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 Bev!! Will Misty be having them removed soon?
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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanton on
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Wow. I hear you on the cost, it's pretty wild. I have insurance for Bertie which pays for itself in the years when he's been ill. But I think I'd take out a 3rd, 4th mortgage to pay for his care, or beg, or sell all my belongings (hmmmm, not sure who'd want them), and I have a feeling you're the same. I think you need a Corgirific fund raiser maybe....
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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Natalie, I meet with the vet on Thursday but this is the second time they became infected (this time it swelled to the size of a baseball) so surgery seems inevitable. Our son moved out of the country and could not take her so I took her in and she is sweet as can be but very high maintainence. And as most of you know the medical bills on multiple dogs can be staggering.. Wish me luck and I am thinking good, inexpensive thoughts for you too!
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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It sounds like Lance and Tucker have been doing great....could Tucker have scratched his face by accident? Hopefully Lances problems will be resolved or a leastt managable soon:) Sending healing Corgi thoughts your way!!!!!!
Take Care Natalie!
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Thank You Jane!! The other possibilities I can come up with is maybe on an edge of the cabinets, in the kitchen corner where he sleeps at night, or from his metal crate, he is so excited to get out of there, he sometimes will bash his face into the crate, out of excitement. There aren't sharp edges where his face would go, so I don't know if the force alone, would be enough to create a gash.
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on
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Hope things slow down for you. The costs sure add up fast. I'm glad Tucker didn't need stictches and you were able to take care of that yourself. Sure hope Lance feels better soon. Seems like I've been running back and forth to the vet myself. Came home at lunch time, to find a femer bone stuck around Toby's jaw., and past his lower canines. His jaw swelled up to where i could not remove it. So off to the vet, they had to sadate him and saw it off. Needless to say no more of those bones unless they are longer for sure. Hope he enjoyed that $112.00 bone. Probably did until it got stuck. Well wishes to all, hang in there.
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Permalink Reply by Emily & Scout on
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Sorry to hear Lance is still having problems. I've been out of touch with everyone this past month trying to get internet set up. But now I'm back with it. Still sending best wishes your way that he goes back to being a happy healthier corgi. The picture by the sink was so cute... made me laugh. He knows how to get what he wants. Well, goodnight from Indiana.
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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on
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Man that Lance is a good looking fella. Get well soon Lance.
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