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Location: Minnesota | When they did the blood work what were her protein levels at? I have a mini Aussie who just went through exactly what you described and we treated for hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. She was on steroids 3x a day, antibiotics 2X a day, an appetite stimulant, and something to help ease the diarrhea.
Paisley's protein levels were off and that is why they treated her the way they did. It was about a week but she made a full recovery. We do have to feed a low fat low protein diet from here on out. We have a prescription dog food from our vet. During the time she was sick we fed her boiled potatoes (no salt, no oil just plane) and a baked turkey breast. |
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Location: Arkansas | Was wondering how she was today |
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Location: The edge of no where | Hoping your girl has had a good weekend and is feeling better. The pictures are precious. |
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Location: WI | Morning everyone!
Yes, Tillie made it through the weekend with no issues! She has held her food down for 4 days now since her surgery. The vet called on Friday and the Addison's test came back Negative. My vet ended up sending her case up to the University of MN to get a second opinion and they are really stumped as to why the rice was still in her belly after that long of time. So, at this point our next option is to do a study on her to see if she has issues with her digestion. But, I decided to give her through the weekend and see how she did. Since she has made it through the weekend, and is basically back to normal and has an appetite, I'm torn on if I want to spend more money on this study or not. I may just continue to monitor her. She is still on the prescribed wet food from the vet post surgery, and I will be putting her back on regular dog food here later this week, so that should be a good test.
Thanks for all the thoughts and well wishes! They seem to be working :) |
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Location: The edge of no where | 
Great news! |
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Location: Florida.. | Great news.. Id wait it out to. Id put her on a grain free diet and see how she responds.. more stress cant be good for her.. tests etc.. unless she gets sick again.. |
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Location: Arkansas | Bibliafarm - 2015-10-05 4:32 PM
Great news.. Id wait it out to. Id put her on a grain free diet and see how she responds.. more stress cant be good for her.. tests etc.. unless she gets sick again..
I totally agree with Bib.
So glad she's doing better |
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Location: WI | She has been a stinker to try and keep quiet now the last couple days! She is such an active little dog to begin with, the whole No Jumping/Running has been a battle! Had to share this video from last night. This is Tillie playing with our 9 week old miniature aussie pup. Her stitches still look good and she's still being leashed when she goes outside but in the house its tough to keep her quiet, especially when the pup wants to play as well! She is back to her normal sassy self!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3aCsboHOWc |
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Location: Red Raiderland | So glad to see she is doing so well! |
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Location: Arkansas | hmm89 - 2015-10-06 11:14 AM
She has been a stinker to try and keep quiet now the last couple days! She is such an active little dog to begin with, the whole No Jumping/Running has been a battle! Had to share this video from last night. This is Tillie playing with our 9 week old miniature aussie pup. Her stitches still look good and she's still being leashed when she goes outside but in the house its tough to keep her quiet, especially when the pup wants to play as well! She is back to her normal sassy self!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3aCsboHOWc
That girl looks like she's on the mend---so glad for both of y'all!! |
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| I just read this post - I'm SO glad she is doing better! |
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Location: Arkansas | Just checking in on Tillie for an update! |
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Location: WI | Tillie is doing great! She is back to normal and is putting weight back on slowly but surely. I switched her food to a grain free dog food just in case. I can't post a photo from my phone that shows her weight difference one week after everything but maybe Monday when I get to a computer I can post it, she looks so much better!
Edited by hmm89 2015-10-24 8:41 PM
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Location: Arkansas | hmm89 - 2015-10-24 8:39 PM
Tillie is doing great! She is back to normal and is putting weight back on slowly but surely. I switched her food to a grain free dog food just in case. I can't post a photo from my phone that shows her weight difference one week after everything but maybe Monday when I get to a computer I can post it, she looks so much better!
I'm so glad she's better and look forward to seeing her cute picture next week! |
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| So glad to see her happy and playing!!!! |
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Location: WI | Here is a photo of her the day she came home after surgery showing how skinny she really was and how much weight she lost from everything, compared to one week after surgery. She has put on even more since then. The last pic was one i took last night after we finished painting our kitchen :) Thanks for all the thoughts!
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Location: The edge of no where | She's so stinkin cute! Glad she's gaining some weight back and healthy! |
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Location: WI | Well, we had a little bit of a set back yesterday when i got home from work... it was like Deja vu. I got home and Tillie was in her kennel full of vomit and diarrhea :(. Yesterday was 5 weeks to the day of her very first episode and it was just like the first day. She was vomiting for about an hour, very depressed, was straining to poop, but this time anything that came out was bloody. The vet advised to pull her food and monitor her. She stopped throwing up around 5pm but her poop still has blood in it this morning. She was pretty quiet last night, but this morning was much perkier and happier looking. I sent a stool sample off to the vet today. I'm grasping at straws trying to figure out what around my house could be making her sick like this.
From what i have seen in the last 5 weeks, i have not seen her get into anything she shouldn't be. But, something that I am wondering about now, could she be getting this sick from those Asian beetles? They showed up at our house around the time of the first incident (i think anyway). The little research I've done on Google is that they are not poisonous, but can irritate the dogs stomach causing vomit. We live in an old farmhouse, so these buggers are everywhere no matter how many times a day I suck them up! With not being poisonous, that could explain why her blood work is always normal? I moved into this house earlier this year, and where I used to live did not have these beetles nearly like we do here, so they are new. I can't say that I have really ever seen her eating them, but her kennel during the day is in our entry way where the most usually end up. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Poor little dog.....maybe try another vet...its very strange that it keeps coming back......can u take her to work with you....maybe try a baby monitor you could watch from yr cell and at least see if she is eating bugs....I hope for her sake you get it figured out...good luckM |
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Location: WI | mruggles - 2015-10-28 1:33 PM
Poor little dog.....maybe try another vet...its very strange that it keeps coming back......can u take her to work with you....maybe try a baby monitor you could watch from yr cell and at least see if she is eating bugs....I hope for her sake you get it figured out...good luckM
I so wish i could bring her to work with me, she would be a perfect desk pup. Good idea on a baby monitor, I may try that. I considered a gopro with her but then heard they only record for a couple minutes. Didn't think of a baby monitor. |
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