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"kate" <kate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> kate wrote:
>> My dog Bear, 11 y/o, threw up Sat. at 6pm. Yellowish with a treat or 2
>> decomposed, he scarfed it back down. Shortly after, he took his
medicines
>> but refused his dinner. Withn an hour he was reguritating his pills
>> (which I learned is different from vomiting)and then his water. By
>> Sunday morning he had thrown up perhaps 10 times. I took away the
water.
>> Besides no appetite and throwing up, I hoped it could wait until
Monday.
>> His output slowed down, turning to yellow and then greenish by this
>> morning. He had a normal BM on Sunday morning.
>>
>> The vet gave him SQ fluids, an antibiotic, an antiemetic and B12, along
>> with a presciption for Actigall.
>>
>> His bloodwork - he didn't give enough blood for the cbc etc -
>>
>>
>> reference range
>> ALB = 4.3 g/dl 2.2-3.9 High
>> ALKP = 200 u/l 23-212
>> ALT = 42 u/l 10-100
>> AMYL = 362 u/l 500-1500 Low
>> BUN = 22 mg/dl 7-27
>> Ca = 9.6 mg/dl 7.9-12.0
>> CHOL = 232 mg/dl 110-320
>> CREA = 0.7 mg/dl 0.5-1.8
>> GLOB = 4.4 g/dl 2.5-4.5
>> GLU = 112 mg/dl 70-143
>> PHOS = 5.3 mg/dl 2.5-6.8
>> TBIL = 1.9 mg/dl 0.0-0.9 High
>> TP = 8.7 g/dl 5.2-8.2 High
>>
>> She thinks it's a gallballder/bileduct problem. I haven't found much
>> online about gallbladder problems in dogs and what I have found hasn't
>> made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
>>
>> I was afraid it might be an obstruction of some sort - he's been on a
>> homecooked and raw diet for years.
>>
>> He goes back tomorrow for more fluids and whatever else is needed, I
>> suppose depending on whether he eats anything tonight - if I can get
the
>> medicine in him, anad if he feels any better. She said that he'd be
more
>> comfortable at home instead of hospitalizing him.
>>
>> I guess my questions are - from what I've read online, his only
symptoms
>> that match are the reguritating and anorexia. His temp is normal, his
>> color is good - why gallbladder?
>>
>> And Buglady, if you're out there - any links?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kate
>
> Just an update. Bear's been getting IV fluids, antibiotics, pepcid,
> antiemetics (sp) and vitamins Tuesday and today. I drop him off at 8:30
> and pick him up at 5:50p. He hasn't thrown up today!
>
> They were able to force enough A/D in him to get one of the Actigall
pills
> in him, which the vet thinks will really help.
>
> Tomorrow is the ultrasound.
>
> The barium is now in the large intestine. The are feces there as well,
> which I find odd as he hasn't eaten since Sat. morning. I'm wondering if
> that has something to do with all this. I'll be glad when he poops.
>
> Still a normal temp but the bloodwork came in this morning and his WBC
is
> high as is the neutraphil count.
>
> Kate
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