when prompted etc. She is going back to our vets on Monday and may be started on some different drops as these ones have not kicked in yet.

http://www.vch.unimelb.edu.au/group.php?groupID=554

[cloverfdx]

With a heavy heart we have decided it would be unfair to put Penny through surgery, so at the moment we are keeping her as pain free as possible and she will let us know when it is time.. some people may not like our choice but our little dog is so frail.. the life has gone out of her eyes today :(.

ETA: She will be off to our vets later today to see what else we can do to help her & for more blood work to be done.. i still have hope that she will improve.. we can only hope.

[angelchampy]

My God, that poor little thing has been through so much. I feel so bad. I didn't catch all of this but this eye problem - was that part of her illness in the summer time? I'm keeping her in my prayers. She was doing really well for awhile. Sending positive thoughts your way.

[elizabethann]

With a heavy heart we have decided it would be unfair to put Penny through surgery, so at the moment we are keeping her as pain free as possible and she will let us know when it is time.. some people may not like our choice but our little dog is so frail.. the life has gone out of her eyes today :(.

ETA: She will be off to our vets later today to see what else we can do to help her & for more blood work to be done.. i still have hope that she will improve.. we can only hope.


I'm sorry Penny is so frail. I will send good vibes her way. Please take care.

[Ginger's Mom]

Oh I missed your last update, Rhi. I am so sorry to hear that Penny is doing so poorly. I am sure that you and your family will make the best and most loving decisions for her all along the road. In her frail state you would hate to have her not make it through the operation. I will keep you and Penny in my prayers.
{{{Hugs}}}

[captain]

Rhi,

Sorry to hear Penny is not doing so well .............. (((hugs))) to you .....

[cloverfdx]

Thanks for all the good thoughts everyone, they do mean alot to us.


I feel so bad. I didn't catch all of this but this eye problem - was that part of her illness in the summer time?
angelchampy nope hey eyes were fine when we were away (holidays), when we got back and during the last time she was sick. Her eyes have only just started to flare up in the last month or so.

The poor little girl has had an off day today, not eating much, sleeping more than usual, heavy breathing :(. She does not appear to be in pain and she is drinking, and will still get up to bark "random things" ;). We will take each day as it comes.

[cloverfdx]

We are not coping too well here at the moment :(. With a broken heart i think it is nearly time to let her go :(.

[cloverfdx]

We go back to the vets at 3 this afternoon (Friday) :(.

[Ginger's Mom]

:( I will be thinking of you and your family and holding you close in my thoughts tonight.

[captain]

Oh Rhi - I am sitting here, thinking of you ............. and sending you BIG BIG hugs.

[wolf_Q]

I'm so sorry to hear about Penny. :( It is very difficult to make a decision like this, I know you and your family love her so much and you are only doing what is best for her. {{hugs}}

[tatsxxx11]

I'm so, so sorry to hear the sad news about Penny, Rhi:( Please give your precious girl and hug and kiss for me. She has been a big part of Pet Talk for so long:( I'm heartbroken:(:(:(
{{{HUGS}}}
Sandra

[KYS]

So sorry to hear about Penny. :(
(((HUGS)))

[chocolatepuppy]

Rhi, I'm so sorry Penny is doing so poorly. :( {{{hugs}}}

[cloverfdx]

Thanks for all the good thoughts once again everyone {{Hugs}}. Well it has been one heck of a rollercoaster ride in the past 48 hours, the little bugger decided she was hungry last night and actually ate something :eek:.. after not eating for quite a while. And tonight when we were eating dinner she got up and came over to beg for human food *tears*.. which resulted in her eating quite a lot of steak.

She is not out of the woods yet and we are trying to not get our hopes up.. but it is a start. We are going to take the dogs away somewhere tomorrow because my guys have not been exercised in the last couple of days as we have been too upset about little miss Penny. In the morning Penny will be going to the vets and we will have a chat to see where to go from here. It still might not be good news but we can hope.

