drip_at_home
Andy did not like staying at the animal hospital. He barked a lot. Border collies, especially household pet border collies get a bit of a jumped up view of their station and do not abide being locked up in small cages with a bunch of animals.
Alas however Andy's condition is detiorating, and a drip is needed, so we got the vet to lend us a drip machine.
Andy's liver is not too well.
Symptoms again
Andy drooled more than usual (day 1)
Andy drooled and developed jowls (day 2)
Andy puked up drool (day 2)
Andy puked up white foam (day 2)
So we took him to the vet.
The first blood test showed not so good kidney function. The vet diagnosed Leptospira (even though Andy has had a vaccination against that).
The next morning we took him to our own vet.
The kidney function was back to normal. (day 3)
The temperature had gone down to normal in the morning (day 3)
The Sodium levels in the blood were a bit off (day 3)
Xrays showed that the stomach was enlarged with air (day 3)
Andy was pretty weak.
Barium Xrays showed that the intestines were moving. (day 3 all day)
Andy was on antibiotics and intestine movement enhancers.
A radiologist confirms that there is no blockage of the intestines (day 3/4)
The next day Andy is weaker (day 4)
He has a temperature of about 40 again (day 4)
He can hardly walk. (day 4)
In the evening we take a blood test and find that his liver function is not good. (day 4)
The vet changed to the antibiotic to pentocyllin and administered two liver function enhancing drugs. These are
Neo Minofargen (Minofagen) C
Tachion
The drip contains
Solitan T2
UPDATE
The illness turned out to be myasthenia gravis. Andy lived to be about 16.
drip_at_home
Andy did not like staying at the animal hospital. He barked a lot. Border collies, especially household pet border collies get a bit of a jumped up view of their station and do not abide being locked up in small cages with a bunch of animals.
Alas however Andy's condition is detiorating, and a drip is needed, so we got the vet to lend us a drip machine.
Andy's liver is not too well.
Symptoms again
Andy drooled more than usual (day 1)
Andy drooled and developed jowls (day 2)
Andy puked up drool (day 2)
Andy puked up white foam (day 2)
So we took him to the vet.
The first blood test showed not so good kidney function. The vet diagnosed Leptospira (even though Andy has had a vaccination against that).
The next morning we took him to our own vet.
The kidney function was back to normal. (day 3)
The temperature had gone down to normal in the morning (day 3)
The Sodium levels in the blood were a bit off (day 3)
Xrays showed that the stomach was enlarged with air (day 3)
Andy was pretty weak.
Barium Xrays showed that the intestines were moving. (day 3 all day)
Andy was on antibiotics and intestine movement enhancers.
A radiologist confirms that there is no blockage of the intestines (day 3/4)
The next day Andy is weaker (day 4)
He has a temperature of about 40 again (day 4)
He can hardly walk. (day 4)
In the evening we take a blood test and find that his liver function is not good. (day 4)
The vet changed to the antibiotic to pentocyllin and administered two liver function enhancing drugs. These are
Neo Minofargen (Minofagen) C
Tachion
The drip contains
Solitan T2
UPDATE
The illness turned out to be myasthenia gravis. Andy lived to be about 16.