| NellasMom | 12-29-2012 11:39 AM |
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Nella is home. Slept most of the night...she slept so hard I had nudge her a couple of times...Iam slightly paranoid that her glucose levels may be down ....they're not, but who can blame me?! ;)
We took a short walk this morning (it snowed; both my Yorkies don't like it too much) for pee/poop- it was pretty successful. Stool is still "off" but we were told that would be the case. Afterall shes been under IV and dextrose, and no real food for 3 days....and naturally her harness now looks like its three sizes too big. Poor thing!
She is given numerous meds every 2-4 hours to make her feel better and fight whatever this is. Since all test came back negative she is given meds are for: nausea, vomiting, GERD like symptoms, ulcers, infections, bacterial infections, parasites, etc.
She has been eating (yey!) boiled chicken liver and this afternoon I introduced some white rice into the mix and she loved it- before I knew it her tiny portion was gone. I am planning on giving her 3-4 small portions/day until we can reintroduce her regular dry food (Instinct Chicken flavor) in the next 4 days or so.
My experience with her meds:
Luckily most are suspensions. Forget about capsules or tablets; she spits those right out...even when I crush the meds and try to blend with chicken/cheese she turns her head. Than again, she always has been fussy but it's all a part of "the game" :cool:
Thanks all for your inquiries. I am continuing to research and trying really hard to find any answer to why this happened. HGE is just too broad of a term! We have a vet appt next week for more tests (toxin, IBD/food allergy, liver abnormalities, etc.) to be done.
I would love to find out why and how this happened so that hopefully we don't have this happen again and I can share my experience and findings with everyone here. | 