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Originally Posted by dee1987  I am so sorry, i have only just seen this message. Im a little unsure what hypoglycemia is.....all these terms and new words are so much to take in. I have looked it up and is it relating to seizures? if so buddy never had a seizure.....well not that i saw anyway. Visual signs were swaying of body, weakness in legs, head pressing, moving from place to place every 30/40 seconds trying to get comfortable, vomiting, not playing with any of his toys, no energy, rubbing of ears and sides of face...
If i can be of any more help please let me know. I pray for your little one |
Hi Dee
I feel so sad for you and your baby Buddy.. But technogy today is so advanced that he should do well once he has had his surgery. I also feel your vet wouldn't suggest surgery unless he thought your little boy would do well having it. So have faith and you should soon have a very healthy little boy.
My little girl had hypoglycemia which is a drop in her blood sugar. Once the blood sugar drops the appetite go's. This is what I was seeing mainly in my pup. As she was so small & young my vet was very reluctant to take bloods to do any kind of testing. I gave her honey on his advice as it is very quickly assimilated. It took about 5/10mins for her to pick up and then I would feed her and she ate well. If she still refused to eat I syringed the food into her and I would see her pick up very quickly. I fed her every two hours and a lot of that was syringed in the beginning. I didn't find the nutri cal here & our vet said give honey which worked so well. The symptoms I was seeing were mainly, weakness, tiredness, lack of appetite. If a little dog is left with these symptoms and not treated they go on to have seizures followed by a coma. That's the worse case scenario. When a vet see's these symptoms together with failure to thrive he has to keep in mind liver shunt .. So I was told this was maybe the case. He delayed her shots as a result. Once we saw she was eating and gaining weight she had some of her shots but he left some out as he didn't want to over load her system.
I am very fortunet that she seems to have come right with a lot of care from my vet and is full of bounce and cheek and eats very well. She is gaining weight slowly but is at least gaining. She has also grown in size and is starting to look a little 'leggy' and has grown out of her first little jacket.
I will keep Buddy in my prayers and am sure he is going to be just fine..please keep us all updated with how he is doing.. Luv Ave
