Post by Night Bear on Mar 30, 2010 0:48:52 GMT -5
My dog, Cheyenne, has been hospitalized at the nearest emergency hospital. He has been having issues standing up, has been crying in pain anything he tries to readjust his body or get up. He has been walking pretty slow and eventually couldn't get up at all. Dad was going to wait until tomorrow to get him to a vet, but Cheyenne's condition just got worse and he also got frightened, started to stiffen up, had glazed over eyes, and it looked like he was having a small seizure.
So Clint, dad, and I took him to the nearest emergency hospital for animals, about 45 minutes away. He was taken into the back and, according to a doctor, he was having continuous mini-seizures and his heart rate and breathing was abnormally high. Once payments were settled, he was immediately given a drug that calmed him down. We did hear a dog whining in the back and we were worried it was Cheyenne but it was another dog. Cheyenne was sleeping comfortably the whole time while they did bloodwork and X-Rays, which we stayed to see the results of.
X-Rays were good. No internal bleeding, no obstructions, nothing that was cause for alarm. Surprisingly, his hips looked good for his age. And bloodwork, though a few things such as white blood cells were elevated, didn't have anything that was cause for alarm; none of the elevations were severe far as we know.
But unfortunately, as of now, we have no answers. The doctor says it could be a brain tumor causing the epilepsy, he could be diabetic, could be something else. Tomorrow, dad is going to get him to our family vet so they can do further diagnostics on him. Before we left, we did see Cheyenne and he was calm and stable and looked much better than he did before. Hopefully tomorrow there'll be more answers as to what's wrong with him. My dad thinks he may have to be on medication. I'll update as we get more information.
So Clint, dad, and I took him to the nearest emergency hospital for animals, about 45 minutes away. He was taken into the back and, according to a doctor, he was having continuous mini-seizures and his heart rate and breathing was abnormally high. Once payments were settled, he was immediately given a drug that calmed him down. We did hear a dog whining in the back and we were worried it was Cheyenne but it was another dog. Cheyenne was sleeping comfortably the whole time while they did bloodwork and X-Rays, which we stayed to see the results of.
X-Rays were good. No internal bleeding, no obstructions, nothing that was cause for alarm. Surprisingly, his hips looked good for his age. And bloodwork, though a few things such as white blood cells were elevated, didn't have anything that was cause for alarm; none of the elevations were severe far as we know.
But unfortunately, as of now, we have no answers. The doctor says it could be a brain tumor causing the epilepsy, he could be diabetic, could be something else. Tomorrow, dad is going to get him to our family vet so they can do further diagnostics on him. Before we left, we did see Cheyenne and he was calm and stable and looked much better than he did before. Hopefully tomorrow there'll be more answers as to what's wrong with him. My dad thinks he may have to be on medication. I'll update as we get more information.
