Pepper Threw Up Blood & May Be Much Sicker Than I Relalized
Hi everyone. As many of you know Pepper has been throwing up food and sometimes liquid. Well this morning he threw up blood. :( It's very hard for me to talk about this because I'm very upset right now. I called the vet and he told me to bring him in asap. I brought him in and he's also running a fever. His temperature was 106 degrees. When he's at the vet it usually runs between 102 and 103 because he becomes very stressed. He has also lost another pound so he now weighs about 15lbs. He may have an ulcer or it could be pancreatitus or he may have a polup or tumor in his stomach.:( I stopped giving him the prednisolone pills because this is will aggrevate his stomach and make it worse. The vet gave him some IV fluids and an injection of some kind of antibiotic. He's also on 3 kinds of pills for the next 5 days. He's on flagyl (metronidazole) 1 pill 2 times a day, carafate to help sooth his stomach 1/2 pill 2 times a day, and reglan 1 pill 2-3 times a day for nausea. I'm also supposed to feed him small amounts of food every few hours. He also had another blood test which includes a thyroid and some kind of test for his pancreas. I should get the results later today or tomorrow morning. He still needs another type of pancreas test but he must fast for this so we'll wait on that for now. He may also need to have an ultrasound. There are a few other more invasive tests that he may need to but I already told the vet that I really don't want to put him through these since he's been through so much already. I called my boss and told him that I wouldn't be in today and I starting crying since it's very hard for me to talk about. He said he understands and to do whatever I need to do. Please say some prayers for my poor Pepper. He's been through so much. Thank you.
