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On Thursday our 10month old Doberman, took forever to eat his breakast. Normally he eats so fast the SPCA would think we starved him. It took him a good 10 mins to eat it. On our way to work he puked all his breakfast out in the car.
At work he puked again. Plus he was dripping watery poo out his bum.
Luckily enough we already had him a vet appointment to get his kennel cough shot that day.
The vet felt his little tummy and he was tender. She checked his poo and it was runny but normal colored. Took his temp and it was normal. they gave him a bit of IVs cause he hadn't been drinking much and gave me some anti-dairheals (SP?) to help his pooping. We thought maybe he drank some rank water at the dog park and it had upset his tummy. Bill was 240 or so
They ssaid to feed him only half his normal dinner that night. Daytag only ate half of that (very slowly).
The next morning (friday) he should have felt better but this time he only ate 1/4 of the halved breakfast. And he was very listless.
So we brought him back to the vets again. She said he felt less tender and his poo was a bit harder. His temp was still normal. She decided to take x-rays, blood work, and keep him overnight on IV.
Bloodwork was normal except a slightly (very slight) raise in white blood cell count. X-ray showed that he had a lot of gas but they couldn't see anything else. So they gave him some Bronium or something. It coats the stomach to soothe it and move things through.
The next morning (saturday)he was pooping better and feeling better. So I got to pick him up. Got specail food from the vet (I hate VET food but decided to try it this time to show them it didn't work) Bill was 700.
saturday he was good. ate his supper and kept it down.
Sunday my dad accidentally fed him the wrong food (his regular food) He had explosive diarrhea in the house. The rest of the day he was very liquidy when he pooped. He looked ok, he wsn't lying down and such but he was quite s.ucky.
Monday as we were heading to work (we didn't feed him cause of the diarrhea) he puked twice.and had dairrhea (the last time was a little reddish in color) So we got him in to the vet immediately.
The vet called us and told us again the x-ray showed a lot of gas but nothing else, blood work was normal. He ate a bit but then puked it up and refused to eat again.
She said we had 2 choices. 24-48 hours of IV fluids again to see if that helps or do surgery to see it there is some plastic foreign objects or take biopsys to check for food allergies.
After a bit of talk we decided to go straight for the surgery.
Turns out he did have foreign bodies and one of them tore open his intestines. She had to but out 6 inches of intestine, but the intestine is so thin that it tears easily making suturing difficult. She got it done, but says he needs to be in a vet hospital with 24 hour care incase it opens and they need to do emergency surgery. She said he was ok for tonight cause he was heavily sedated but we must take him there tomorrow. The bill for the surgery (we haven't gotten it yet as we will get him tomorrow) is aout 1000.
All the overnight hospitilation and emergency surgery if needed is going to cost a TON.
I can't beleive it. My poor little baby boy is so sick. Please everyone pray for our baby boy and that he pulls through. We just want him home and healthy!
At work he puked again. Plus he was dripping watery poo out his bum.
Luckily enough we already had him a vet appointment to get his kennel cough shot that day.
The vet felt his little tummy and he was tender. She checked his poo and it was runny but normal colored. Took his temp and it was normal. they gave him a bit of IVs cause he hadn't been drinking much and gave me some anti-dairheals (SP?) to help his pooping. We thought maybe he drank some rank water at the dog park and it had upset his tummy. Bill was 240 or so
They ssaid to feed him only half his normal dinner that night. Daytag only ate half of that (very slowly).
The next morning (friday) he should have felt better but this time he only ate 1/4 of the halved breakfast. And he was very listless.
So we brought him back to the vets again. She said he felt less tender and his poo was a bit harder. His temp was still normal. She decided to take x-rays, blood work, and keep him overnight on IV.
Bloodwork was normal except a slightly (very slight) raise in white blood cell count. X-ray showed that he had a lot of gas but they couldn't see anything else. So they gave him some Bronium or something. It coats the stomach to soothe it and move things through.
The next morning (saturday)he was pooping better and feeling better. So I got to pick him up. Got specail food from the vet (I hate VET food but decided to try it this time to show them it didn't work) Bill was 700.
saturday he was good. ate his supper and kept it down.
Sunday my dad accidentally fed him the wrong food (his regular food) He had explosive diarrhea in the house. The rest of the day he was very liquidy when he pooped. He looked ok, he wsn't lying down and such but he was quite s.ucky.
Monday as we were heading to work (we didn't feed him cause of the diarrhea) he puked twice.and had dairrhea (the last time was a little reddish in color) So we got him in to the vet immediately.
The vet called us and told us again the x-ray showed a lot of gas but nothing else, blood work was normal. He ate a bit but then puked it up and refused to eat again.
She said we had 2 choices. 24-48 hours of IV fluids again to see if that helps or do surgery to see it there is some plastic foreign objects or take biopsys to check for food allergies.
After a bit of talk we decided to go straight for the surgery.
Turns out he did have foreign bodies and one of them tore open his intestines. She had to but out 6 inches of intestine, but the intestine is so thin that it tears easily making suturing difficult. She got it done, but says he needs to be in a vet hospital with 24 hour care incase it opens and they need to do emergency surgery. She said he was ok for tonight cause he was heavily sedated but we must take him there tomorrow. The bill for the surgery (we haven't gotten it yet as we will get him tomorrow) is aout 1000.
All the overnight hospitilation and emergency surgery if needed is going to cost a TON.
I can't beleive it. My poor little baby boy is so sick. Please everyone pray for our baby boy and that he pulls through. We just want him home and healthy!
