Pray for my dog.
Just need to vent really, I’m so worried for our baby right now. She just turned 7 in February and I’m trying so hard not to cry right now.
She was diagnosed with Addison’s two years ago and has been doing really well with treatment, like most people would never know she has a disease just by looking at her. She’s a cattle dog mix so her homeostasis is being pretty high energy.
Last week my boyfriend started a new job and went from being home all the time, to at work most of the time. Luckily our schedules don’t always line up, so there’s some days where Disco, our dog, isn’t alone for more than an hour or two.
I think with her Addison’s disease and this new big change, it’s flared up some symptoms (shaking, diarrhea, throwing up, and the most alarming.. increasingly bloody stool).
She is seeing dogter Dan (our regular vet) right now after her not seeming to get any better, even after we tried all the things. We gave her proviable (probiotic meds) which made her “solidify” things a bit, but only for one poop, and then it went back to projectile liquid. We are almost thru the treatment.
Last night my partner and I debated on if we should wait until Monday to call the vet or go today.
With how fast she’s seemed to decline it was no question she needed to see the vet today. My partner took her in and now I’m at home typing this, I’m just so worried, I need to get ready for work soon but I need to get this off my mind.
It breaks my heart not seeing her playful, energetic self. Our poor girl. She barely wanted to eat her soft food with her meds this morning, that’s when I knew she’s having an Addison’s crisis or related to the disease… I’m just scared it’s something more. They mentioned if this continued to happen (this has been a regular occurrence every 3 months or so she would get distress for a week, usually after she got her zycortol shot).
I slept by her dog bed all last night, she got up once to go out, then later I guess she woke up and it didn’t wake me up - she NEVER pees in the house and is completely potty trained, but when she gets sick like this she hides it from us/wont let us know like she usually does when she needs to go out. Puppy pads have saved a lot of carpet scrubbing. Poor girl had a “big” accident last night with a bit of it all (barf and the double p’s). Bless her heart, I never scold her, she’s so good and always does her best to make it on the puppy pads, sometimes she misses but that’s what enzyme cleaner is for!
She gets embarrassed (almost scolds herself) then hides after accidents, she thinks she’s in trouble and it breaks my heart. I always give her tons of love and time outside after. It’s just been a rough week, neither my partner or I have slept more than 3 hours at a time. It’s like having a newborn lol.
Just wish she knew it’s ok and we aren’t ever mad at her. Accidents happen! I hope they don’t have to keep her overnight. Just want my best friend to be ok.
Please, in what ever you denomination you believe in, or none at all like me, please pray to the idea of a higher power, the power of all things good, pray for my Disco ball queen, she’s the best dog ever and doesn’t deserve this.