good vibes for my dog this month!!!

[Luvmyzoocrew]

My dog needs to get her teeth cleaned, no big deal right. Well she has seizures that are stress induced. Now when she was a lil pup and she was spayed she had her surgery and didnt come out of it very well, it took her a long time to come out of it and they were worried, as was I .

Now i get these feelings, that i really s hould have learned to listen too because more times then not they are right,lol, and i am usually dead on when meeting people. So back to the point a few years back i dropped her off at the groomers and i just had this feeling, i drive home and when i get home i just got this feeling they were going to call me and tell me she was dead, i was thinking "what the heck" and i shook the idea out of my head, well within an hour i got a call that she was having a seizure and they were waiting for her to come out of it:shock: what?!?!?!!?!? i have never drove so fast in my life i was there within a few minutes,lol :run: she finally came out of it i took her to the vet and she was ok. When Sooty was alive and i was taking him to the vet to have his teeth pulled i just had the feeling telling me to turn around and go home and take hi with me, should have listened because within an hour i got a call that his heart stopped and they had to bring him back :tears2:, he lived through that, but again something was telling me NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so here we are present time and Buzz has a giant cyst on her head that she ripped open,and her teeth need to be cleaned. She ripped open the cyst the other week and i had to shave her down, and OMG she is so skinny!!!!!!!!!!! it was hard to tell through all her hair just how skinny she was, i knew she had lost weight, but wow she is skinny, i am thinking that it is from her teeth hurting so i got her an appointment next sat for blood work and she will have to take an antibiotic, then on the 17th of Dec she has her surgery. I am freaking!!!!!!! am i freaking because i am a mom and i dont want to see my baby go into surgery , or am i freaking because that lil voice that i never listen to and that is always right is telling me something?


My hubby tells me that he doesnt think she is going to make it through, but i dont have a choice!!!!!!!!what is the alternative? making her live with a cone on her head so she doesnt keep tearing the cyst open? wait for her teeth to rot out of her head? that is not good for her organs, or for her, she has to be in pain, i am assuming that is why she has lost so much weight.

I know i am doing right but gosh if something happens i will be kicking myself, but i have no choice.

So i thank you if you got through the whole post, as i am rambling, but i need thoughts, a nd vibes , and good lucks, and prayers, and whatever else can be mustered up for her. She is 13 and we were meant to be together, it was fate, and i cant imagine her not being here.

 

[cheryl]

Oh Fran...i would be so worried as well if that was my pet...you are not rambling at all..your just worried...the same thing as i would do.

I don't know what to say,cause i find situations like that very stressful myself...gosh i get stressed over my bunnies when they're not well or something is wrong..

Thinking of you both

 

[hartleybun]

:hug: brandy and whiskey chocolate labrador send doggy vibes to buzz. the latter years of a beloved dog's life are never easy. i did get to the end of your post as i've been there with a beloved dog before. it is a difficult time for all of you who want to do the best for buzz. perhaps a good talk with the vet might help.

good wishes

donna x

 

[kirsterz09]

you both will be in my thoughts, I hope all goes well.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

thank you guys, first for making it to the end of that post,lol sometimes i just type what is on my mind and sometimes it makes no sense or is in no order,lol. Thanks for the well wishes

thank you Brandy and Whiskey for your labrador vibes,lol

I have talked a lil with the one vet about my concerns and her and the anesthesia and was told that they have come a long way in anestetics and there are different ones, which may be true but still doesnt ease my mind,lol. But i cant talk to much about it cause i break down in tears, so i am not helpful, i was actually thinking of dropping her off and just staying there until they are done her surgery,lol, would that be a little over bearing of me,lol

 

[hartleybun]

you're feeling the way you are because you care deeply about all your furkids. i think that one of the hardest things we do is to make decisions for those who canttalk. once again you arent rambling! when i read someones post i imagine im having a chat with them - works for me!

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

THank you Donna

 

[DeniseJP]

Oh, best wishes for you and your dog... I totally trust those inner feelings.

Denise

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

GULP!!!!!! i have to take her tommorrow to the vet at 10:30. I have the hubby driving and i will be in the back with Buzz and i think my mom is coming for support and to be the level headed one if she has a seizure cause i will be useless,lol!!!!. I will have her blood drawn, she will take anti biotics and then hopefully her levels will all come back good so she can get this done. I have been putting neosporin on her cycst on her head because i think it was getting infected so hopefully that wont cause a problem.

