shell_belle67
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Hi,
My lil girl is really sick and is withering away to nothing.
She is a 2 year old Great Dane. I need to take her to a vet who is familiar with Great Dane's to get a second opinion. Not that I don't trust who I am currently taking her to but we have exhausted all leads and her illness is still unknown. I am afraid she is dying.
Isabelle
2 years old- born 08/03/06
Last normal weight was 110 and she is now at 78. She has been down to 75lbs.
Her diet was Natural Balance dry kibble, moist mighty dog (only moist food she would eat), and occasional table scraps from my hubby when I wasn’t looking.
Isabelle has not been spayed. She had her first heat at 8 months old and again on 03/07/08. She is up to date on all of her shots. She is primarily an indoor dog, she does spends a few hours a day in her pen outside and has 2 runs that she uses also.
Visit to the Vet when she started getting sick- 05/27
Symptoms:
· Eating slowly decreasing- then slowly started eating ¼ of her normal intake.
· Swollen nipples
Vet said that it could possibly be a false pregnancy. But she showed no other symptoms other than swollen nipples. (she was not lactating)
Her symptoms steadily became more frequent and more severe. She will have an ok day one day then the next 2 or 3 days she will be sick. Or she would go 4 days of feeling ok then have a week of feeling really bad.
· Started getting really picky about food- then her eating decreased – then she stopped eating
· Drinking decreased- then wouldn’t drink
· Loss of energy- not wanting to play- sometimes seeming lethargic
· When she is feeling back she looks like her joints are stiff when she gets up from sleeping.
· Occasionally making gurgling noises. (sounded like she was clearing her throat) Now she occasionally will make a slight grunt noise. When they do happen, they happen when she sits or turns.
· Diarrhea - only one time
· Vomited/Regurgitated- only one time
· Fever of 105- on the second visit
· When she got really sick and had the fever she could not get up on the couch or bed- had to be helped. She does this when she is feeling really bad and is not eating or drinking at all. She also looks lethargic.
· She will not lean her head down to eat or pick anything up off the floor when she is feeling bad. (Her food bowl and water bowl are elevated)
· When she walks to her food bowl she doesn’t walk straight up to it, she will circle it, then go up to it. Most of the time looking hesitant.
Isabelle has seen 3 different Vets and an Internal Medicine specialist in Annapolis and no one knows what could be wrong with her. She is miserable and I can see it in her eyes.
They have thought it could be: MegaEsophogus , esophagitis, gastritis, pneumonia because of a darker spot on her lung that showed up on her xray, and inflammatory bowel disease.
I asked that she be tested for ehrlichea, tick born diseases, addisons- pretty much anything I could find on the DOL forums that resembled what Izzy was experiencing. All of the tests came back negative. The endoscopy showed slight redness but not enough to warrant her symptoms, she has had an abdominal ultrasound which showed nothing as well. We are now waiting for the results of her joint tap to come back.
Her liver & kidney tests came back ok- as well as all 3 CBC, 3 urinalysis, and 2 fecal exams. She has also had 4 chest x-rays and an abdominal ultrasound. All off the tests came back within normal range.
She is/was on the following medicine:
· Zeniquin- 100mg a day -Was on this for 2 weeks.
· Sucralfate- (Carafate)- 1 GM tablet dissolved- three times a day for 2 weeks
· Famotidine 20mg- 1 tablet twice a day- still taking
· Prednisone- 20mg- give 2 tablets once a day- still taking
· Mirtrazapine- 30mg- 1 tablet a day. Still taking - Just started taking 08/15
We need help! We have been trying to help her for almost 3 month's now, $5,000 later and our baby is still very sick. Are there any vet's in the St. Mary's county area who are familiar with Great Dane's that could possibly help.
My lil girl is really sick and is withering away to nothing.
She is a 2 year old Great Dane. I need to take her to a vet who is familiar with Great Dane's to get a second opinion. Not that I don't trust who I am currently taking her to but we have exhausted all leads and her illness is still unknown. I am afraid she is dying.
Isabelle
2 years old- born 08/03/06
Last normal weight was 110 and she is now at 78. She has been down to 75lbs.
Her diet was Natural Balance dry kibble, moist mighty dog (only moist food she would eat), and occasional table scraps from my hubby when I wasn’t looking.
Isabelle has not been spayed. She had her first heat at 8 months old and again on 03/07/08. She is up to date on all of her shots. She is primarily an indoor dog, she does spends a few hours a day in her pen outside and has 2 runs that she uses also.
Visit to the Vet when she started getting sick- 05/27
Symptoms:
· Eating slowly decreasing- then slowly started eating ¼ of her normal intake.
· Swollen nipples
Vet said that it could possibly be a false pregnancy. But she showed no other symptoms other than swollen nipples. (she was not lactating)
Her symptoms steadily became more frequent and more severe. She will have an ok day one day then the next 2 or 3 days she will be sick. Or she would go 4 days of feeling ok then have a week of feeling really bad.
· Started getting really picky about food- then her eating decreased – then she stopped eating
· Drinking decreased- then wouldn’t drink
· Loss of energy- not wanting to play- sometimes seeming lethargic
· When she is feeling back she looks like her joints are stiff when she gets up from sleeping.
· Occasionally making gurgling noises. (sounded like she was clearing her throat) Now she occasionally will make a slight grunt noise. When they do happen, they happen when she sits or turns.
· Diarrhea - only one time
· Vomited/Regurgitated- only one time
· Fever of 105- on the second visit
· When she got really sick and had the fever she could not get up on the couch or bed- had to be helped. She does this when she is feeling really bad and is not eating or drinking at all. She also looks lethargic.
· She will not lean her head down to eat or pick anything up off the floor when she is feeling bad. (Her food bowl and water bowl are elevated)
· When she walks to her food bowl she doesn’t walk straight up to it, she will circle it, then go up to it. Most of the time looking hesitant.
Isabelle has seen 3 different Vets and an Internal Medicine specialist in Annapolis and no one knows what could be wrong with her. She is miserable and I can see it in her eyes.
They have thought it could be: MegaEsophogus , esophagitis, gastritis, pneumonia because of a darker spot on her lung that showed up on her xray, and inflammatory bowel disease.
I asked that she be tested for ehrlichea, tick born diseases, addisons- pretty much anything I could find on the DOL forums that resembled what Izzy was experiencing. All of the tests came back negative. The endoscopy showed slight redness but not enough to warrant her symptoms, she has had an abdominal ultrasound which showed nothing as well. We are now waiting for the results of her joint tap to come back.
Her liver & kidney tests came back ok- as well as all 3 CBC, 3 urinalysis, and 2 fecal exams. She has also had 4 chest x-rays and an abdominal ultrasound. All off the tests came back within normal range.
She is/was on the following medicine:
· Zeniquin- 100mg a day -Was on this for 2 weeks.
· Sucralfate- (Carafate)- 1 GM tablet dissolved- three times a day for 2 weeks
· Famotidine 20mg- 1 tablet twice a day- still taking
· Prednisone- 20mg- give 2 tablets once a day- still taking
· Mirtrazapine- 30mg- 1 tablet a day. Still taking - Just started taking 08/15
We need help! We have been trying to help her for almost 3 month's now, $5,000 later and our baby is still very sick. Are there any vet's in the St. Mary's county area who are familiar with Great Dane's that could possibly help.
She was only 5 or 6.