The Verdict for Jack is In --- Post #84
spent the night in Toledo last night with my sister but got a phone call from Christy this morning that Jack was peeing blood. It was already almost 11 so I told her to call the vets and see if they would wait until I got home ( which would take about an hour) or if he needed to be seen sooner. Christy packed up the 2 kids and Jack and took him in. I called when I got about 15 minutes from the vet's office but Christy was checking out already and didn't sound like she could explain to me what Dr. James told her very well. So I asked her to ask Dr. James could call me in about 15 minutes.
They did some x-rays to rule out gall bladder stones. She feels that he has a kidney stone which is rare in a dog but like she said whose dog would come up with a rare thing than one of mine! So he needs an ultrasound. I'm like No, I don't want to take him to Columbus!!! And she said for this one of the vets here in town has an ultrasound machine and while it isn't the first choice scenario, she thinks that would be okay in this situation. The down side is they don't read their own ultrasounds but send them out so there would be a delay in finding out what it showed. He really needs to be on a 24 hour fast before the ultrasound because because it would also show feces and other things that might make seeing a kidney stone harder. So she will call that vet's office on Monday and set up an appointment as soon as possible. Meanwhile he goes back on pain pills because she says he has to be in pain (although we can't tell because he is so stoic) and an antiobiotic because he already has an infection going. We will have to watch him carefully through the weekend to make sure he drinks and pees. If he doesn't pee, it means he may have a blood clot that is obstructing his flow and more infection could result. Until they get the results of the ultrasound they don't know how they will treat it because they need to know size, location, etc. So Lot and Lots more prayers needed for my Jackie boy - hopefully it is small enough that he can pass it on his own
An then the vet told me a shocking thing. Someone in the past tried to kill Jack!!!! He is full of buck shot. At some time, someone tried to kill him by shooting him with a shotgun and then leaving him to die!!!!! Can you even imagine? He has the little pieces all up and down his legs, around his stomach - one is very close to his lung and one is just below his spine which would have paralzyed him had it cut the cord and he probably would have died because he wouldn't have been able to get food or water. She said it was a very old wound - we have had him for 5 years now and he is suppose to be about 10. We are just shocked that someone would do something to our poor guy. As those who have met him can testify, Jack is one of the quietest, sweetest, loving dogs there is. Who would have done something like this? How cruel could they be?
<picks up Prayer Line> <dials God>
:eek:
Hi God ~
We think You've been on Jack's Team a lot longer than we ever knew ...
THANKS fur helpin him through the :eek: shotgun blast!!
Now that he duzzint need to worrie about havin a Lovin Home ...
Maybe You kan koncintrate on just gettin him to Feelin Better.
We'll all be krossin Pawz an Klawz waitin to hear how his Ultrasound turns out.
And God ~ don't furget Mom!
She's gonna need a lotta {{{God's Hugs}}} ta get through this!
THANKS, God!
/s/ the Prayer Pups
