cchani
October 16th, 2005, 09:49 PM
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I have a 4 year old Shih Tzu named Teek. He's normally a very active dog. I noticed yesterday (Saturday) that he was a little slower than usual. Also, I can usually tell when he is not feeling well because he stares at me a lot and when I sit next to him he tries to get as close to me as possible. That night he slept by himself on the floor. He would groan and only stop when I petted him. This would happen once every hour, hour and a half. So we were up most of the night.
I made a vet appt. first thing this morning. We went in and they ran all sorts of text including blood work (heart worms, lyme disease and a few other I've never heard of) and every thing came back normal. He did have a small fever and white blood cell count was just a tiny bit high, which she said might indicate an infection. The vet gave us some antibiotics for two weeks, and afew pain killers because I was under the impression that he was in pain or uncomfortable (but she really wasn't). The pain killers were to be used sparingly of course. There hasn't been dyherrea or vomiting, in fact no poo at all today.
He didn't really eat a whole lot today or yesterday except a few small pieces of boiled chicken that I hand fed him this evening and he wouldn't drink from his bowl, but would drink from an Ozarka bottle that I held.
I'm a nervous wreck, he's my first dog and he never gets sick. He's had the occasional tummy ache but it's been a year or so since any of that and they usually go away after a day. Has anyone else had this same experience? Any words of wisdom, I'm sick with worry.
I have a 4 year old Shih Tzu named Teek. He's normally a very active dog. I noticed yesterday (Saturday) that he was a little slower than usual. Also, I can usually tell when he is not feeling well because he stares at me a lot and when I sit next to him he tries to get as close to me as possible. That night he slept by himself on the floor. He would groan and only stop when I petted him. This would happen once every hour, hour and a half. So we were up most of the night.
I made a vet appt. first thing this morning. We went in and they ran all sorts of text including blood work (heart worms, lyme disease and a few other I've never heard of) and every thing came back normal. He did have a small fever and white blood cell count was just a tiny bit high, which she said might indicate an infection. The vet gave us some antibiotics for two weeks, and afew pain killers because I was under the impression that he was in pain or uncomfortable (but she really wasn't). The pain killers were to be used sparingly of course. There hasn't been dyherrea or vomiting, in fact no poo at all today.
He didn't really eat a whole lot today or yesterday except a few small pieces of boiled chicken that I hand fed him this evening and he wouldn't drink from his bowl, but would drink from an Ozarka bottle that I held.
I'm a nervous wreck, he's my first dog and he never gets sick. He's had the occasional tummy ache but it's been a year or so since any of that and they usually go away after a day. Has anyone else had this same experience? Any words of wisdom, I'm sick with worry.