Poor Lucky....Poor Hubby.....
My dog, Lucky, is sick again. This time he is really sick. He started with that diahrrea stuff again. I had been giving him this medicine I bought at PetSmart and it seemed to be working. When we were in Caseville last time he started with the diahrrea again and I didn't bring the medicine with me cause I thought he was okay. So I had to drive all the way to Bay City to find a pet store that carried the stuff. So I started putting it in his food again and it seemed to help and he didn't get any worse.
Then he came home last Thursday with my husband and he was fine. During the weekend...Sunday, I think....he started having the diahrrea again. So Monday I started putting the stuff in his food. Tuesday he only ate half his food and just wanted to stay under the couch. Wednesday, yesterday, he wouldn't eat anything at all but drank some water. He stayed under the couch all day. I even tried giving him some bran cereal with a little milk. I even tried cooked carrots cause I read online that it is good for diahrrea, but he wouldn't eat anything.
This morning he was really bad. He could barely stand up. He tried to go outside and when he came back in he just collapsed on the carpet near the door and just laid there. He looked bad, and his nose was really warm. So I called the vet this morning and took him in this afternoon. He was so bad that he couldn't even stand up when I put his leash on him. So I just wrapped him in a towel and carried him out to the car and inside the vet. Then I laid him on the table so they could examine him. He didn't even move. That is so not like Lucky. Even when he is sick he can still walk in and be feisty. They always have to put his "party hat" on him to even examine him. haha...a "party hat" is what the vet calls the muzzle they have to put on him. But today, no "party hat"....he just laid there and didn't move while she examined him.
When I was holding him in the towel while we were waiting for the doctor, his eyes kept rolling back in his head and I kept telling him to look at me. I promised him that he would be okay!
Anyway, they took his temperature and it was 105! She said that is high even for a dog. She said she would get the doctor in there immediately. He was also very dehydrated. So they put those water packs under his skin to help hydrate him. His body will slowly absorb the water. And they gave him a mega dose of antibiotics. She also gave me two meds to start giving him tomorrow for 10 days. She said he should show a definite improvement by tomorrow or bring him back in.
Right now he is still just laying on the floor half under the couch. His nose is still warm. I suppose that with the fever and the shot he will sleep good for awhile. Hopefully, he will be his old self again soon. The doctor said that with older dogs they begin to lose their natural immunity and can get infections very easily that they normally would fight off. And he's getting to be an old guy...12.
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My husband had an appointment with the surgeon today. The surgery is scheduled for September 15. Would you believe, my husband also has jury duty on Sept. 23 and there is no way he is going to go. The doctor gave him something to send in so he can be dismissed this time.
Anyway, the surgeon looked at him and said that he can't do an in-office type procedure. He will have to go in the hospital for it. Apparently, he has to cut deeper in than they thought. Then it gets sent immediately to a lab where they can determine if enough has been cut out.....if not, then the doctor goes deeper. Yuckk....Hopefully, everything will turn out okay.
That was my day!
Then he came home last Thursday with my husband and he was fine. During the weekend...Sunday, I think....he started having the diahrrea again. So Monday I started putting the stuff in his food. Tuesday he only ate half his food and just wanted to stay under the couch. Wednesday, yesterday, he wouldn't eat anything at all but drank some water. He stayed under the couch all day. I even tried giving him some bran cereal with a little milk. I even tried cooked carrots cause I read online that it is good for diahrrea, but he wouldn't eat anything.
This morning he was really bad. He could barely stand up. He tried to go outside and when he came back in he just collapsed on the carpet near the door and just laid there. He looked bad, and his nose was really warm. So I called the vet this morning and took him in this afternoon. He was so bad that he couldn't even stand up when I put his leash on him. So I just wrapped him in a towel and carried him out to the car and inside the vet. Then I laid him on the table so they could examine him. He didn't even move. That is so not like Lucky. Even when he is sick he can still walk in and be feisty. They always have to put his "party hat" on him to even examine him. haha...a "party hat" is what the vet calls the muzzle they have to put on him. But today, no "party hat"....he just laid there and didn't move while she examined him.
When I was holding him in the towel while we were waiting for the doctor, his eyes kept rolling back in his head and I kept telling him to look at me. I promised him that he would be okay!
Anyway, they took his temperature and it was 105! She said that is high even for a dog. She said she would get the doctor in there immediately. He was also very dehydrated. So they put those water packs under his skin to help hydrate him. His body will slowly absorb the water. And they gave him a mega dose of antibiotics. She also gave me two meds to start giving him tomorrow for 10 days. She said he should show a definite improvement by tomorrow or bring him back in.
Right now he is still just laying on the floor half under the couch. His nose is still warm. I suppose that with the fever and the shot he will sleep good for awhile. Hopefully, he will be his old self again soon. The doctor said that with older dogs they begin to lose their natural immunity and can get infections very easily that they normally would fight off. And he's getting to be an old guy...12.
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My husband had an appointment with the surgeon today. The surgery is scheduled for September 15. Would you believe, my husband also has jury duty on Sept. 23 and there is no way he is going to go. The doctor gave him something to send in so he can be dismissed this time.
Anyway, the surgeon looked at him and said that he can't do an in-office type procedure. He will have to go in the hospital for it. Apparently, he has to cut deeper in than they thought. Then it gets sent immediately to a lab where they can determine if enough has been cut out.....if not, then the doctor goes deeper. Yuckk....Hopefully, everything will turn out okay.
That was my day!
posted by Diane @ 7:03 PM
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