IggyMomNC

macoduck, I am in Charlotte, North Carolina.

I really appreciate all the input. Y’all are so kind. We have an excellent emergency and specialty CARE medical center (that he has visited for injury and for seizures) very close by but their appointments for specialists are booked months in advance. I calculated how old my Italian Greyhound is in dog years and at 17 he’s about 99. It may just be time for him to go.I have never euthanized a pet and have read some tragic stories of other peoples’ experiences. He is so sensitive to everything. I guess I need your experience and strength with end of life choices with your Italian Greyhounds. Hardest choice ever.

Wow, thank you very much. I did not know there was an internal medicine specialist vet. Well, I will certainly quit the metronidazole! The vet even told me it was very safe although I remember googling it and thinking it wasn't. Thank you for your good thoughts. And your very sage advice.

My dear Beau just turned 17 years old. He is on KD Prescription Diet food with chopped baked chicken thigh meat. He also has arthritis. He weighs 11 pounds and is frail now. (His young self was 18 pounds and quite the athlete). His blood work is good. I just long for him to be comfortable during his waning days. But he has periodic gurgly stomach, bloody diarrhea and some clear vomiting. The vet gives me liquid metronidazole for it. But he just had four straight days of it and it didn't seem to help. I started him on a quarter tablet of tramadol six weeks ago and that seems to make him more peaceful but he's anxious and has been working in the night and pacing. He also had a seizure of his left hind leg last week and then again yesterday. He was so anxious and could not rest. I have to hold him. I had some Trazadone which was prescribed to him several years ago from a emergency vet after he had a seizure (which he has had over his lifetime a few times). I gave him 25 mg at 3pm and it pretty much knocked him out. It did help the seizure to relax and he's resting comfortably but he can't even stand up well yet so it was too much I think. He went out and had a solid stool this morning and ate a whole bowl of wet Katie food mixed with chopped chicken. Is sleeping resting well now. Slept well all night (rare). My vet is unfamiliar with IG temperament but I feel certain that his anxiety is contributing to his stomach issues and his general discomfort. What to do? Sorry this is so long, and I am new here, but thank you for any experience or help you can share.