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I need some help with my 6 year old labrador. About 2 weeks ago, he urinated in the house twice and became mildly lethargic. After about 4 days, he vomited. I brought him to a local vet er and they examined him and found nothing. His symptom worsened a bit and I brought him back. They ran blood tests and urinalysis, as well as xray. They found nothing with exception to mildly elevated lymphocytes (30%)--the doc thought that it may be a reaction to what ever was bothering him, but wanted us to bring him back for blood tests to check his lymphocytes again (concern for cancer). The vet recommended Zantac and support. The dog continued to decline--he became dehydrated and stopped eating, lost 10-15 lbs. I brought him to another vet who provided fluids. That next day, we brought him back and she gave him prednisone (he was taken off b/c he does not have addison's disease) and meds for his stomach. He seemed to improve or at least stabalize at 50%. Prior to his last vet visti on friday, we noticed that his back legs gave out, he flipped over onto his back and urinated and vomited. he has done similar things in increasing frequency. For examble, lastnight, it looked like his legs started to give out, he defacated, urniated and vomited all the while moaning. He looks to be in tremendous pain and or siezing. now, I believe he is blind and or confused/disoriented (he roams around bumping into things). It has gotten to the point where I believe I should put my dog down, but I still don't know if what he has is treatable. No offense to vets out there, but to this point all that they seem to be good for is running through the flow chart and making money--no real thinking going on that I can see. If anyone could offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated. >I need some help with my 6 year old labrador. About 2 weeks ago, he >urinated [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > If anyone could offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated. I am not speaking on any authority other than dog owner but your dog's condition sounds so heartbreaking that I thought I'd put in my two cents until someone better qualified comes along. Your dog may have something complex such as a spinal or brain tumor as he seems to be having seizures. This may not be the case, I'm not diagnosing but just pointing out that he may need more specialized care such as exam by an orthopedic surgeon. He would probably be able to tell just by neurologic signs whether, for instance, a tumor was a possibility or if more sophisticated testing is indicated. > I need some help with my 6 year old labrador. About 2 weeks ago, he urinated > in the house twice and became mildly lethargic. After about 4 days, he > vomited. I brought him to a local vet er and they examined him and found [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > who provided fluids. That next day, we brought him back and she gave him > prednisone (he was taken off b/c he does not have addison's disease) and meds > for his stomach. He seemed to improve or at least stabalize at 50%. Prior > to his last vet visti on friday, we noticed that his back legs gave out, he [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > things). It has gotten to the point where I believe I should put my dog > down, but I still don't know if what he has is treatable. No offense to vets > out there, but to this point all that they seem to be good for is running > through the flow chart and making money--no real thinking going on that I can > see. > > If anyone could offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, my dog died Friday morning. The doc was going to give him IV fluids and antibiotics because we had nothing else to lose. So far the preliminary spinal fluid analysis is negative. To this point, my dead dog appears totally healthy. I'd still like to figure out what caused this--if anyone has any ideas, please reply. To this point electrolytes, blood, urine, xray and preliminary CSF are all negative. Addisons was ruled out. > Unfortunately, my dog died Friday morning. .........I'm so sorry. My condolences. I'd still like to figure out what caused this--if > anyone has any ideas, please reply. .............you'll have to have a necropsy then. It's the only way. It really sounds like a poison to me, so there might be blood tests you could get also. buglady take out the dog before replying > .........I'm so sorry. My condolences. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > buglady > take out the dog before replying I was wondering if the vet checked for toxoplasmosis. Regards |
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