MomtoOrion
Boxer Booster
Hey all. Been many moons since I have been here. My baby is turning 5 next month and we have had some health issues with him since right before Thanksgiving. I just don't know what to think of all of it. I'm hoping that maybe if I write down his symptoms, you all might recognize something and help me figure out what to do for him.
Day before Thanksgiving:
Orion wakes me up about 3:00 a.m. and it looks like he has to go outside to go potty. I take him out, he pees and comes back in. I can tell he's uncomfortable though. So I sit with him on the floor and pet him. He's gets up again and we do the whole outside, pee and back inside thing for about 45 minutes. Now, he's starting to get uncomfortable, whining, pacing and not wanting to lay down. His stomach is really growling and making lots of noise. You can hear him from another room!
I finally decide to take him into the emergency vet at 4:30 a.m. I get there and they think he has BLOAT. I'm sobbing at this point. They did an xray and even though he's distended (sp?), his stomach didn't twist yet. They put a tube down his throat to relieve the gas and foam on his stomach. They said us home saying "just keep an eye on him." which I knew was wrong!
I have my mom come over to watch him while I go to work. She calls me an hour later and says he's in pain. I drive home and get him to our reg vet. They were pissed that they even sent him home. I rush him there Wednesday around lunch time. They do another xray and they don't see his stomach distended like before (I had the other set of xrays with me). He was in pain though. They hook him up on an iv, get him some pain meds and take a bunch of bloodwork from him. Now we wait. Oh, they did think they saw a little "mass" in his bowels too but they were going to take another xray later that evening to see if it moves. Very long story short now.....we get the call on Thursday evening to come and pick him up. Bloodwork came back fine, he wasn't in pain anymore, the mass (blockage) seemed to be moving and he had a BM and was eating.
So, we bring him home, he was on pepcid twice a day plus some other meds for 10 days and is now off all meds. We are to feed him twice a day too. Since then, he's been doing really good. Once in a while, he will get the gargling stomach thing but if I can get him to eat then he's usually ok.
Now, the past week, Orion has been having "accidents" daily where he can't hold his pee. He's always had a "small bladder" we joked because when he had to go, you better let him out! He hates to have accidents and you can see that he gets upset with himself. Nothing has changed with his diet, etc. Absolultely no table food unless it's a little peanut butter to take meds. My husband and I talked about taking him in soon so we can just rule out things or is it just old age. This morning, at 5 a.m., he has another accident and I let him out and clean it up. He comes back in and his stomach is just growling again! You can tell he's uncomfortable but he's not panting. So I send my husband out to get some Pepcid since we were out. I gave him some that settled his stomach. He finally ate a little and rested a little. My mom came over again to spend the day with him while I'm here at work.
My husband is taking him in today at 4:30 p.m. What do you think we could be dealing with? Is it a bladder thing, stomach thing or something more serious? I'm worried that he's in pain, so he pants, gets bloated and starts the cycle over. If so, what's the pain from? Ugh!!! I'm stressing over this!
So, any insight for me? Any ideas of what I can ask the doctor, etc?
Thanks for all the help you all. I do come here and visit all the time, Just don't have time to post. This place has been a god-send to me!!!
Thanks!
Vickie
Day before Thanksgiving:
Orion wakes me up about 3:00 a.m. and it looks like he has to go outside to go potty. I take him out, he pees and comes back in. I can tell he's uncomfortable though. So I sit with him on the floor and pet him. He's gets up again and we do the whole outside, pee and back inside thing for about 45 minutes. Now, he's starting to get uncomfortable, whining, pacing and not wanting to lay down. His stomach is really growling and making lots of noise. You can hear him from another room!
I finally decide to take him into the emergency vet at 4:30 a.m. I get there and they think he has BLOAT. I'm sobbing at this point. They did an xray and even though he's distended (sp?), his stomach didn't twist yet. They put a tube down his throat to relieve the gas and foam on his stomach. They said us home saying "just keep an eye on him." which I knew was wrong!
I have my mom come over to watch him while I go to work. She calls me an hour later and says he's in pain. I drive home and get him to our reg vet. They were pissed that they even sent him home. I rush him there Wednesday around lunch time. They do another xray and they don't see his stomach distended like before (I had the other set of xrays with me). He was in pain though. They hook him up on an iv, get him some pain meds and take a bunch of bloodwork from him. Now we wait. Oh, they did think they saw a little "mass" in his bowels too but they were going to take another xray later that evening to see if it moves. Very long story short now.....we get the call on Thursday evening to come and pick him up. Bloodwork came back fine, he wasn't in pain anymore, the mass (blockage) seemed to be moving and he had a BM and was eating.
So, we bring him home, he was on pepcid twice a day plus some other meds for 10 days and is now off all meds. We are to feed him twice a day too. Since then, he's been doing really good. Once in a while, he will get the gargling stomach thing but if I can get him to eat then he's usually ok.
Now, the past week, Orion has been having "accidents" daily where he can't hold his pee. He's always had a "small bladder" we joked because when he had to go, you better let him out! He hates to have accidents and you can see that he gets upset with himself. Nothing has changed with his diet, etc. Absolultely no table food unless it's a little peanut butter to take meds. My husband and I talked about taking him in soon so we can just rule out things or is it just old age. This morning, at 5 a.m., he has another accident and I let him out and clean it up. He comes back in and his stomach is just growling again! You can tell he's uncomfortable but he's not panting. So I send my husband out to get some Pepcid since we were out. I gave him some that settled his stomach. He finally ate a little and rested a little. My mom came over again to spend the day with him while I'm here at work.
My husband is taking him in today at 4:30 p.m. What do you think we could be dealing with? Is it a bladder thing, stomach thing or something more serious? I'm worried that he's in pain, so he pants, gets bloated and starts the cycle over. If so, what's the pain from? Ugh!!! I'm stressing over this!
So, any insight for me? Any ideas of what I can ask the doctor, etc?
Thanks for all the help you all. I do come here and visit all the time, Just don't have time to post. This place has been a god-send to me!!!
Thanks!
Vickie
