To The Vet We Go..... UPDATED
This morning at 8:30, I woke up to Lance throwing up. I was thinking probably due to an empty stomach, since he had not eaten his breakfast yet. The consitency was foamy. He also had a lot of mucous in it as well at other times.
I gave him a handful of food, but he couldn't keep that down either. Its now 10:40 and is still getting sick. I spoke with the vet and have a 1:45 appointment for Lance to see him. No food or water per vets instructions till we see him this afternoon.
As I was speaking to my husband over the phone, he said that he had put fertilizer down on the grass yesterday and had Lance outside yesterday off lead. He thinks he ate a bit of grass. :( He feels really bad, that he completely forgot about the fertilizer down and having him off lead. Normally if the grass is fertilized, he is not off lead. The area that the lead reaches, does not get fertilized at all.
Lance may have eaten a small amount of grass, hopefully that wouldn't be enough to do any kind of damage. He did sneak over into the neighbors yard to see their coonhound, while my husband was standing at the fence talking with the neighbor.
He was due to be seen for a follow up this Thursday and was hoping to reduce the amount of steroid he is on. Hoping this isn't anything major.
UPDATE:
Lance got two shots of anti nasuea meds while at the vet and also was sent home with anti nausea pills, Metronidazole. 1/2 tablet with food twice a day. He is to be introduced to water and food very slowly starting at 5:00 today. If he keeps down the water we can give him a 1/2 tablespoon to a tablespoon of wet food. Again at 7-8 pm, repeat.
Tommorrow he gets three small meals again small amounts of water at a time.
He did very well with the first shot, but for some reason jumped a bit for the second one, catching the vet and I off guard. He has never jumped for any of his shots. The vet was going to wait and give the second dose another time, but then decided to go ahead and give the second shot and Lance did fine. Maybe he got too close to the first spot he gave the shot. I felt bad for the vet, and apologized, since Lance hasn't done that before, it was embarassing. He just jumped, no growling or snapping, phew. good boy.
The steroids will be cut back, every other day he gets a half dose and then the other days he gets a full dose. Here is hoping the the hematomas do not come back. His right ear had a very slight amount of fluid, not even enough to drain even. Fingers crossed. '
Lance has lost 3 pounds in three weeks, yikes :O The vet upped his food intake to a cup twice a day, so hopefully he will start putting weight back on. He was at 26 pounds and is now at 23. Not a good sign, and hopefully not a sign that anything else is wrong. The vet says that initially they can loose weight when on steroids, but then do bulk up.
Heres hoping hes on the road to recovery and doesn't have too many more vet visits. We have another follow up visit Monday evening. I have jury duty Friday, which means Lance has a long day by himself, not too excited about that. One day at a time..my new motto.
Page 4 or about, has two pictures of Lance plotting to get his own drink of water. Vet orders, to give little water at a time, but Lance doesn't agree. It gave me a pretty big laugh, what a goof ball. :)
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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on
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Thanks!!!
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Permalink Reply by steve smith on
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He is in our thoughts and prayers. "And a bandaid"????
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yeah, Im sure he found it from my daughter who didnt properly dispose of it... :O ugh!!!
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Thank You!!
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Thank You!!! Not sure, if you saw, I posted an update.
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Permalink Reply by Alison Prasavath on
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And here you were just telling me he was doing a bit better (he must have known). I hope Lance feels better soon. Noodles has done this way too often and he was hooked up to and IV for a little while and given a bland diet for a week, then was all better. He was also given a shot to stop him from throwing up because his throw up was just foam (nothing else). I hope Lance feels better soon.
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Thank You!!! I hope he does too, and stays this way, its getting tiresome going to the vet so much. Awww, Noodle, hopefully this wont happen again to you, its not any fun being sick. Not sure if you saw my update, but he gave me a good chuckle later today. :)
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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Good luck Natalie and Lance all my gang hopes you are doing better soon!!!!!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Teresa Gilpin on
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I'm so sorry for Lance. Boy, he has had a rough time lately. I hope this is just a minor set back!
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Thanks Teresa, he has, enough is enough already!!
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Andersen on
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We've got fingers and paws crossed for dear handsome Lance! I'm ashamed that I chuckled at the bandaid...I'm sorry. But as was mentioned, maybe he did just eat something he shouldn't've....I mean, aside from the bandaid.
We hope it something minor (and not expensive, either!). Poor sweet Lance....
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