BoxerJim Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Hi there Juice, We had the same type of issue with our our boy a few years back so I feel your worry. It is often difficult for the Vet to distinguish between an inflammatory gastro problem versus an obstruction problem early on in the condition but the movement of the BIPs on Xray make an obstruction less likely. Also, if he is starting to take food and holding it down, then this also is encouraging. My only advice is to keep in touch with your Vet- its a team effort- as he/she needs your regular updates to know if they need to go the next step.... Fingers crossed for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) He is a bit quiet today, just sleeping, he did do a little poo, but was a bit strained to do it. He is holding down the small portions of food. Thankyou to everyone for the support, it really means alot to me Edited June 3, 2012 by juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The bill has "vettest-haematology", would that be bloods? He slept well last night, went out for a wee this morning, licked Bonne's face all over to wake her up ( my BT), and is now settled in front of the heater. Hopeing i see him poo a bit more noramlly today. From what I can tell from google the haematology analyser is different to the chemistry one, looks like the haematology one looks at red and white cells, platelets etc. If he doesn't pick up enough for your liking I'd be asking for a biochemistry profile as well just to cover as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 ok, thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 No worries I hope he is feeling better soon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerJim Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The Vettest is a biochemistry analyser- tests kidney, liver, protein and heap of other things Haematology is the red + white cells and platelets ( right-on woof n Hoof ) For an ill patient, most vets do both these blood tests From the sounds of things the term on the invoice "vettest-haematology" is likely to be both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyz Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 BoxerJim, actually the 'vet-test' can run either biochem, or hematology,(seperate machine) and it sounds like the dog just had hematology from the invoice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerJim Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 BoxerJim, actually the 'vet-test' can run either biochem, or hematology,(seperate machine) and it sounds like the dog just had hematology from the invoice. Hi xyz, Alas I wish the Vet test machine could run haematology! We sell and service and repair and interpret the results for all the various idexx machines for 105 Vet clinics, incuding the VetTest. Its an amazing system to be able to get results within 10 mins. The Vet test is a biochemistry analyser as I mentioned above, that is all it can do Most clinics we install a VetLab which= VetTest, haematology, Electrolytes etc etc I would take me forever to go thru each machine so...jump onto the idexx website and you can see the various machines that make up the VetLab system. http://www.idexx.com/view/xhtml/en_us/smallanimal/inhouse/vetlab-in-house-analyzers.jsf you will see the various machines and click on them to see what they analyse Hope that puts is straight :) Anyway, important thing is... how is he going Juice??? keep us in touch.. BoxerJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 He is still strainig alot to poo, did another tiny one late last night when i let him out, he hadn't been allday. It was very hard, bullet like, but he is only on a little chicken mince and rice atm. I am thinking of keeping him on that today and then slowly giving him a little kibble too. Apart from that he is tired easily, and i have noticed on the last 2 days late on in the day he starts to pant? And he isn't hot, he is outside with the other 2 during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The panting would be a sign of pain, maybe clarify with the vet that they did in fact do biochem as well as haematology, did they tell you what the results were? Might be worth trying him on some k/d or l/d in case he needs something really bland to ease the load on his insides but obviously you will have to check with your vet on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Would he drink chicken broth? That might help replace fluids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerJim Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Passing a nugget is good news as is the ability to take food and hold it down. Don't forget to keep your vet in the loop so they know what's happening.... Fingers crossed for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyz Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 BoxerJim, actually the 'vet-test' can run either biochem, or hematology,(seperate machine) and it sounds like the dog just had hematology from the invoice. Hi xyz, Alas I wish the Vet test machine could run haematology! We sell and service and repair and interpret the results for all the various idexx machines for 105 Vet clinics, incuding the VetTest. Its an amazing system to be able to get results within 10 mins. The Vet test is a biochemistry analyser as I mentioned above, that is all it can do Most clinics we install a VetLab which= VetTest, haematology, Electrolytes etc etc I would take me forever to go thru each machine so...jump onto the idexx website and you can see the various machines that make up the VetLab system. http://www.idexx.com/view/xhtml/en_us/smallanimal/inhouse/vetlab-in-house-analyzers.jsf you will see the various machines and click on them to see what they analyse Hope that puts is straight :) Anyway, important thing is... how is he going Juice??? keep us in touch.. BoxerJim Sorry for the confusion, but I guess the clinics I know of refer to the the biochem, haemotology and lytes components as part of the vet-test, as they are (or were until the newer models were released!) run 'thru' the vet-test!!!! So glad the pup seems to be on the mend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hope your boy is feeling better now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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