Mitzi's Blog – July 2010 Archive (3)

More tests this week

My regular vet called today and suggests running a bile test on Sally to test for the shunt. It's actually a pretty simple blood test, and I'm hoping it will give us a better idea of what's going on.

In the meantime, Sally is begging to run around and play, and doesn't understand why I won't play with her. I've bought her a ton of chew toys and the like to try to distract her and keep her occupied until she has the go ahead to run run run.

Added by Mitzi on July 27, 2010 at 12:36am — 5 Comments

Sally's News

We're still waiting to take Sally to the vet for further testing, but the more that I think about it the more that her symptoms fit really well with a dog that has a liver shunt.

Sally has actually been to the doctor two other times, the first for a bad case of diarrhea, and the second because of vomiting. Neither case in itself would indicate a liver shunt, but put together with the collapse and apparent seizure, and it really fits the bill.

I'm hoping that it's the kind that's…

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Added by Mitzi on July 24, 2010 at 8:44am — 7 Comments

Sally had a seizure

This morning Sally collapsed after our walk and couldn't move. I carried her up the stairs to our apartment and she was still unresponsive, she couldn't move at all. As I raced her to the vet she began to jerk around uncontrollably and her eyes glassed over. She started to get a little better as the vet looked her over and was able to stand on her legs again by the time they were done examining her. The vet is going to keep her overnight and run bloodwork on her to try to find out a… Continue

Added by Mitzi on July 21, 2010 at 2:32pm — 14 Comments