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10-07-2011, 06:04 PM
Everything still crossed he will keep this food down and start to rally round.
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Location: March, Cambridgeshire.
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10-07-2011, 06:14 PM
Originally Posted by wallaroo 
It is the not knowing that is killing me. Theres a big empty space where he should be.
Please take comfort from when I say he is being looked after and nursed and being given every chance of recovery.
The empty space is awful I know but take this time to get your head round this and so when he comes home and you need to medicate and nurse for a while you are strong enough mentally and physically. I know when Ollie was in hospital I didn't sleep. I would go to bed tired be wide awake in a couple of hours and that was it your head can't stop. He will need your strength though when he comes home so please try to rest sometime during the time he is away.
More big big (((Hugs))). Xxx
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10-07-2011, 06:48 PM
Originally Posted by wallaroo
It is the not knowing that is killing me. Theres a big empty space where he should be.
One of my dogs was hospitalised as an emergency recently, after vomiting blood due to bleeding gastric ulcers.
It's horrible, you don't know what to do with yourself, how to get through the time, or how to cope with that big empty space they should be in
Everything crossed here that you get him home soon. Thankfully mine came home and, fingers crossed, he's doing pretty well now. I hope you have the same outcome, although the waiting, the worry and the forced separation are all awful.
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11-07-2011, 07:35 AM
Originally Posted by wallaroo
Not much to report really but I know people are thinking of him. He is no better, but also no worse. They are continuing with the steroid treatment and will redo his bloods tonight or tommorrow to see if there is any improvement. It all depends if they can stop the immune system killing his cells before the rest of his body shuts down.....
I am not familiar with the area that you live in, but if you lived in the U.S., I would encourage you to insist that your vet also put your dog on doxycycline, in case there is a tick disease that is causing this process. When the cause isn't known, vets tend to treat death of the RBC's with steroids, but they often overlook the possibility that this can be caused by infection. The immune system may not be showing the infection (i.e. the blood counts may not be elevated). So the most conservative way to approach this, which covers all bases, is to add the antibiotic at a high enough dosage.
Tick diseases that can cause this, in the U.S., include Ehrlichia, Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Bartonella, with the first three most likely to cause this. Here is an example of such a case: [link removed] (I hope it's alright to post that).
Hoping for the best for your boy.
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