Recent content by BoxerJake

Progress Report... ...he's getting stonger each day! He was so determined to stand up on his own today and he did! He's going to the bathroom all on his own and can walk short distances. He gets winded pretty quickly, but each step is making him stronger. He has been sleeping thru the night...

Getting stronger each day Oh my gosh you guys...thanks for keeping him (and us) in your thoughts. My husband and I had a rough weekend with him only because it was very physically exhausing to lift him and hold him up for bathroom breaks. By Sunday, he was able to muster the strength to prop...

Home for the weekend After 10 days in the hospital, Jake will be coming home tonight just for the weekend. His bloodwork numbers are heading in the right direction but unfortunately, Jake developed several complications with the liver failure - including blood clots on his lungs and...

"Turning the Corner" The vet called with an update this morning and said that it seemed Jake was "turning the corner" with his liver failure. All of his bloodwork numbers look better except for one - which is contributing to his jaundice. He is quite yellow in his eyes and skin from the...

Jake's relapse It has been a while since we have posted - we thought Jake was getting much better but when we took him back to Davis (three weeks after our last post), they were horrified to see what a toll the prednisone had taken on his body. They immediately put him on an alternate...

More Progress I woke up to sloppy boxer kisses this morning! He jumped all the way up in our bed! Last night he was caught snoozing on the couch :) His back legs are getting stronger everyday!

Prognosis It really is such a relief to know that the problem has been diagnosed. The vet said that the best case scenario would be that Jake would respond well to the prednisone and we could begin weaning him off within 4 months of treatment. As he progresses, we would reduce the dosage...

Jake is home! Jake has been released from UC Davis and has been diagnosed with auto-immune polyarthritis. The vet explained that this disease is similar to the disease Lupus in humans. What's happening is that Jake's immune system is "confused" and is attacking the good cells within his...

Update on our baby Our little Jake is in the best hands right now. The vet had finally thrown in the towel and referred us to UC Davis (near Sacramento, CA) on Friday. When we called, UC Davis told us that we would need to wait until Monday to bring him in to the emergency because all of...

Asprin can be very harmful... I am sorry to hear about your puppy. I just called our Emergency vet tonight because my little guy had a fever. I wanted to give him asprin or tylenol and the vet advised that it is a serious no no. It can be very harmful.... I suggest taking your little one in...

Thank you Thanks guys - sooo much. Thanks for the tip Bar B - I will definatley give it a try. I gave him some raw hamburger meat (no kibble) this morning and he vomited it up along with his antibiotics. Raw hamburger meat is something he usually loves. I called the vet and he told us to...

Prayers needed It's so nice to see all of the kind posts from you guys out there! Thank you. Jake had more X-rays this morning. The vet was sure that he would find evidence of discospondylosis (a spot of deterioriation of the spine). To his surprise - nothing. The x-rays looked great...

oh - more healing vibes! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Jakes's fever broke this morning - so that is good news. The vet called me this morning and said that his blood work does not reveal any obvious infections (white blood cell count is not high) but his globin (sp?) level was a bit...

Update on Jake and thank you Thank you to everyone who posted a response. The prayers and healing vibes mean so much to us. I took Jake to the vet today and they ran some blood work. Jake was running a fever of 104.7 which is very high for a dog. Did you guys know that a warm nose is an...

My 2 year old Boxer Jake has had some issues and I'm not quite sure what is wrong with him. I'm hoping one of you can help me. At first he was having trouble getting up from laying down and didn't seem able to put any weight on his rear legs when gettting up. I took him to the vet for x-rays...