rex is digressing slowly,,,been almost 3 weeks now

eats almost nothing, drinks and pees like a champ

vet says something is attacking his kidney, waiting for lepto results

he was running a termperature,,,but not anymore

occasional muscle spasms, mostly while sleeping and exhaling

bloodwork looked good except white blood cell count was a little low

has a hard time keeping his antibiotics down on an empty stomach

very lethargic with short labored breathing

his gums are pink which is good

 

any ideas?

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Bing

rex is digressing slowly,,,been almost 3 weeks now



eats almost nothing, drinks and pees like a champ



vet says something is attacking his kidney, waiting for lepto results



he was running a termperature,,,but not anymore



occasional muscle spasms, mostly while sleeping and exhaling



bloodwork looked good except white blood cell count was a little low



has a hard time keeping his antibiotics down on an empty stomach



very lethargic with short labored breathing



his gums are pink which is good</end quote></div>


Just out of curiousity what kind of food is he on? Cuz this is the kind of stuff that was happening to the animals when they had all those recalls.

I hope he gets better!

 

he usually eats beneful, i switched when he got sick

i mentioned this to the vet who didnt seem concerned

since then its been rice, ground beef, chicken, oatmeal, no salt chicken broth....and the food that comes in a log that looks like a sausage in a plastic wrap

 

Hmm...That sounds like some yummy food. :-)

What about Slug bait? Do you think he could of gotten into that somewhere? But that shouldn't stay in his system for that long I don't think. I'm just trying to think of some things that I know bother dogs. Have you done any research to see if you can find anything?

 

Bing,

Sure hope it's nothing serious with Rex, I've never had those symtoms with a dog before [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

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any ideas?</end quote></div>

Any way he could have gotten into any antifreeze? That stuff really damages the kidneys bad. And Tylenol(I think) is really bad for dogs. or Maybe it's Advil that's poisonous to dogs. Maybe both...Although if he's still urinating, that's a good sign.

I hope you get it figured out and he starts getting better. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

ahhh, nuthin' like a steak off the barby in the wee morning hours [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Good morning PSAR. Last day of school for us FINALLY! 3 hours with the kiddos, an hour or so to clean up, then head for home, hitch up, and hit the road. At least that's the plan.... but you know life tends to get in the way of the plans we make [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

Have a great day everyone!

 

Mornin' PSAR