Can my cat friends spare a prayer for a Labrador Retriever, please?

[TopCat3]

This is such a sad, scared thread from someone who has been kind to me so I just had to reply...(I lurk a lot... )

Mary I will keep Bailey in my thoughts and prayers, this doesn't sound good at all. Could Bailey have eaten something outside - even some poison berries or did someone (neighbour) close by carelessly leave some chemicals about or something, like pesticides - she might have trod in then licked her paws? If that were the case then bloods would look normal wouldn't they, and it would be a one-off wouldn't it?

Perhaps I'm clutching at straws, but maybe it isn't the dog, maybe it's something in the environment?

Anyway keep us posted and very best of luck to Bailey and her Dad.

Love your picture by the way - nothing like I imagined!!! (long dark hair, homely, glasses...)

[Medusa]

Funny that you should mention that. Bailey is just that kind of dog. She eats everything on the ground. He's tried everything he can to break her of that habit but so far no success. And here's the freaky part: last year I awoke from a dream w/the word "leptospirosis" ringing in my ear. I had never heard of that word, wasn't even sure it was a word. But when I looked it up, sure enough, it's a disease that animals can get from eating things like skunk feces, etc. And Bailey is a hunting dog and she does that (EW!) all the time. But I had forgotten about it until you just mentiioned her "eating habits" again. I'm going to call my friend right now and suggest that they run tests for it, if there are such tests. Thanx for reminding me. I love PT! I'll keep you posted.

P.S. The woman that you pictured in your mind is my evil twin.

[Medusa]

I just spoke to my friend and his vet said that Bailey had been inoculated for leptospirosis. So that's ruled out. She recommended another vet that is partners w/my old vet and she's a specialist in internal medicine. She's in surgery all day (of course) but she'll call him back and let him know if she'll work out payment arrangements for Bailey so that she can get the proper testing done. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

[Catty1]

That'll be nice if they can do payments.

However, IMOM is still a good option...and there is always a post on here when a PT furbaby(or friend of) is on IMOM looking for donations!

[Medusa]

I'm not familiar w/that. What is IMOM?

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Here's the link for IMOM


http://www.imom.org/

my pusscat has her pawsies crossed for Bailey

[Medusa]

Thank you so much. I'll be sure to peruse it.

Bailey has been having petit mal seizures now, no grand mal again, thank goodness. My friend's vet gave him liquid valium to inject into Bailey's rectum should she start to have a grand mal. And he has an appt. w/an internal specialist tomorrow, so hopefully, she'll have something definitive to tell him and let's pray it's something he can deal with. I'll post when I know more.

[Catty1]

IMOM is generally for surgery, but they can at least recommend another service.

There is also a credit service, where you pay no interest if you pay off the loan in three months. Let me know if this is of help. I can't recall the link at the moment.

[Medusa]

My friend called me at work and said that all of Bailey's blood work came back normal again. She was at the vet's all day yesterday. The vet even had her fast, then tested her, then fed her, then tested her again. She ran all kinds of tests on her except an MRI. She even did another leptospirosis test just to be certain. Her educated guess is that Bailey has liver trouble but she's not sure exactly what kind. An MRI would tell more, I guess. My friend is short on funds right now, being a landscaper who is just now getting back to work for the season, so he doesn't have $1000 or more to spare. Bailey is back to her old self and hasn't had any seizures in a few days. But if she has another grand mal, then I think the MRI is called for. If I have to, I'll have him work off the loan by doing landscaping for me. I'll be needing a lawn treatment soon plus pruning, etc. But I'm hoping I won't have to do that. I like to keep a reserve in case one of my furkids gets sick. But more than that, I just don't want Bailey to get sick again. He'll get the lepto test results tomorrow and I'll post when I know more. Thanx for all your prayers. PTers are powerful!