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I'm an so concerned about my doberboy. he's 20 months old from rescue. I have had him since July.
Three weeks ago he started limping on his rear right leg. I took him to the vet and they said X-rays were OK and he needed rest and meds (pain pills, muscle relaxant, rimadyl) for a couple of weeks.
About 1 1/2 weeks later he was off all meds except low dose of rimadyl and stopped eating and had low energy. Took him to the vet. They said he had a GI distress. Gave him flagyl and ran blood work. fever normal
Nex day..dog is totally out of it. He goes to the vet (different one) who says, yes, GI distress, and fever, and very jigh white blood count, and enlarged lymph nodes, low blood protein, anemia and he needs 24x7 hospital.
He was in the hospital for 3 days on antibiotics, flagyl, fluids, etc. All tests including biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes came back negative. That included parasites, 11 tick born illnesses and bacteria. Meamwhile is temp rose to over 105 and they said the last resort was steriods. As much as I hate them (been on them myself) I said OK. His fever was down within 24 hours and he came home 2 days later.
Three days post hospital his anemia is gone, blood protein almost normal, and white blood count down to 21K (still a little high but much lower). temp is normal, he's eating very well, and has some intermitttant limping from his righ rear leg. Still low energy but still very excited about his daily walks. he's on antibiotics, flagyl, ulcer meds, pepcid, prednisone. 7 meds to total. Poor baby.
The vets are stumped --he's been seen by 1 generalists, a surgeon, a cardiologist and 2 internists--we have pretty good access to care in LA? Right now working diagnosis is upper GI distress from the rimadyl led to sepsis and trigged an auto immune response.
Suggestions?
Cyndie and Cain
Three weeks ago he started limping on his rear right leg. I took him to the vet and they said X-rays were OK and he needed rest and meds (pain pills, muscle relaxant, rimadyl) for a couple of weeks.
About 1 1/2 weeks later he was off all meds except low dose of rimadyl and stopped eating and had low energy. Took him to the vet. They said he had a GI distress. Gave him flagyl and ran blood work. fever normal
Nex day..dog is totally out of it. He goes to the vet (different one) who says, yes, GI distress, and fever, and very jigh white blood count, and enlarged lymph nodes, low blood protein, anemia and he needs 24x7 hospital.
He was in the hospital for 3 days on antibiotics, flagyl, fluids, etc. All tests including biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes came back negative. That included parasites, 11 tick born illnesses and bacteria. Meamwhile is temp rose to over 105 and they said the last resort was steriods. As much as I hate them (been on them myself) I said OK. His fever was down within 24 hours and he came home 2 days later.
Three days post hospital his anemia is gone, blood protein almost normal, and white blood count down to 21K (still a little high but much lower). temp is normal, he's eating very well, and has some intermitttant limping from his righ rear leg. Still low energy but still very excited about his daily walks. he's on antibiotics, flagyl, ulcer meds, pepcid, prednisone. 7 meds to total. Poor baby.
The vets are stumped --he's been seen by 1 generalists, a surgeon, a cardiologist and 2 internists--we have pretty good access to care in LA? Right now working diagnosis is upper GI distress from the rimadyl led to sepsis and trigged an auto immune response.
Suggestions?
Cyndie and Cain
