Sorry it has been so long for an update. Things have not been going well.
Zoe had an emergency vet appt yesterday. She passed blood and a large blood clot in her stool. Then she started puking non stop......I was waiting on hold with the vet when this started. The woman told me to bring her in.
She has lost 7 pounds in two weeks, she has been refusing food for 4 days. The diarreaha has not cleared up, the mucus in her stools is getting more and more, so much so that she has more mucus in her stools than fecal matter. She is still drinking and very active......her energy level has not gone down one bit. Both meds from the last vet did nothing, we had maybe three days of firm stools, then back to the poops.
So new vet checked all vitals, heart, lungs, eyes, mouth (everything fine). When he took her temp, which was perfect, the thermometer came out with poop on it, and it was mostly hair. He was puzzled. Zoe doesn't eat her own hair, plus the colour of the hair was not any colour of any of the pets in my place. He thinks she ate something outside....not to worry, he said it probably is not connected to her problem, seeing it has been well over a month she has had problems.
So he did his own bloodwork.......which he did in the exam room!!!! Four vials and not a peep out of Zoe. He ordered a full blood profile, and a CBC with differential (what does that mean?) Then he said she is to get 10ml of pepto bismol at least three times a day, and he gave me Tylosin (200mgs twice a day). He said he would try to have the bloodwork results to me by the end of day, if not tomorrow morning. So now I am waiting for a phone call this morning.
I gave her 5mls of pepto last night, about a half an hour later she was begging to be fed. Oh goodness......you wouldn't even believe how happy I was.
So that is where we are today. Once again I apologize for how long it has taken me to update..it has been a little much to handle over here. Spending time with her and not on the computer.
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