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Originally Posted by ilovedrex22  My 2 and 3 month old male Yorkie, Drexler had a seizure last Saturday night. It was his second major seizure in the last 6 months. He spent the night in the hospital and responded very well to epilepsy medication while there. The doctor in the emergency said she really thinks he may suffer from it (epilepsy). The next day at the vet they told me the next step is an acid/bile test. His results came back (very) abnormal (I don't remember exactly what the doctor said...I was at the beach and it was very windy when I got the call...) and I think he said the next step was to check out his liver (by x-ray?). I am confused on why he'd need another x-ray because he has had two in the last six months that came back normal. His liver does look a tad large, but the doctor had ruled out liver shunts twice. I was supposed to go in tomorrow to check out what steps to take next and tonight he had dark, liquidy stool. The stool is MOSTLY blood. Do you think these problems correlate with one another or could it possibly two different problems? I will be honest and say my dog has a poor diet. He refuses to eat and sometimes goes days without eating so someone in the household will feed him people food. I kept a sample of his stool and will bring it to the vet tomorrow, but it says the stool sample should not be older than 12 hours. I won't be at the vet until the 14th or 15th hour... Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am so worried about him...
Also, if you know any way to get discounted service or help with payments... I have a care credit card that gives me 6 months no interest on his bills over $300. He's at about $1,000 right now. I am a 21 year old part-time working college student with no other help... |
I'm sorry that you have had to see your dog suffer from severe seizures. I have a dog with epilepsy and have seen it, and it is very upsetting to watch. I think the other posters are correct that you need a specialist, an internal medicine specialist, for your dog at this point so you can quickly get to the right diagnosis. I also have a dog with a liver problem and as a young puppy of only 8 weeks she had stools of entire blood and that was very scary so again I can identify with your experience. As Ellie May said, diarrhea and bloody diarrhea can be tied to liver problems.
I hope you are able to pursue the specialist soon. I know what you mean about big vet bills and I'm glad you have care credit to help out.
Best wishes.