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Candy weighs somewhere around 2 lbs. My dad was in failing health and I went out to AZ to be with him. He passed on the 14th and my husband was out here (MO) tending to things. He came out to be with me for the funeral on the 27th, yesterday. Meanwhile one of my sons was watching the dogs for us. He called to tell us that Candy was vomiting and had bloody diahrea. We told him to take her to the animal hospital. This was about 5 am Wed morning. They closed at about 630-7am so my son took her from them to our vet. She spent 2 nights at the ER clinic and 3 days at our vets office, until we got home today.

They have run all the tests they could think of and they have found nothing. They are calling it gastrointestinal distress. They think she is sick because we left her and she is trying to pine away. They have had her on IV's but she has refused to eat for them. She ate a bite of KFC chicken, just meat not skin yesterday. KFC chicken is the one thing all of our dogs will eat no matter how bad they feel.

I am worried about her because she is shaking even though she doesn't seem to be cold. I am going to put her in a carrier bag with a heating pad under it. Oh, yes, they checked her blood sugar and while it was low, it was still in the normal range, 86. They did give her glucose and monitored her the first day.

She is still having vomiting and diahrea, any suggestions as to what I can do? Sylvia

sounds like a serious case of stress colitis if all blood work came back fine

Is this the first time you left her this long?

when they get stressed their intestines inflame and if vomitting and diarrhea then the entire intestinal tract is inflamed

http://www.petplace.com/dogs/colitis-in-dogs/page1.aspx

http://www.peteducation.com/article....2+2090&aid=249

I just want to say I am sorry about your Dad. I don't have any advice about Candy, but I do hope she gets better. She sounds like she is very much loved.

At first they called it colitis but changed it to the gastrointestinal distress. I have not looked them up so they could be the same thing with different names.

Yes, I have been gone for over 3 weeks but the first time I went out in Jan and then again in late Feb, I took her with us. This time my husband took me out there and left me but came back home until last Monday night. I just didn't know she was so attached to me/us. Sylvia

Thank you. The whole situation is kind of a catch 22. If I hadn't left, Candy wouldn't have gotten sick but my father left me a small amount of money which is paying for her vet bills. Otherwise, I would have lost her.

Candy came down with low blood sugar when she was 5 weeks old and we nearly lost her. She is over a year old now. We are very attached to her since we have had to spend so much time working over her. She hadn't had a low blood sugar episode for months and months but when we came back from the 2nd visit to my dad, she had one. It was very scary since it was so unexpected. Sylvia

yeah my dh was gone for 2 weeks with his family helping his elderly parents and my healthy dog was pooping blood. I did inhouse and lab fecal and fecal culture and nothing she had stress colitis. It happens. I am sure she will be ok when you get home:)

They usually call any gastro issue gastroenteritis so it is a blanket diagnosis but it sounds like colitis and if they get stressed enough they vomit. My dd had colitis after metacam as she was given it while on steroids a HUGE NO NO so we do not see that vet ever and she was a mess for a while but i soaked kibble for 30 days until the intestines calmed down as she would vomit her food whole if i fed dry kibble. After 30 days she was fine and I slowly introduced kibble in. It was not fun when the whole digestive tract is inflamed. Do you feed kibble?

yorkies tend to have digestive issues and sounds like she has some stress issues if her blood sugar was low so i think she may not be eating and stressed

I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope Candy feels better soon. :(

I am so sorry about your Dad as well. It's hard to have so many issues to deal with at once.

Did they give you any of the canned 'low residue food"? My westie had gastroenteritis and he was given Metro . . . shoot I can't remember the name of it ANd he was given a special canned food that was supposed to be easy to digest.

It seemed to do the trick for his messed up tummy. He was vomiting with bloody diarrhea and that fixed him right up

usually they do hill's I/D and metronidazole is an antibiotic. I prefer probiotics or tylan powder.

First, I'd get a second opinion


Did the vets rule out HGE (Hemmorhagic Gastroenteritisi)? Send her home with any medications?

If she's not on probiotics/digestive enzymes (found in normal gut) I would get her on them.

When the lining of the intestines becomes inflamed, it creates habitat for bad bacteria, and will cause bloody stools.

Double the dose of probiotics/digestive enzymes to increase the good bacteria, help flush out the bad, and give her the tools she needs to digest her food.

Bland diet: Baby food chicken (offer every 2 hours, small amounts)(after keeping that down 2-3 days, introduce I/D gradually.) Nutrical supplement every 2 hours.

Offer Pedialyte

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Keep her warm, and interact with her often if not almost constantly.

PS. Very sorry about your Dad's passing.

blood work was fine and with hge the red blood cells count is high so not hge

Did they run a PTT?

said they ran all tests so assuming they ran the blood work to rule out HGE as that would be the first thing with bloody diarrhea and vomitting i would hope they would check since it is so serious and dogs can die from it.

You have gotten a lot of advice here. The only thing I can add is that I would never give my pups KFC chicken .. no matter what. In my opinion it is fried and not healthy for them even if you remove the skin.

I hope Candy is well soon.

Very sorry about the loss of your father.

I usually keep dry food down, free feeding because I know they have a tendancy for low blood sugars. She is doing much better today. Yesterday my husband bought some goats milk. It saved her life when she was 5 weeks old and she seems so much her old self today. Playing and perky. She is not eating very well, I use a syringe and chicken baby food, also some pedialyte. I am just going to keep a very close eye on her, she is mostly skin and bones and since she is only 2 lbs when she is healthy, I need to get some weight back on her.