 princeton is hospitalized
im crying as im typing this, princeton is in the hospital for the night and seeing his empty crate and playpen is killing me. today around 130pm after lunch prince's head began bobbing left to right (same thing that happened 3 weeks ago) this time it was bad.. he jus toppled off and wasnt answering me. he was dazed off and when he stood up he was wobbly almost looked drunk. i immedietly called my vet but hes not in today so i found an emergency animal hospital where i rushed him. his sugar level is perfectly normal and he has been eating very well lately. ive been so happy with him the past few weeks and i just dont understand what happened. they are running a bunch of tests on him, they think it could be a liver shunt. portosystematic shunt, i think its called. they are going to monitor him for the night and do a full blood test(chem with lytes and chem panel w/out lytes), urianylsis, pre & post bile, cell blood count, cystocentesis bladder, and iv and cri dextrose 50%. everything came out to almost 1700$..the doctor explained what a liver shunt is but im just a mess. when i went in to say goodbye to him after sobbing in the waiting room, he looked so sad and lost and his head was still wobbly..i dont know what to think... could this be because hes from a puppy store? im a mess.. if anyone could explain what all these tests are or anyone with similar experience.. it would really help right now :'( |