[sadiesamie]

My Yorkie Sadie fainted last night! 2x’s! she fell to the ground and was out for about 3 seconds. While she passed out she had a bowel movement. THEN she fainted again. this time for about 15-20 seconds. Again- another bowel movement. I was so scared! I thought she had died!!! She came to and was a little disoriented- but then she seemed ok. Without giving it any thought what so ever… we rushed her up to the emergency vet. She seemed ok when we got there. The emerg vet had been operating on a dog that had been hit by a car. We waited for close to 3 hrs before we decided to leave and go back home since Sadie was feeling ok and it was going on 3AM. We kept a close watch on her and I got her to vet first thing this morning. (which was less than 5 hrs after we got home)

She started a new blood pressure med last Tuesday. (Amlodipine) well Tues night she looked very drugged and sleepy. However she was just given 6 pills! I have them all listed below. Oh how I hated to see her this way. Apparently we are taking her to one of the best vets here in Dallas TX. But I cannot figure out why the vet does not know what is wrong with our Sadie gril??? Mind you- our expenses have quickly soared up to 5000.00 as of today. The Vet thinks she has Glomerulonephritis but she has not ruled that out just yet. With the PROTEIN LOSS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE this is what she is leaning towards- but I don’t know… PROTEIN LOSS IS 4 ++++ AND HER LAST PROTEIN/CREAT READING WAS 7.1! HER BLOOD PRESSURE STARTED AT 200 AND CREEPED UP TO 285 IN ONLY 2 WKS.

Sadie just finished her 2nd round of antibiotics as she had a hefty urinary tract infection. The first antibiotic (Clavimox) her infection resisted - so then we started 2 wks of Baytril. She finished her last dose last Friday so we planned to do follow up urinalysis with culture tomorrow. She is losing LARGE amounts of protein in her urine. ( Research I have done shows that Urinary tract infection can be the cause of all of the protein loss in the urine) I purchased some protein strips from the drug store and tested her on Saturday morning. (she just finished her last day of her antibiotics the night before). I anticipated her finishing the antibiotics she would stop producing so much protein. But all hopes of that were diminished when the dipstick shot up to 2000 +++ on the dipstick. I do not know if her UTI is cured after finishing this second round of antibiotics or not? I am so worried about her!

Here is a list of her current meds:
Soloxine (Thyroid med)
Claritin (allergies)
Benazaperil (protein loss/blood pressure)
Amlodipine besylate ¼ of a 2.5 mg tablet 1x a day- (just started a week ago)

Last Tuesday evening she had all of that PLUS her Baytril and Plus a Tramadol (for pain- she was having pain in her back right leg). Well…….. after giving her all of this med it was no surprise that she was very sleepy and very drugged up. Oh how I hated to see her like this!!! My stomach was in knots and it still is. I have other posts listed as “protein loss in urine” and I have had anyone else experience this at all… but last night when she fainted I realized even more that something VERY SERIOUS is going on here! I DO strongly feel as if the new bp med made her bp get so low that she fainted.
But the Vet tells me today that if she was going to have problems with the med it would have happened already. Since it will be 1 full week tomorrow that we started the new bp pill.
We are skipping tonights bp med per the vet saying she didn’t think it would be a problem. Just in case it is the pill…She is getting ready to refer us to a internal medicine specialist but she wanted to run more blood work today and wants to see what the results are from that first. I am so worried sick, I have not eaten anything all day and I have no appetite. I am so worried for my little girl. My Sadie girl was running thought the house yesterday and so very playful… I do not understand what is wrong with her? she was simply sleeping last night and woke up- and then she fell to the ground on her side. Then the bowel movement.. and then once more she passed out. And again another bowel movement. I am so worried!!! I am so afraid to give her this bp pill every again (amlodipine) what else could have made her pass out? I even called the pharmacist today (since it is a human medication) and even they said that her blood pressure could have dropped so low that is why she passed out.

Has anyone ever experienced high blood pressure OR fainting… Or protein loss in urine? Please help if so- I would be so blessed to get your advice or response.
Sorry this is so long