Post by clt80 on Mar 12, 2018 13:35:20 GMT
I feel like I'm in a nightmare!
One of my dogs has not been right and we had an appointment this afternoon at the vets for him. This weekend has been horrendous and ended up with us rushing him in as an emergency first thing this morning when we came downstairs to diarrhea and blood. They tested for Cushing disease which came back unlikely, even though he has developed a pot belly appearance which is a classic symptom along with weight loss, excess drinking and weeing and generally being unwell. I ran along the road this morning with a Tupperware box trying to catch him weeing whilst OH had hold of the lead. I got some, spilt most of it, and took it with us. He had high levels of sugar in his urine so it's suspected diabetes. He's been kept in today on a drip and to add to it it seems he has a gastro bug which is why there was the blood this morning. His liver is also enlarged. They are calling me late afternoon as they were keen to keep him in tonight on the drip. If it's diabetes it's manageable, I will give him injections or whatever it takes I'll do it. But I'm worried sick it's some thing more sinister. They said he is too poorly to have an ultrasound or a scan. Poor Alfie. How I wish I could take the pain for him. When it's me ill I can cope, when it's one of our pets be it bird or dog I just can't bear it. I can't bear their suffering. This morning I felt like someone was squeezing my neck and I couldn't breathe.
On top of this I'm worried about some of the budgies and have the other vet ringing me back about that this afternoon too. Bob was very popular and if whatever he had was contagious then others like Sue, Bridgette and Harriet ... well all of them really, could contract whatever took my Bob away. I just want to talk to him about what precautions I can take to protect the others. I know antibiotics in the aviary water isn't ideal, I don't want them building up immunity against them, but after the shock of Bob I don't want to take any risks.
I keep telling myself when you're at the bottom the only way is up
One of my dogs has not been right and we had an appointment this afternoon at the vets for him. This weekend has been horrendous and ended up with us rushing him in as an emergency first thing this morning when we came downstairs to diarrhea and blood. They tested for Cushing disease which came back unlikely, even though he has developed a pot belly appearance which is a classic symptom along with weight loss, excess drinking and weeing and generally being unwell. I ran along the road this morning with a Tupperware box trying to catch him weeing whilst OH had hold of the lead. I got some, spilt most of it, and took it with us. He had high levels of sugar in his urine so it's suspected diabetes. He's been kept in today on a drip and to add to it it seems he has a gastro bug which is why there was the blood this morning. His liver is also enlarged. They are calling me late afternoon as they were keen to keep him in tonight on the drip. If it's diabetes it's manageable, I will give him injections or whatever it takes I'll do it. But I'm worried sick it's some thing more sinister. They said he is too poorly to have an ultrasound or a scan. Poor Alfie. How I wish I could take the pain for him. When it's me ill I can cope, when it's one of our pets be it bird or dog I just can't bear it. I can't bear their suffering. This morning I felt like someone was squeezing my neck and I couldn't breathe.
On top of this I'm worried about some of the budgies and have the other vet ringing me back about that this afternoon too. Bob was very popular and if whatever he had was contagious then others like Sue, Bridgette and Harriet ... well all of them really, could contract whatever took my Bob away. I just want to talk to him about what precautions I can take to protect the others. I know antibiotics in the aviary water isn't ideal, I don't want them building up immunity against them, but after the shock of Bob I don't want to take any risks.
I keep telling myself when you're at the bottom the only way is up