So my poor Brody was admitted to the hospital last night. I came home from lunch yesterday to find him in his crate (where he is every day when I leave for work) with yucky poop and even some blood smeared all over his blankey. He NEVER goes in his crate. The blood was from a scrape on the top of his nose. I freaked. I called my vet and luckily I was able to bring him right in. Mind you, we were just at the vet the night before for a pre-neuter evaluation and while I was there, I had mentioned to my vet that Brody had some diarrhea issues all day Sunday but he seemed back to normal that next day. (I fed him plain rice and veggies Sunday night so Monday his stools were back to solid. He told me to just watch him and if it happened again, to bring him in). So now here we are Tuesday, I rush him to the vet after finding him like this, the vet began performing some vision tests that Brody apparently wasn't responding to so the vet became concerned there was issues with his sight (mind you, Brody is only 7months old) and thought he could have possibly had a seizure. I was directed to take him right to the hospital, which I did. I was a nervous wreck. The doctor there performed similar vision tests and Brody seemed to be responding fine and the optometrist confirmed his vision was fine. Relief there. However, now in trying to figure out what caused this episode, they advised I should have some blood work done so we can try and rule out any other options such as low blood sugar. So we do the blood work, all levels come back normal. The doctor now thinks all of Brody's symptoms point to a possible liver shunt, which I'm told is very common in small dogs, especially yorkies and they are supposedly born with it. The only way to know if he does have this shunt is to do another blood test but requires fasting. So they recommended I leave him overnight to be monitored, then take the blood and feed him afterwards. This was all last night. I just heard from the hospital this morning and Brody is doing fine, but definitely nervous as he didn't eat (which I had expected) and his stools are still loose which concerns me. They said they are giving him an antidiarrheal/anti inflammatory to help with his stools and will supposedly help with his liver if he does indeed have this shunt.
Has anyone ever had this happen to their puppy??? Part of me is thinking he got into something and it just hasn't passed through or digested properly and he likely couldn't hold it until I came home for lunch (which I do every day, same time) and let it out and possibly tried to rub his nose on the crate to get out and hit a rough edge which could have scraped his nose?? I'm wracking my brains as to what could have happened. I didn't see it, so I'm not sure it was a seizure, but its possible. He has acted fine in between everything else. Playing, eating, drinking and going outside to potty. If anyone has some insight, it would be greatly appreciated. Can't wait to bring my baby home today, I have been lost without him for 24 hours!
