Jenna has had ongoing rash and stomach trouble for a week now

[Lil Sis]

goodness you sure have been through it with jenna! I just read this thread and my heart is breaking for the little girl. You are a great mom and I pray that she contenues to improve! I have had issues with my pups... but not 1/10 as bad as poor Jenna..Hugs to you for all your work to save her.

[kimp5]

Im SO glad! I was checking all day for an update

[Jenna AK]

Well tonight we still have some coughing and gagging, she actually threw up some water after drinking it.
Calling the vet first thing to be sure she doesn't need to be seen again. I wouldn't say her breathing is particularly labored, but it's not what Id think of as normal either. Plus she still seems so tired.
I did bathe her today, perhaps that just stressed her too much? I also left off her benadryl for the first time in days.
I also wonder if she doesn't have GERD? This sometimes seems to start with something coming up in her throat involuntarily.
Anyone have experience with either GERD or pneumonia in a Yorkie? And can they get hiatial hernias?
I don't want her puking again, at the least maybe she needs something for nausea.

[dottiesyrky]

Poor baby, so sorry for her going through all this. If she has GERD the Sucralfate plus Pepsid should help her heal. I don't know if you have the Sucralfate that has to be crushed as it is not an easy med for the little baby to take. My boy had GERD after eye surgery but it was not diagnosed early as the eye specialist thought the trouble was from the prednisone. It got pretty bad due to the late diagnosis. He was given the Sucralfate, Pepsid, and anti nausea drug Cerenia, and I fed him small amounts of Hills canned gastric formula food every couple of hours. With all this he got a lot better after a week and the meds were tapered off and I gradually adjusted to feeding schedule to a more normal one. The Cerenia was a Godsend and helped him eat. He had the pill form but it can also be given at the vet as an injection. I think the acid also irritated his esophagus and that could cause coughing and gagging.
Good luck and get well soon little one.

[Jenna AK]

Well we saw the vet yesterday and he examined her, took her temp (which was normal) and took xrays. No sign of aspiration pneumonia or any other trouble with her insides.

However, today I have a shivery, shaky dog who has a new rash breaking out on her ears, upper trunk and neck areas and she is refusing to eat her fish now. Although her intestines appeared normal to the vet, she hasn't pooped in almost three days.

He claimed he could feel stools forming and I expected her to potty yesterday, but she still hasn't. She's had a lot of rectal exams and temperatures taken in the last week though so I'm wondering if her bum just hurts too much to go? Her belly is very gurgly, and she often passes smelly gas, but I am not allowed to give her simethicone.

She goes through episodes of shivering and shaking which I feared was low blood sugar earlier, but she drank some fish broth and had a bit of honey rubbed on her gums and she was fine. Her breathing is alternating between rapid breaths and somewhat normal depending on whether she is awake or asleep.

I am concerned she is in pain. The vet can't give me anything for it because she can't take metacam while we're treating her stomach and apparently he didn't think she needed a shot. She is worse today than she was yesterday though.

I have no way to take her back in and am just worried sick. Could one of the meds she's taking be causing this? She's on sucralfate, 1/4 tab twice a day and benadryl 1/4 of a 25 mg tab twice a day. I'm supposed to add Pepcid AC but with how she has sensitive reactions to most drugs I'm afraid to add anything else.

Has anyone seen their dog have bad stomachache on sucralfate? That's the only thing I can think it is, because she will shake and whimper like she's doing now when her belly hurts. I've just never seen it this bad.

And I don't know what to do if she's becoming allergic to the fish. We've literally got nothing else to give her but pedialyte.

Please, can anyone help?

[nanahas3]

I don't want to worry you but have they checked her little heart? It sounds a lot like lolita's symptoms when the fluid started building up around her heart. The shaking, not wanting to eat, panting all the time, not going poo for days. I would ask them to check just to be sure. Praying for her.

[Jenna AK]

The vet had listened to her heart and lungs and said they were good. The xray showed a healthy set of organs, that's why I don't understand how she can go downhill so fast.

Could just basic constipation have caused this? She still hasn't gone poo, though she walked around like she wanted to a little bit ago, but I'm not sure she isn't feverish now. Still trying to syringe water every few hours and yet her urine is becoming more concentrated and less each time she pees.
I'll keep trying to get some pedialyte into her as well.
May we have prayers please that she makes it through the night?

[kimp5]

I hope shes okay...I hope your okay too and you both got some sleep...

[Jenna AK]

Almost 7 a.m. here and Jenna has been either restless or passed out all night. Have tried getting water in about every two hours with only minimal success as every time she would begin trying to vomit and, while I can hear tummy sounds again after long silences, I think her breathing is a bit more distressed (although she still sounds clear with my stethoscope). Her heart rate has been pretty high all night so no doubt she's going to need sub q's again at the least.
I've got a few hours before our vets open. Please pray we can get her in and safely and that there is yet hope.

[Jenna AK]

Jenna has been admitted for a 24 hour stay at her vets while they re-irrigate her, push cerenia and benadryl IVs and try to get her to eat Royal Canin Hypoallergenic. (I don't like that it has a soy base, but it's the least likely to cause reactions according to the vet.)
If there are any further vibes and prayers going spare out there, we could still use them. Thank you.

[Mistymillar]

I am thinking about you and this little one, I hope you can get a diagnosis and get her all better soon.

[SusieQ36305]

So thinking of you and saying a prayer for Jenna right now.

[Jenna AK]

Thanks everyone.
Can anybody tell me anything about Royal Canin Hypoallergenic dog food? The last I heard she was only taking fluids, but this is the food they will be trying to get her to eat.
I'm worried because the vet didn't call to update me this evening, I'd called about 4 PM and found she was having the fluids but nothing else. I know they were busy and all, but still...
So worried that she'll be okay there overnight. I have no idea if there's a night nurse or not. Jenna must be going nuts wondering where mommy is.
Even more scared that she may have to stay longer...or might come home tomorrow and suddenly not be eating again.
This is so hard...we've had so much going on in our family this last year and I'm so overloaded with stress.
I just want Jenna to be okay.

[bobohyde]

Prayers for Jenna, you and your family.

[SusieQ36305]

Thoughts and prayers for you and Baby Jenna!