Oh noes! Sick pup--UPDATE pg 2
Tiki started vomiting yesterday morning, three times for no apparent reason, so I took him to the vet. The vet did some lab work, gave him some sub-q fluids and a shot of Cerenia for the nausea. No real diagnosis, though. She told me to make up some boiled chicken and rice for him--I gave him that around 8pm. He was really happy to get that yum-yum. But around 11pm he started vomiting again, and lost all his rice & chicken. His stools had been normal until about that same time, too.
Well, he vomited several times between 5am & 8am and now his stools are just yellowish drops. I took him over to the emergency vet, who did some x-rays. The x-rays are clear(I was really worried that maybe he had eaten something or had a tumor in there.) But the ER vet said he is dehydrated and his tummy is tight. So he gave Tiki some more fluids, a shot for pain, one for nausea and an injection of antibiotics.
Ugh. He looks so sick. Tiki is a little 14-lb Bichon, so he has a really bubbly, perky personality. He follows me around like Velcro Dog, but not today. I'm sure he is stoned on his pain med, but he's really pitiful. No more vomiting or diarrhea since we left the emergency vet. My regular vet said she will call me with the lab results tomorrow. The ER vet says he suspects pancreatitis. I think I agree. I'm an RN, so dogs are not my specialty, but I know how pancreatitis looks in people---and how sick they can be. My sister nearly died of it.
I feel so badly for Tiki. He's such a sweet little thing.
Well, he vomited several times between 5am & 8am and now his stools are just yellowish drops. I took him over to the emergency vet, who did some x-rays. The x-rays are clear(I was really worried that maybe he had eaten something or had a tumor in there.) But the ER vet said he is dehydrated and his tummy is tight. So he gave Tiki some more fluids, a shot for pain, one for nausea and an injection of antibiotics.
Ugh. He looks so sick. Tiki is a little 14-lb Bichon, so he has a really bubbly, perky personality. He follows me around like Velcro Dog, but not today. I'm sure he is stoned on his pain med, but he's really pitiful. No more vomiting or diarrhea since we left the emergency vet. My regular vet said she will call me with the lab results tomorrow. The ER vet says he suspects pancreatitis. I think I agree. I'm an RN, so dogs are not my specialty, but I know how pancreatitis looks in people---and how sick they can be. My sister nearly died of it.
I feel so badly for Tiki. He's such a sweet little thing.
