Could you spare a few good thoughts? UPDATED
Aug 18, 2020 23:25:51 GMT
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 18, 2020 23:25:51 GMT
UPDATE 8/19
We've talked with the vet s couple of times today. She said he was finally fever free this morning and he's looking more like himself. He gobbled up his food this morning so that was a great sign. While all the tests they sent out came back negative, all the vets in the office feel like it's a tick borne illness. They started him on doxy last night as well as a steroid, and the feel his improvement today is due to that. His platelets are still very low so they really want him to stay overnight again so they can continue to monitor that. Platelets are supposed to be 30,000 and up, this morning they were between 10,000-20,000. Yesterday when we brought him in, it wasn't even registering on their test. So he'll get another night of fluids, iv antibiotics, and steroids as well as the doxy. Thank you all for the good thoughts!!
Our 6yo pup Canon, started feeling poorly yesterday. He didn't eat any food at dinnertime, even refused beef roast, which is unheard of. He wasn't any better this morning so we got him into our vet asap. He had a temp of 105 and his blood platelet count was extremely low. They did a bunch of xrays looking for bone cancer or any type of mass but thankfully saw nothing. By this evening, his temp has only come down 1 degree and they noticed that his gums were looking bruised, a sign of the super low platelet count. They still don't know what's wrong but have given us 3 possible things. A tick borne disease, anaplasmosis, an autoimmune disease, or possibly a different type of cancer. They've been pumping him with fluids and given him wide spectrum antibiotics. But they won't get the detailed blood results until tomorrow morning. They're not 100% he'll make it through the night. But they're giving him meds tonight for the tick borne disease as well as the immune system disease in case it's one of those. He's staying the night at the vet's office.
I constantly complain he's a PITA but man, I've been teary all day. If you could spare some good thoughts, we'd appreciate it. TIA ladies.
We've talked with the vet s couple of times today. She said he was finally fever free this morning and he's looking more like himself. He gobbled up his food this morning so that was a great sign. While all the tests they sent out came back negative, all the vets in the office feel like it's a tick borne illness. They started him on doxy last night as well as a steroid, and the feel his improvement today is due to that. His platelets are still very low so they really want him to stay overnight again so they can continue to monitor that. Platelets are supposed to be 30,000 and up, this morning they were between 10,000-20,000. Yesterday when we brought him in, it wasn't even registering on their test. So he'll get another night of fluids, iv antibiotics, and steroids as well as the doxy. Thank you all for the good thoughts!!
Our 6yo pup Canon, started feeling poorly yesterday. He didn't eat any food at dinnertime, even refused beef roast, which is unheard of. He wasn't any better this morning so we got him into our vet asap. He had a temp of 105 and his blood platelet count was extremely low. They did a bunch of xrays looking for bone cancer or any type of mass but thankfully saw nothing. By this evening, his temp has only come down 1 degree and they noticed that his gums were looking bruised, a sign of the super low platelet count. They still don't know what's wrong but have given us 3 possible things. A tick borne disease, anaplasmosis, an autoimmune disease, or possibly a different type of cancer. They've been pumping him with fluids and given him wide spectrum antibiotics. But they won't get the detailed blood results until tomorrow morning. They're not 100% he'll make it through the night. But they're giving him meds tonight for the tick borne disease as well as the immune system disease in case it's one of those. He's staying the night at the vet's office.
I constantly complain he's a PITA but man, I've been teary all day. If you could spare some good thoughts, we'd appreciate it. TIA ladies.
