Please say a prayer for my Max Toni and I were out all day yesterday and when we came home we found about 4 puddles of vomit. It didn’t long to realize out it was Max as he did it again on my lap. We kept an eye on him and he seemed lethargic. We coaxed him into taking a few sips of water because we were worried about dehydration. He threw that up a few minutes later. When he spit out a cheerio I gave him we knew this was more than an upset stomach. I took him to the emergency vet at about 11 last night and after running blood work his ALT (liver function) was crazy high at 832 (norm is 10-120). His pancreas levels are normal. The doc said that if he possibly ingested a Tylenol this could do it but we are very careful with all our meds in the house. They recommended keeping him and putting him on IV to flush out his liver if it was something he ingested. So I left him at about 4 am last night in the arms of the vet tech. After seeing him struggle in her arms to get back to my arms, I cried the entire ride home. I am hoping that it was just something he ate and that the numbers will come back down. I don’t know what I’ll do if something happens to my baby. And poor Sasha is besides herself. I knew they were close but I never realized just how dependent she is on him. Toni stayed home with Sasha while I went to the vet and she said Sasha just kept staring at the door and barking for Max to come in. We both had to go to work today and we are watching her on the nest cam and she is just sitting on the rug in the kitchen staring at the door. It tears me apart to see her like that. I talked to the vet a little while ago and she said Max seems to be doing well. He is alert and has not thrown up since I brought him in. They will do another blood test at 7 pm tonight to check his level again. I will be on pins and needles until then. |
Poor Max. I'm glad you got him to the vet and I hope everything is better when they do the blood work. I feel for you about Sasha, when I take Callie to the vet Joey crys the whole time we are gone even though his new little sister is with him and my grandmother. Keeping Max in my prayers. |
I'm so sorry to hear about Max. Praying for you,Toni and Sasha as well. Hopefully you will have an update soon! |
Thinking of you and Max and hoping his levels return to normal. |
Hope an pray max gets back to good health ASAP |
Hoping you have had some good news on Max, keeping sweet lil boy in my prayers. |
Waiting for news! So very concerned! |
Thinking of you and Max...I hope he is on the mend and your next update is good news. Will send positive thoughts to your family and Sasha and healing thoughts to Max. |
Praying for that baby and you. |
Yeah, can't get Max out of my head tonight. |
All your positive thoughts and prayers have worked! We just went and picked him up from the vet. His ALT which was at 832 (norm 10-120) is down to 502. His GGT went from 31 to 20 (norm 0-11). His TBIL was 2.5 and went down to 0.3 (norm 0.0-0.9)He is no where near 100% but with that big of a decrease the vet was comfortable letting us take him home. They have him on 2 antibiotics - metronidazole & clavamox. We will be feeding him a pureed mixture of boiled chicken and white rice for a few days and will have his blood work done again in 3 days with our regular vet. The bottom line is he is home with us and hopefully on the mend. When I called the vet earlier to get the results I had the vet on speaker so we both could listen. When she told us he could come home we both started crying. We have been so worried since last night. When Toni told her boss was this was costing us he said "You spent that much on a dog?" Only a dog lover would understand. I think the highlight of the night for me was when they brought Max out. We had taken Sasha with us and Toni was holding her. They handed Max to me and he gave me a very quick lick and then leaned over and the 2 of them started licking each other's face like there was no tomorrow! I wish I had a camera! Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers. They meant the world to me! |
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I'm happy that Max improved! What is the reason for the antibiotics? Did the vet find some source of infection that would have explained the elevated liver numbers? Hope all continues to improve. |
How very scary for you. I'm happy to see he is on the mend & I pray he continues to improve & all is well in no time. |
So very happy Max is home and on the mend, although he is not 100% he is improving. Toni's boss's comment does not surprise me one bit. I've been hearing that for years, you get use to it. I am just grateful that veterinary care has escalated over the last 20 years, there are procedures and meds available today that were not 20 years ago. A non dog lover does not understand that these are our babies that depend on us to care for their every needs. Your heart must have just about burst when Max and Sasha greeted each other, isn't it a beautiful sight to see how much two pups can love each other. keeping Max in my prayers for a full recovery. |
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