Good morning all,
We sure could use some prayers for Smores (yes,he is that precious cutie for my avatar) We were camping this weekend and all of sudden Saturday night he starts moving around kind of like he was cramping. I laid him on my lap & tried rubbing his tummy to help him feel better. Shortly later he is up pacing and his breathing is getting heavier as if it was becoming a struggle for him. This soon stopped and he seemed better, just kind of tired and not himself. We thought maybe his back again at this point.
Got home Sunday early and all seemed okay, normal appetite, doing well.
Monday, belly is now bloated and he seems to be in discomfort, took him to Dr. Johnson at Vital Pet by Creekwood. She checked him over and said it seems like a possible stomach bug, so she gave him an IV for fluids (due to the loose stools at this point, but no vomiting) and an antibiotic called metronidazole and sent us home. His breathing that night got more labored, so I immediately suspected an allergic reaction. Nope the breathing got better since at this point he was moving around more also without the signs of too much discomfort.
Yesterday he had his tail wagging when I came into the room and was all excited to see me, but after about 30 minutes he was exhausted and just kind of laying around and the breathing thing was back and not wanting to eat at this point. Bloating is better at this point, but now not eating well. Took him back to Dr. Johnson, did blood test for pancreatitis, came back negative, so now checking fecal for possible parasite.
I know she is trying to do all the less invasive stuff first, but I just want to know what is wrong with my baby (he will be 10 in October) and get him better.
It is killing me to watch him refuse all his favorites and not want to eat. I just want to hold him all day and make all the pain go away. And dang it when the waterworks start and I can't stop he just looks at me as if to say, "don't worry mommy, I will be okay."
I apologize for the LONG post, but wanted to give as many details in case one of you mommy or daddy's have experienced this or something similar and what it was and how they treated.
Thank you for the prayers
God Bless. 4951