 Sadie is doing good
We have discontinued the Amlodipine- the vet wants to further research. Sadie is so energetic and has been feeling good this whole time. It's hard to believe that something is going on with her. I mean, we would have never taken her to the vet bc she is completely normal. But her urinalysis and protein loss show different. I have cut back to only giving her Claritin once a day only now. I noticed she has a "knot" on her belly so that gives me something else to worry about now.. she goes to the vet this friday to get tested for "Addison's disease" and the vet is going to keep her 1/2 the day to get a good reading on her blood pressure. I still worry leaving her alone all day and we don't have anyone we know that can come and check on her during the day. We are in TX and our whole family is in OH. I do not see our neighbors much and they work all day too so it's not like I have anyone to come and check on her. My problem is I am wracking my brain trying to figure out what happened to her Sunday night... was it a seizure or did she just faint? and I keep re-living watching the way she fell to the ground. I just cannot get it out of my head. It scared me so bad. I know that she is a "dog" and one day she will pass away. but she is only going to be 10 in Dec. I try not to worry about her so much but everyday i just cannot get home fast enough to her. She is my little angel and I love her so much! I never imagined I could let a "dog" into my heart so deep the way I have done with my 2 girls. I had to take a break and stop researching on line. I have been driving myself (and my husband) crazy. :-)
As long as she is up and runnning around like a little crazy girl- I am ok. when she sleeps next to me I keep checking on her though. She is my litte angel and we will do whatever it takes to make her well. we are struggling with the vet bills but it doesn't matter. if I have to open a charge card to pay for her vet bills then I will do it. Some people I work with think we are crazy to spend so much on a "dog". I decided to stop sharing with them. they do not understand. I had one lady tell me to go and have her put to sleep now- while she is not suffering. Yeah like that's going to happen. Not a chance. I am not giving up on her. If she was suffering then that would be different. But she is not suffering at all. You can't even tell anything is going on with her protein loss or anything. I am currently researching raw food because I still believe it is the best for them. I am having a hard time convincing my husband. I also want to make sure her kidneys can handle the protein in raw. I have heard that the quality of protein in the raw food is the best for them. But bc of her kidneys not filtering properly I am nervous to start her on the raw. Hopefully we will find something out soon. Otherwise I think we will end up taking her to a specialist. the vet already gave me some info on specialists in our area but she wants to run a few more tests this Friday. I will keep you all posted and Thank you so much for checking in on us. i do not know where i would be if it wasn't for yorkie talk. :-) luv & hugs! renee, sadie and samie xo |