Well we saw the vet yesterday and he examined her, took her temp (which was normal) and took xrays. No sign of aspiration pneumonia or any other trouble with her insides.
However, today I have a shivery, shaky dog who has a new rash breaking out on her ears, upper trunk and neck areas and she is refusing to eat her fish now. Although her intestines appeared normal to the vet, she hasn't pooped in almost three days.
He claimed he could feel stools forming and I expected her to potty yesterday, but she still hasn't. She's had a lot of rectal exams and temperatures taken in the last week though so I'm wondering if her bum just hurts too much to go? Her belly is very gurgly, and she often passes smelly gas, but I am not allowed to give her simethicone.
She goes through episodes of shivering and shaking which I feared was low blood sugar earlier, but she drank some fish broth and had a bit of honey rubbed on her gums and she was fine. Her breathing is alternating between rapid breaths and somewhat normal depending on whether she is awake or asleep.
I am concerned she is in pain. The vet can't give me anything for it because she can't take metacam while we're treating her stomach and apparently he didn't think she needed a shot. She is worse today than she was yesterday though.
I have no way to take her back in and am just worried sick. Could one of the meds she's taking be causing this? She's on sucralfate, 1/4 tab twice a day and benadryl 1/4 of a 25 mg tab twice a day. I'm supposed to add Pepcid AC but with how she has sensitive reactions to most drugs I'm afraid to add anything else.
Has anyone seen their dog have bad stomachache on sucralfate? That's the only thing I can think it is, because she will shake and whimper like she's doing now when her belly hurts. I've just never seen it this bad.
And I don't know what to do if she's becoming allergic to the fish. We've literally got nothing else to give her but pedialyte.
Please, can anyone help?