I will keep you all updated.

[Ginger's Mom]

One of the first things I do when I log on is check to see how Penny is doing. {{{hugs}}} I hope this is a sign that better health is on it's way.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Pawsies crossed for you little Penny

[Logan]

It certainly doesn't sound like the sweet girl is ready to give up yet! Penny and you are in our prayers.

Logan

[tatsxxx11]

OMG, we may have a miracle....I've been in tears for two days now, so heartbroken over the loss of Duke, learning of the passing of our beloved Graham, of Bowser's and Phred's great challenges and Penny, sweet Penny...but now, paws crossed, a ray of hope. Tears here too Rhi and more prayers for your precious baby girl. HUGS to you and your dear Mom, Penny! I'll be thinking of you both with love.
Sandra~

[cloverfdx]

She has gone down hill again :(.. anti biotics and anti inflamatorys are not working and she has stopped eating again. Penny gets to stay at the vets Wednesday for x rays and ultrsounds.. i am dreading what they will find.. but know in my heart what it is :(.

Good thoughts would be appreciated thankyou & thankyou for all the good thoughts, prayers and hugs previously they mean so much to us.

[anna_66]

Oh I'm so very sorry to hear this:(

Good thoughts and prayers headed Penny's way.

[Ginger's Mom]

:( Oh, not a good way to start the New Year. I will be saying lots of prayers for Penny this weekend and next week.

[ramanth]

I'm so sorry. Many prayers that she gets through this. :(

[chocolatepuppy]

I'm so sorry Penny isn't doing well. I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers. {hugs}

[dukedogsmom]

I'm so sorry to hear that. We're here for you. I hope it's not bad news at the vet. Penny gets better. I know it's hard.

[Dorothy39]

I'm sorry to learn the "Penny" seems to have "Gone Down Hill" again :(

{{HUGS}} and Prayers, For you and Sweet Penny~

[captain]

Rhi,
Any news?

{{{hugs}}} to you.

[cloverfdx]

Well the little bugger started eating again, but is starting to lose the weight that she had put back on. She is still booked in for ultra sounds and x rays tomorrow so i will update with the results as soon as they come in.

Thanks again everyone.

[tatsxxx11]

Paws crossed for an encouraging update tomorrow and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers, precious Penny. We love you.

{{{HUGS}}}

[Daisy and Delilah]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and Penny. Please get well Penny!!!
{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[chocolatepuppy]

Continued prayers for Penny.

[cloverfdx]

Thanks again everyone {{Hugs}}. I have been having computer troubles so have not been able to update as often as i would like to.

The day Pen was booked on for ultrasounds etc there were quite a few (Well 4) emergency cases bought into the vets so they were busy saving lives (And trying to save one poor soul).. Pen sat at the vets for 5 hours and we decided to wait and do the scans in a few weeks time as the little 'darling' has picked up so well again.

She actually got a peice of meat stuck in one of her teeth last night and i found a rotton tooth right up the back that had been hiding whilst trying to get the bit of meat out. So we are thinking that has been a problem for a while now..that will be seen to and pulled asap ;).

But she is eating like a pig, drinking well and she walked right around the park Tuesday night after it cooled down a bit :D. She even got an extra burst of energy yesterday and jumped from her 'step ladder' up onto the couch.. she has not been able to do that for a very long time... i am not sure if she looked shocked or proud of herself lol.

Thanks again, and i will keep you updated.

[ramanth]

Glad to hear Penny is perking up! :D

[chocolatepuppy]

Good to hear Penny is doing well. :)

[dukedogsmom]

I am so happy to hear she's doing so well :D I hope she continues to do better and feel good. Hug her for me.

[cloverfdx]

Thanks everyone :). The little girl continues to do well, still eating and starting to become that typical little terrier we use to know ;). It was mouse hunting time last night and she was going nuts hunting lol.

Here she is last week with her new brother who is due home this coming weekend......