Hello guys. So sorry for the late update. Things are a little stressful right now. Last vet visit (Friday) milo's swelling had gone right up again so he was put back on steroids. He is taking 4 different types of medicine. He has started to pick up in himself and is a lot more cheerful and wants to play. However, we have had some worrying news. The bloods came back and have showed that his kidneys have got something wrong with them and that his glands are showing early signs of lymphoma (cancer) but no cells are actually present. We are still awaiting swabs to tell is exactly what is infecting his insides. Out vet has said the fact that he is responding to medication is a good sign and that he could well be on the road to recovery. However, I am still worried sick because she told me the above also - how can he be recovering if this is the case??? I hate the waiting for the results. She has said she thinks his immune system was very low from when he had a case of kennel cough in the summer and never fully recovered. He then may have got something on top of that, and on top of that etc and his body just crashed / couldn't cope. She likens it to almost when people get glandular fever and have the stuffing knocked out of them for months after. I am praying that this is the case but cannot relax until those swabs come back. She believes his kidneys etc are inflamed due to the illness in the body already. As his heart etc were also all swollen on the X-rays!! But his urine isn't concerntrated enough, his blood levels were a bit high etc so does indicate issues with kidneys. He will need futher bloods soon to keep an eye on that. We are currently not allowed any vistors or contact with other dogs as another infection could make him seriously sick or kill him as his immune system has ht rock bottom.
We are back to the vets tomorrow and hopefully the swabs will have arrived. His glands feel swollen again tonight despite the steroids so I am feeling a little sad.
Thank you so much for the thoughts and concern, I will update tomorrow x |