I have just gone through this same sort of thing with my baby boy...He woke up Wednesday morning 4:00 am with loose stools. I stayed up with him trying to decide if I wanted to take him to the vet or "wait it out" to see if he got better. At 8:55 am, he threw up and I decided to call the vet when they opened at 9:00 am. They said to bring him in at 10:00, so at 9:45 we left the house. He threw up 4-5 times in the car and at 9:55 am he started to go to the bathroom in the car - VERY unusual for him. I called my husband on the cell phone and told him that he would need to come help me because I was having a hard time driving with all of this going on. As soon as I put the phone down, I realized that it was all mucusy blood that was coming out and it was everywhere! Thank goodness I was 2 minutes from the vet at that point because I was in a panic. They immediately took him back when they saw him and drew blood. They suspected HGE. They gave him an injection of cerenia for the nausea and antibiotics. His bloodwork came back normal so they sent us home and told me to watch him carefully. ABout 1 hr later he was becoming a little more lethargic and less responsive. I called the vet back and took him back in. They started IV's and redid his blood work. It had changed in the hour that I had him home. They left him on the IV until closing at 6:00 pm and I brought him home, kept him quiet and took him back Thursday morning and they ran the IV's all day Thursday. He was finally back to normal yesterday....we have had these minor cases of bloody stools before that we treated with antibiotics, but this time he started to go down really fast. We still don't know the cause or how to prevent it in the future. I'm certainly not suggesting that this is what your sweet baby has, but if she continues to worsen, please be careful and DO NOT let her dehydrate. We are very grateful that our boy is ok and we are sending big yorkie hugs your way! |