Sick Yorkie, Vet says not much longer for her... My 7.5 year old yorkie is having some serious problems.
She's become very skinny to the point you can feel all her bones when petting and touching her on her back and side (spine, ribs, etc.) and her legs are skinny as well. She has a bloated stomach and it's become worse.
I've taken her to the vet many times since July when we started noticing all of this (it had probably been going on for at least 30 days prior).
One vet says it's PLE, another vet says it's probably intestinal cancer. The prognosis is not good.
She was on prednisone and an enzyme to help her digest her food but we've taken her off because it's not helping. Her albutimin (blood protein) levels are very low...about 1.4.
I've put her on a a wet food that's low fat, RX type food as of yesterday and she seems to like it. Before that she was simply on a kibble and she didn't like it (Zessential).
Anyways, he says if things don't turn around she's probably got 30 to 60 days left.
Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions? |