so, my dog is in doggie intensive care.

Wobbie

Phantom Pain wrote:

A friend of ours has a Golden and he ate a rag :eek:

Who? Your friend or the Golden? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Hope the OP and his dog are doing better. Come home soon, doggie!

the wolf

first my GF and myself and of course our big Zillah monster would like to thank all for the good vibes. it seems to be working !!!

the big goof is home and laying at my feet as i type !! he has a really bad head tilt to the left right now, and is kinda shakey at times, but that didnt stop him from finding his ball and bringing it to me within minutes of walking in the door !!!

as of now they expect him to recover. they did throw it out there that if he is not showing lots of progress within 14 days that he needs a MRI and CT scan because he may have a lesion on the brain and that could be causing his problems. but thats just if he is not showing signs of improvement.

i dont think the lesion deal makes a ton of sense though. from what i have read, if that were the case, he would have been showing signs b4 the stroke like symptoms. and they just came out of nowhere which makes it sound more like the "old dog" Vestibular syndrome.

the only other problems was that his sodium levels were really high, but are back to near normal, and when they checked his liver value one of the numbers were twice what they should be. so that needs to be checked in two weeks no matter what. they said that could be caused by a number of things. ( that has me scared )

as of right now, i am very hopeful of a full or near full recovery. the head tilt thing is really hard to get used to, he just looks so silly. but he is a big silly dog anyway!!! so its kinda fitting

im just happy as a pig in shit that he is home where he belongs.

thanks again to all of you. it really made me feel good.
i'll go now b4 i get all sappy and shit.

thanks.



oh, someone asked his breed and age. he is a black lab, and just turned 12 in oct. he is getting up there, but still has all kinds of puppy in him

Whizbang

the wolf wrote:

first my GF and myself and of course our big Zillah monster would like to thank all for the good vibes. it seems to be working !!!

the big goof is home and laying at my feet as i type !! he has a really bad head tilt to the left right now, and is kinda shakey at times, but that didnt stop him from finding his ball and bringing it to me within minutes of walking in the door !!!

as of now they expect him to recover. they did throw it out there that if he is not showing lots of progress within 14 days that he needs a MRI and CT scan because he may have a lesion on the brain and that could be causing his problems. but thats just if he is not showing signs of improvement.

i dont think the lesion deal makes a ton of sense though. from what i have read, if that were the case, he would have been showing signs b4 the stroke like symptoms. and they just came out of nowhere which makes it sound more like the "old dog" Vestibular syndrome.

the only other problems was that his sodium levels were really high, but are back to near normal, and when they checked his liver value one of the numbers were twice what they should be. so that needs to be checked in two weeks no matter what. they said that could be caused by a number of things. ( that has me scared )

as of right now, i am very hopeful of a full or near full recovery. the head tilt thing is really hard to get used to, he just looks so silly. but he is a big silly dog anyway!!! so its kinda fitting

im just happy as a pig in shit that he is home where he belongs.

thanks again to all of you. it really made me feel good.
i'll go now b4 i get all sappy and shit.

thanks.



oh, someone asked his breed and age. he is a black lab, and just turned 12 in oct. he is getting up there, but still has all kinds of puppy in him

I'm thinking he's got some serious snuggle time with you tonight!!!! glad to hear he's home and doing ok.

Austicman

Very good to hear!! I'm sure he'll recover even faster now he's home where he belongs. So whats his name? Ya gotta put some pic's up in the doggie thread too

norm

the wolf wrote:

im just happy as a pig in shit that he is home where he belongs.

as you should be! glad to hear he's home

Wobbie

the wolf wrote:

oh, someone asked his breed and age. he is a black lab, and just turned 12 in oct. he is getting up there, but still has all kinds of puppy in him

AWWWWW! Yeah, 12 years is plenty of time to get attached.

I'm glad he's home. Don't read too much on the internet. It'll just make you crazy trying to diagnose - that's what vets went to school for (my humble opinion). I hope it was just a "bad day" for your pooch.

josevolution

i hope your dog feels better soon .........

LoveBoatAdmiral

I know your pain. My puppy spent two days in the ER last month with a mysterious virus. At the same time, my grandmother was in the hospital recovering from a heart attack. She was getting better, and he was getting worse. Then one night my grandmother passed away in her sleep (we were really close) and the next morning my puppy was well enough to go home. I truly believed that God gave her a decision and she chose to save George rather than herself. She was a selfless person and a true dog lover. She will be missed...

Cree Nations

Hope he is back with you soon and that his health improves

wolfbear

Sooo glad he's home with you. Sure hope he continues to improve! He'll let you know how he's feeling and just go with it.

CHANGEinWAVES

the wolf wrote:

first my GF and myself and of course our big Zillah monster would like to thank all for the good vibes. it seems to be working !!!

the big goof is home and laying at my feet as i type !! he has a really bad head tilt to the left right now, and is kinda shakey at times, but that didnt stop him from finding his ball and bringing it to me within minutes of walking in the door !!!

as of now they expect him to recover. they did throw it out there that if he is not showing lots of progress within 14 days that he needs a MRI and CT scan because he may have a lesion on the brain and that could be causing his problems. but thats just if he is not showing signs of improvement.

i dont think the lesion deal makes a ton of sense though. from what i have read, if that were the case, he would have been showing signs b4 the stroke like symptoms. and they just came out of nowhere which makes it sound more like the "old dog" Vestibular syndrome.

the only other problems was that his sodium levels were really high, but are back to near normal, and when they checked his liver value one of the numbers were twice what they should be. so that needs to be checked in two weeks no matter what. they said that could be caused by a number of things. ( that has me scared )

as of right now, i am very hopeful of a full or near full recovery. the head tilt thing is really hard to get used to, he just looks so silly. but he is a big silly dog anyway!!! so its kinda fitting

im just happy as a pig in shit that he is home where he belongs.

thanks again to all of you. it really made me feel good.
i'll go now b4 i get all sappy and shit.

thanks.



oh, someone asked his breed and age. he is a black lab, and just turned 12 in oct. he is getting up there, but still has all kinds of puppy in him

Glad he's home with you now:)