Ellie is a large dog. She’s weighed over 108 pounds for five years. This changed four months ago. As of last night, Ellie is 75.6 pounds.
The vets have been checking on her weekly. The blood tests suggested she was vomiting due to hypothyroidism, low levels of thyroid hormone. She started taking two pills a day.
Her appetite stopped.
In watching her try to eat, I decided the issue was in her mouth. The second vet who looked at her agreed. The two vets discussed her history and decided the first round of antibiotics had helped because the pain caused by the fissure in her mouth was being relieved.
After, an hour of back and forth, Ellie is now scheduled for dental work. She was dropped off this morning in good spirits.
Ellie is home. She's tired but ate dinner, which her first meal in 3 days. She only ate 1/2 a can of wet food because of the anesthesia.
Glad she is okay. She has beautiful eyes.
I hope she is doing better. Poor girl.
Ellie is in the emergency room tonight. It doesn't look good. Her red blood cell count dropped from 41 on Tuesday to 13. They are doing a transfusion but the vet thinks the blood smear suggests a parasite.
Ellie is alert but still in the emergency clinic. The last update was at 1 30 am. I spoke with the vet and he said a blood sample made it to the outsourced facility. Ellie has an ultrasound today to see if she is bleeding internally. X-rays don't show any internal bleeding.