Sherman #369 He is gone.

[crow_noir]

Oh noes!!! Poor Sherman! You were supposed to be getting BETTER! Not worrying your human and the rest of us to death.

So very glad that you're in the hospital. Hopefully they'll figure it out soon.

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Yeah, as much as we love our fuzzies to be unique in their personalities it's no fun when they're the oddballs when it comes to health.

Two things come to mind when i think of King and being an oddball in health. When we put him on the EVA he had bloating like there was no tomorrow and stomach upset. I did hours and hours and hours of digging. I found no occurrences of dogs getting it in the dog trials. In human trials it was said to be very rare and almost always in those rare cases it was in women. (We just had to adjust the dosing for the first month and then we had no problems after that.)

When he had a testicle removed it was about a week later that his sack started to swell. Thinking it was infected stitching the vet told us just to use the antibiotic creme. Well it kept swelling until it popped. (Disgusting and SCARY! I was home alone with him when it happened.) They thought for sure i meant the stitching ripped. When i called the emergency clinic they thought the same thing. (It was determined that it wasn't an emergency since he wasn't bleeding profusely.) When we did get King in the next day the vet was shocked. Low and behold i DO know what I'm talking about. He said in all the years he's been vetting he's never even heard of that let alone seen it. All he could suggest is fill it with more creme and rub that around. That if it was indeed infection that stitching it up would do more harm than good. (Oh yeah... that was SO fun. *sarcasm*)

Why oh why?! I loved King being unique, but did he really have to be unique in just about every conceivable way? :-/p

Here's hoping that Sherman isn't unique, at least not right now *HUGS* This would be a very bad time for him to be. When he's better, then he can go back to being unique.

[shais_mom]

long distance hugs and prayers across the way!

[LuckyNumber7]

When he had a testicle removed it was about a week later that his sack started to swell. Thinking it was infected stitching the vet told us just to use the antibiotic creme. Well it kept swelling until it popped. (Disgusting and SCARY! I was home alone with him when it happened.) They thought for sure i meant the stitching ripped. When i called the emergency clinic they thought the same thing. (It was determined that it wasn't an emergency since he wasn't bleeding profusely.) When we did get King in the next day the vet was shocked. Low and behold i DO know what I'm talking about. He said in all the years he's been vetting he's never even heard of that let alone seen it. All he could suggest is fill it with more creme and rub that around. That if it was indeed infection that stitching it up would do more harm than good. (Oh yeah... that was SO fun. *sarcasm*)

Holy Sh*t!!! I have never in my life heard of that happening - your poor guy!!

I feel so awful for what's happening with Sherm right now, partly because I went through something similar when I adopted my puppy Molly from a high kill shelter down south. Prior to being issued a health certificate and taking the 2 days voyage up to us in Massachusetts, she was given a FULL physical, and showed no signs of anything being wrong. Apparently right after she got on the transport, she started showing symptoms, because by the time she got to us, she was in pretty rough shape. We got her on a Saturday night, and had a vet appointment for Monday morning, and just kept a close eye on her until then to make sure she was eating, drinking, etc - which she was. She was just very lethargic (especially for a 4 month old puppy!) and her nose was all runny and she clearly had kennel cough. So the vet sees her on Monday and says that she thinks that some antibiotics should do the trick, as long as someone is home to monitor her all day, and make sure she stays hydrated, which I was doing. We started her right away on Clavamox, and at first it seemed to be helping. The next day I get a call from the vet saying that some test results had come back - Molly was extremely anemic, indicating that she probably had some sort of parasites, and her white count was very, very low. We brought in a stool sample, and it came back positive for giardia and roundworms, even though she had been dewormed twice. The vet prescribed her panacur for the worms, and sent us home. Thursday morning when we woke up, Molly wouldn't move. I urged her to eat and drink, she would barely lift her head. I immediately drove her to Angell Memorial and they admitted her into their critical care unit, and put her in a little incubator with an oxygen supply - it was just heartbreaking, seeing her like that. Every time I would go visit her, she would whimper every time I walked away - I think she thought we were going to leave her there. The expense involved with her hospital stay was ridiculously high - but I can't complain, as she made it through, even though they said she probably wouldn't. I'm sure the same will happen for Sherm, as soon as they figure out what's up. Positive thoughts!!!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I am so, so sorry.

Sending good thoughts to you and Sherman! ((hugs))

[Karen]

When Paul was little, and he was sick and in the hospital, he says being in his oxygen tent always made him feel better. Hopefully Sherman, my sweetheart, feels the same about his "oxygen cage" and feel better as well.

[kallisto4529]

Oh no, tons of prayers headed for Sherman!!! I so hope things improve and he gets better and they can find out what is going on with him. Bless his heart and yours. I can't imagine what you must be going through. Please give him lots of love from all of us when you are able to.

[cyber-sibes]

Yesterday morning. Star sticking around to give Sherman some moral support.

[Cincy'sMom]

Sure hope that fresh air is helping you feel better Sherman!!! More thoughts and prayers coming your way.