[dorvill131]

Hi,

I have been searching for answers for my ill yorkie, Koda. In Oct. 2011, she started vomitting and diarrhea with bloody stools. I brought her to her vet with samples of her stools to be checked. She was prescribed anti vomitting medication. I was told that the lab results were normal. Her vomitting and diarrhea continued so the vet x-rayed her stomach area and was told that she had an enlarged heart. He then recommended and ultra-sound to be done, which revealed no enlarged heart but a thicker large intestine. We have been switching her with different kinds of dog food to no avail Meantime, she continued to lose weight to the point where she is now just skin and bones. I have tried to give her just rice and boiled chicken, which she did not eat, pumpkin and yogurt and anything else I can think of that would be good for her condition including prescribed canned dog food.

I took her to another vet at San Dimas Animal Hospital a VCA hospital with all her records, hoping they can help her out. They did an ACTH test on her which reveals a possible Cushing's Disease. She was then prescribed Vetoryl to treat this disease without any positive result. I asked for vitamins to help replace what she vomits. Now she hardly eats as she just throws up whatever she eats,which really upsets me as I know she is suffering. The vet at San Dimas Animal Hospital is telling me that they practically explored everything that could possibly be wrong with her that the only thing left to diagnose is cancer, which I refuse to accept.

Her condition started when my son, moved back in temporarily with his dog, an Lhasa Apso, who is pretty domineering. Koda is a very gentle submissive dog. I am led to believe that this condition is stress related. I am currently feeding her baby food thru a syringe and giving her Pedialyte for water. The past 2 days, she just throws up what I feed her and is getting me so concerned as I don't know what else is left for me to do. I don't want to give up. I am hoping that she is misdiagnosed as all her blood tests and stool tests are normal. She is family to us and I am distraught everytime I look at her. She is so frail. I believe strongly that it has something to do with her digestive system. I have spent so much money already which is really draining me as this is a tough time for me. Now I have made another appointment for her with a gastroenterelogist specialist in the hope that she can finally make the right diagnosis as I strongly believe it has something to do with her digestive system and stress. If anybody out there had any experience with their Yorkie, I would appreciate any feed back from you. God bless!