grumpette Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Huge hugs and gentle licks from us to you and Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I just saw this. Oh dear! Poor Danny. I hope they can come up with a medical or treatment option so he can keep his food and meds down. Hugs to you both. XXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks LG. He has thrown up about 5-6 times since we got up this morning I think he is keeping down more than he throws up and he has just had another little bowl of his Hills Diet slurry. His tongue and gums are a lovely rosey colour, so I don't think he is getting dehydrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Huge hugs and gentle licks from us to you and Danny I think he needs a big black and tan momma to snuggle into and get comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crazydoglady99 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm sure this has been mentioned... ? Probiotics added to food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogie Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just popping in to say we are keeping Danny (and you) in our thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thank you, coogie. Danny says: thanks, but I would prefer a big raw meaty bone. And then of course, I'd throw it all back up. I am starting to see a slight improvement in his demeanour and he is not nearly as wobbly as he was. He really was knocked for a six poor little fellow. I have kept a running chart since bringing him home and it isn't good in terms of his regurgitation (10 since just after midnight), but he is keeping more down than bringing up and the last two little helpings of his slurry have been eaten eagerly. Keeping them down is the problem, although the one at 4.30pm was about 80mls and kept down. I gave him some more just now with his Ranitidine in it and he lapped it down like there was no tomorrow. He has licked clean the other dogs' bowls - after I'd made sure there was actually nothing in them :). I have to race down to Woollies as the specialist said he could have lactose free yoghurt (if there is such a things - soy I suppose) and a small amount of cottage cheese and eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 not soy ..just lactose free milk product :) Ask if you are unsure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Goat milk yoghurt should be low lactose... T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 So sorry to hear Danny is unwell. It is so hard when they are unwell......if only they could speak. I hope he is on the mend soon and SASH have some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellnme Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 not soy ..just lactose free milk product :) Ask if you are unsure . I eat lactose free yoghurt - Vaalia and Liddells make good vanilla ones - also lactose free cheese if Danny can have any of that. Always available in Coles and Woolworths and other places. Pers is correct, don't get soy. Goats milk yoghurt is usually well tolerated but isn't lactose free. Best of luck with the tests and ongoing care for little Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks stellnme. IMy local Woollies didn't have Liddells or Vaalia lactos free so I will go down to Westfield today. Next appt at SASH on Tuesday, dougal, when they will do a Fluoroscopy to see what state his oesophagus is in and whether he would be helped by fixing the hernia. Frankly seeing how knocked he was by the anaesthetic for the scope, I am very worried about how he will cope with a serious operation. Now I hope I don't jinx Danny ............ but, drum roll, no vomits or regurgitations for nearly 9 hours. Obviously most of that was spent lying in bed, but I generally get up to a couple or more vomits and the consequent loads of washing. He had his last little snack at 11.15pm last night and has had his morning Ranitidine and a small bowl of Hills Diet slurry at 8am. :crossfingers: Edited October 23, 2014 by Dame Danny's Darling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thats is some positive improvement DDD Wishing all the best that it continues. Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fingers, toes and paws crossed here that the regurg slows so he is getting nourishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yonjuro and LG, I can tell you I am pretty damned chuffed. From a horror day yesterday to quite a turn around. He is eating his Hills Diet mush ( :D ) really well, and I have just given him his other medication in some Lactose Free Yoghurt which he lapped up like a starving boy :thumbsup: . I am far from impressed with SASH at this stage though. When he was discharged on Wednesday, his vet was too busy to see me. It took ages for someone to find/print out his discharge papers for me. Then his medications weren't available. Few other problems with his discharge, but I won't go into details. When he was so sick yesterday, I phoned to find that his treating vet was away until Tuesday, but I eventually spoke to another vet who was very helpful. The medications have to be compounded, although they did give me bottle of one which I thought was something always on hand. I thought only the other one had to be compounded. So the receptionist eventually came out with them: one has been made up in tablet form which I specifically said to the vet he wouldn't take and it would have to be liquid. The one I already had had been repeated. I asked if the tablet could be broken open and given to him in food and was told that would be okay. So because I'd already waited two days for that decided to keep it like that. The receptionist then said, I'll just prepared the account. Wait for it: $400.00!!! I nearly died. Now I am prepared to spend anything, do anything if the outcome is good for Danny, but you'd think I could have been warned. So, I am not impressed at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) Yeah, $400 plus bad service is a bitter pill to swallow - pun not really intended. But apart from that, I am so pleased to hear that Danny is happily eating and that is brilliant news! Edited October 24, 2014 by Yonjuro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Glad he seems to be feeling better! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 I had a few bad moments this morning when he took ages to eat his food with his meds in it and his demeanour was pretty down. And then he threw up a little. Undaunted ( :D ) I scraped it up, mixed in some honey and gave it to him via syringe. Since then he has had a two more little meals, the last one just the i/d without being made into a slurry, just little pieces. He loved it. He is obviously hungry and was even sniffing around the waste bin when the undersink cupboard door was open :laugh: , but I am resisting feeding him too much at any one time. So, I think we are in the best shape possible at this stage. Two and a half days before he goes back to SASH, so hopefully by then, he will be ready and able to cope with the next stage, a Fluroscopy. Luckily that doesn't require an anaesthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogie Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Great to read he is holding his own! Hope your experience with SASH gets better and it was just a hiccup, last thing you need when you are trying to focus on Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I had a few bad moments this morning when he took ages to eat his food with his meds in it and his demeanour was pretty down. And then he threw up a little. Undaunted ( :D ) I scraped it up, mixed in some honey and gave it to him via syringe. Since then he has had a two more little meals, the last one just the i/d without being made into a slurry, just little pieces. He loved it. He is obviously hungry and was even sniffing around the waste bin when the undersink cupboard door was open :laugh: , but I am resisting feeding him too much at any one time. So, I think we are in the best shape possible at this stage. Two and a half days before he goes back to SASH, so hopefully by then, he will be ready and able to cope with the next stage, a Fluroscopy. Luckily that doesn't require an anaesthetic. Hope this progress is ongoing, DDD. Good to get encouraging news. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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