help fellow dog owners.....

[JT]

thanks everyone for your good thoughts - i will admit i panicked when i saw the blood, she has never done that before. she acts like she's fine, though pain-wise it is hard to tell, she's a very stoic dog and doesn't let on about pain.

Good luck Audie, I have 3 cats and 2 dogs. I love them all the same and would do anything for them.

 

[Cheering472]

Audie how scary! I know how you love Dory. Good luck. Keep us posted please.

 

[melissa]

I'll be thinking of you and Dory! Hope it's something that can be easily remedied...

(I would also just about sell mr melissa to take care of our dog, and I know he'd do the same with me...)

 

[Beach Crazy]

thanks everyone for your good thoughts - i will admit i panicked when i saw the blood, she has never done that before. she acts like she's fine, though pain-wise it is hard to tell, she's a very stoic dog and doesn't let on about pain.

I would have too but I bet she is going to be just fine!;-)

 

[Beach Runner]

Audie, I'd take Dory to either a university vet school or a veterinary internal medicine specialist. Sounds like she needs to be on IV antibiotics, in addition to an ultrasound.

Our sweet Winnie had kidney disease. One infection led to bacterial endocarditis (as was later diagnosed). She didn't even seem sick to me, but one morning I went to the garage to feed her, and she had dragged herself from her bed and was trying to get to the back door. Her legs were paralyzed. A clot from the infection in her heart went to her brain, and she had a stroke. My husband was in Asia on business. Thankfully a FedEx delivery person just happened to arrive at our house. He helped me take the top of her crate off so she had something secure to lie in, and then he picked her up and put her in the crate in the back of my husband's SUV. I drove her to Auburn vet school, and they put her in ICU. We drove down every day to see her (except my daughter's birthday) because the doctors said that might help her recover. They were going to start water therapy for her stroke, but she kept having seizures from the blood clots. Finally they told us that there was no hope for her and that she was in misery, so we had to euthanize her. I prayed to God that he/she would take care of it so we wouldn't be forced to make that decision, but it didn't happen that way. That was January 2005.

See my 'tar? Our daughter has been missing Winnie a lot and recently created this graphic for her online portfolio.

 

[Rudyjohn]

Audie, I'd take Dory to either a university vet school or a veterinary internal medicine specialist. Sounds like she needs to be on IV antibiotics, in addition to an ultrasound.

Our sweet Winnie had kidney disease. One infection led to bacterial endocarditis (as was later diagnosed). She didn't even seem sick to me, but one morning I went to the garage to feed her, and she had dragged herself from her bed and was trying to get to the back door. Her legs were paralyzed. A clot from the infection in her heart went to her brain, and she had a stroke. My husband was in Asia on business. Thankfully a FedEx delivery person just happened to arrive at our house. He helped me take the top of her crate off so she had something secure to lie in, and then he picked her up and put her in the crate in the back of my husband's SUV. I drove her to Auburn vet school, and they put her in ICU. We drove down every day to see her (except my daughter's birthday) because the doctors said that might help her recover. They were going to start water therapy for her stroke, but she kept having seizures from the blood clots. Finally they told us that there was no hope for her and that she was in misery, so we had to euthanize her. I prayed to God that he/she would take care of it so we wouldn't be forced to make that decision, but it didn't happen that way. That was January 2005.

See my 'tar? Our daughter has been missing Winnie a lot and recently created this graphic for her online portfolio.

I've noticed your 'tar & love it. Wondered if your daughter created it.

 

[audie]

sorry to hear about your winnie br. i am steeling myself for the worst with all this and hoping for the best. we are about 3 hrs from purdue's vet school and a lot closer than that to cincinnati, but i hope it doesn't come to that. i could get probably any iv drug they prescribe, and hopefully the vet here could give it.

 

[Jdarg]

sorry to hear about your winnie br. i am steeling myself for the worst with all this and hoping for the best. we are about 3 hrs from purdue's vet school and a lot closer than that to cincinnati, but i hope it doesn't come to that. i could get probably any iv drug they prescribe, and hopefully the vet here could give it.

Audie, blood in the urine happens a lot with infections, and crystals/stones in the bladder. The urinalysis and ultrasound will probably give you all the answers you need. I don't think you need to make plans to haul off to a vet school yet- most of this is stuff your vet can handle, including any surgery to remove stones/gravel. I have assisted in surgeries where there were unbelieveable amounts of gravelly stones- handfuls. The dogs do fine and feel so much better. After she gets well, your vet can recommend a good food for urinary issues, since you said that she has had infections before. To sum it up- blood in the urine is no reason to totally panic.

 

[Cheering472]

Audie, blood in the urine happens a lot with infections, and crystals/stones in the bladder. The urinalysis and ultrasound will probably give you all the answers you need. I don't think you need to make plans to haul off to a vet school yet- most of this is stuff your vet can handle, including any surgery to remove stones/gravel. I have assisted in surgeries where there were unbelieveable amounts of gravelly stones- handfuls. The dogs do fine and feel so much better. After she gets well, your vet can recommend a good food for urinary issues, since you said that she has had infections before. To sum it up- blood in the urine is no reason to totally panic.

I was hoping you'd bring your experience in to help Audie feel better...and me too.

 

[seagrovelover]

Audie I hope everythings turns out ok with your baby dog