 

[irishlops]

Luvmyzoocrew wrote:

GULP!!!!!! i have to take her tommorrow to the vet at 10:30. I have the hubby driving and i will be in the back with Buzz and i think my mom is coming for support and to be the level headed one if she has a seizure cause i will be useless,lol!!!!. I will have her blood drawn, she will take anti biotics and then hopefully her levels will all come back good so she can get this done. I have been putting neosporin on her cycst on her head because i think it was getting infected so hopefully that wont cause a problem.

:hug:
:hug1:goodluck

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

well we are back from the vet and it went great, well except the bill,lol. her pheno is apparently at a good level because she did not have a seizure, although i was having a panic attack before the vet,lol. She lost more weight from the summer time when she was there so i am going to see if it goes up any in the next week with feeding her twice a day. They did blood panel, and they will check her kidney levels and let me know what they think about those levels. Her kidney levels were up in the summer time so hopefully they arent up any more but better if they were down. If not then she will have supportive care before the surgery in the form of lots of fluids before surgery. The urine alasyis and the blood work will show if it is kidney disease or just elevated because of the bad teeth and the cycst.

So after everything is said and done it will cost around 1000.00$ !!!!!!!!! uber expensive but i dont have a choice because she needs it done.

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

YaY! Im glad she's okay ((HUGS!)) must've been stressful for you!

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

well the blood work is NOT good :*( We will be doing a local to remove the cyst , hopefully, on her head but she will not get her teeth done. Her kidney levels are up alot since June, indicating Renial Faliure. The vet said lots of older dogs get it and she could live a long time without any incident. But she has other things against her , like the dramatic weight loss that is not looking very good for her. I asked if the dental is something that she is going to eventually going ot be able to get done and she said no. Basically she is going to live out however long she has because the risk it too high. If i put her under anesthesia there is the risk she will die, but we have to get the cyst removed so they are going to just try to do it locally. I am ssssssssssoooooooooo upset i cant loose another animal, i really hate this. This year haas been horrible , I am really concerned because of the weight loss and feel as i dont have much time with her. I dont know if i can do this again, it is like Sooty all over again.

She goes in WEd morning for fluid therapy and the mass removal will be on Friday, lets hope she gets through this week.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

she threw up last yesterday and last night, it is not looking good at all, these are not good signs. I have this horrible feeling that when she goes in Wed we will be getting a phone call that she is not doing good, and we will have to make the decision, that dreaded decision. Please pray that god gives me the strength to make the right decision for her, and for it to be as painless as possible, if that is even possible

 

[hartleybun]

oh fran i am so sorry that you are having to think about this - when the time comes to make any decision you will have the strength. you are in my thoughts - feel free to pm if you want to! :hug:

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

thank you Donna.

I take her tomorrow at 3, she will se a vet there and then be admitted for IV fluids and to be evaluated. If she is not vomiting , and she is eating and doing well she will be evaluated by one doctor to see if the mass can be removed locally (which is what i am praying for_). IF it can not be locally removed then they will want to put her under and then i will have to pray really hard she makes it. If she isnt eating and she is vomiting they are going to want to do an ultrasound and that is when i am going to have to evaluate the cost of it all. I hate to have to think about money but this can get extremely costly and i cant let the cost get out of hand.

 

[hartleybun]

:hug:will be thinking of you. i know what you mean about the cost. the thing that comes thru your post is the quality of life of your beloved dog. personally i've always used this as my yardstick. im lucky in that my vets are very mindful of the effect of treatments on the animal's quality of life.

it's not easy being a pet owner and having to make decisions for those who cant speak.

thinking of you

donna

 

[mistyjr]

prayers for you

 

[GorbyJobRabbits]

Good luck <3

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

thank you everyone. Donna, it is very much about Quality of life, i have decided that if she stops eating and starts vomiting i know then what my decision will be. If she is doing well enough to leave the vets then we will be doing supportive care at home. We will most likely get the ultrasound as that will be able to tell us so much more. Her supportive care at home will be medication, special diet, and possibly sub q fluids if they feel that will help out, and monitoring her levels. I did get the numbers on all her results and they all mostly doubled. She seemed a little optimistic that she has been like this for 6 months and doing fine and that there is the possibility of us being able to maintain her now. But with the results being what they are she is Chronic and pretty much at the end so it is only a matter of time. so it is a day by day game, i am just trying to get through till this weekend.

on a lighter note i will be able to sleep tonight cause everytime Buzz moved, sneezed, or did anything i was up so i havent gotten much sleep the last two nights,lol. But on the other hand everytime the phone rings i am going to have a stroke thinking they are calling me with bad news.