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04-09-2012, 10:44 AM | #16 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Ohio State I thought had a state or the art vet school. I know you have spent a lot of money so far, but it is past time a team of "experts" look at her. Please keep us updated
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04-09-2012, 10:45 AM | #17 |
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| I just made an appointment with vet number four. Hopefully this one can give me answers. Ive been taking her to the number one ranked vet in cincinnati for the last two years. I researched this morning and found a vca hospital that has a vet that specializes in digestive issues in small breeds. they said she also has a dog that has had digestive issues the last 6 years. the best part is the first visit is free! the soonest i can get her in is saturday so now i just have to wait. Daisy had one kinda normal but a little loose stool this morning. Shes still making the swallowing noise and seems uncomfortable. She has slept all morning. I have to work tuesday through friday this week. its only four hours a day so im hoping she will be ok while im away. |
04-09-2012, 10:50 AM | #18 |
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| I was reading panacur c works pretty well for dogs with worms and giardia. I just read that giardia can be hard to detect. I know shes been tested for this, but didnt realize that it doesnt always show up on the tests. Does anyone know if it is safe to give panacur to a dog that may have food allergies or intolerencs? I also have contacted her vet and they are going to get a approval to release her records to me. Im going to have them email them to me so that I can have a copy as well as a copy for the specialist. Two of the vets she has seen work at her vets office but both used to have small practices on their own and have now joined this office which has three locations in cincinnati. The other vet she saw was an emergency hospital which they treated her the first night she had a bad episode of hge. |
04-09-2012, 11:50 AM | #19 |
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04-09-2012, 04:55 PM | #20 |
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| did anyone check her for megaesophogus? The regurgitation could be that. Doesn't sound like her only problem, but worth ruling out. Good luck, and keep us posted! |
04-09-2012, 05:28 PM | #21 |
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| I'm going to ask that when I take her. Cisapride is supposed to help with mega esophagus. Does anyone know if you would they have been able to determine if she has this when she had exploratory surgery on her stomach area. Also could they have seen worms during the surgery. I know they didn't open anything up once they were inside her. |
04-09-2012, 07:55 PM | #22 |
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04-11-2012, 05:18 PM | #23 |
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| I live about 3 hours from OSU vet school....I can't tell you how much they helped me years ago with my first Yorkie!!! He was critically ill and I had been advised to euthanize him by my local vet. I couldn't accept that and went to OSU. There he was seen by no less than 4 vets and many vet students. He had the entire array of diagnostic studies and was sent home on the medication that I knew he needed. (I am a RN). Not only did I get all that, they became his primary caregivers when I had to take him to my local vet, they were always consulted at OSU in regards to medication dosages and treatments. He lived well for 2 more years. I didn't pay anymore there than I had paid here at our vet office and emergency vet office. I hope you find the answers you need. I have been loving, raising and rescueing Yorkies for nearly 30 years and I understand completely the lengths that one will go for their fur baby!!! Last edited by k. deem; 04-11-2012 at 05:19 PM. Reason: typo |
04-12-2012, 06:33 AM | #24 |
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| Thank you so much for that advice. I think if the vca hospital doesn't work out that will be my next step. I've been trying to come up with ways to slow her down when eating. I've been putting a cup in the middle of her food. Sounds weird but I've been picking her up when shes done eating and trying to hold her straight up and down for 15 minutes then patting her back to burp her. I heard it might help with dogs with mega esophagus. Figure it doesn't hurt trying it. |
04-12-2012, 09:37 AM | #25 |
YT Addict | I just read this post. My baby has this problem off and on also..........although, so far she has never acted lethargic. She has had blood work done but never had an x-ray. I know she doesn't chew like she should and always thought that was her biggest problem. If I am giving her one of her treats, I hold onto it while she is pulling at it so that she HAS to chew, but obviously there is no way to do that when she is eating her kibble or when I am at work during the day. I even thought about putting her kibble in a coffee grinder to make it even smaller. When I give her meat I make sure a mash it up pretty good. I'm thinking I should ask the vet to do an x-ray to see if I am dealing with a case of Mega Esophagus. Has your baby done this all of her life?
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04-12-2012, 11:48 AM | #26 |
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| I will be praying that all goes well and your baby feels better soon.
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04-12-2012, 04:56 PM | #27 |
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| She's had three cases of hge since she was seven months old she is now a year and nine months. Regurgitating started when she was a year and five months. Still does it but swallows it before it comes out of her mouth. Has your vet said what they think is wrong? |
04-13-2012, 02:59 PM | #28 | |
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04-13-2012, 04:25 PM | #29 |
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| I put Daisy on grain free food which I think has helped a lot. I can tell shes regurgitating and swallowing it because i can hear a liquid come up then her lick it down before it comes out. She does burp a lot too but I can tell a difference between the two. Heres another question for everyone. I may have just figured out Daisys problem. She just went to the bathroom and of course ate half of it but the half she didnt eat I picked up with some toilet paper and saw tiny string like things in her poop and they were def moving. They are super tiny I had to look close but they looked like a couple cm's long and as thin as a thread if not thinner. Are these def. worms?? Thank God she is going to the vet tomorrow. I saved the stool for them to look at. Another question she sleeps with me at night and gives me face kisses. If these are worms am I doomed to get them? |
04-13-2012, 04:39 PM | #30 | |
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