Recent content by Winnie Poo

Winnie's gone Just to let all who read my posts and replied to me when I was looking for info during Winnie's illness that unfortunately Winnie had to be put to sleep today. In the end her Liver went v. fast and I had to get the vet to put her to sleep before she started suffering. She died...

Thanks everyone for your replies.... Danny B - very interested in your post. I asked my vet directly yesterday if being on/coming off the steroids could have adversly affected the liver count and he said no. Going by your post it looks like you have a fairly solid understanding on these...

Update Well, went to the vet today. Prognosis not good for winnie, they reckon liver cancer and a secondary brain tumour. The basis for this diagnosis is a poor liver result in her blood tests last week. I'm still not sure......the timeline doesn't really fit as her 1st blood tests about a...

Hi there, thanks for your kind words! To be honest if the alternative is a progressive tumour I'd be happy to take the stroke option! I saw another vet in the same practise and all he'd say is it seems neurological....covering his bases I'd say! Just checked in with Winnie in the...

forgot to mention.... She seems to have lost a lot of muscle mass from the top of her head, with the base of her head becoming a lot more prominent and her face generally has lost weight. Has anyone seen anything like this? Also worth mentioning that she has not had any fits at all...

Winnie update..... Winnie still not good. The mouth is kinda closed at the moment so long as she is on some steriod tablets. She has had loads of tests and has been on steroids, off them and then back on them again. Our vet thinks either a stroke or possible brain tumour, not sure which but...

Hi, We've been Winnie's parents now since she was born and she's now 8. She's not a very well girl at the moment and I was hunting around for web resources to investigate her symptoms (as any responsible vet-doubting parent should!) when I happened upon this site. 1st impressions seem...

Thanks for your kind words - I'll pass them onto slobbery chops. We've been using the same Vet all of Winnie's life and he's got a good reptutation and we've not had any probs before. Was thinking of asking him to get another one of the vets in the practise to take a look if things don't...

Hi Winnie our 8 y/o bitch has just developed a problem where she has her mouth open a little bit most of the time and is really struggling to eat and drink effectively. She seems unable to get the food over her throat and is dripping for a while after drinking. She is also licking around...