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Sending my sympathy

If I'm not mistaken, Dr. Couto has recommended it's use.

Checked with the vet and he has Amicar in stock. I am impressed I think he got tired of me bringing it and taking it home..... Huston is eating like a piggy (which is good because he lost some weight after the pancreatitis attack) and has put back on a pound or two. I feel like we are feeding the cancer.....

Try feeding some boiled meat and see if she will eat it. Also, if she got some skunk in her mouth it might be digusting....

He did have the ultrasound last Thursday and another chest xray to confirm nothing was in there. He does have some nodules upwards that are suspicious and my vet is aware of them. One acupuncture vet has a protocol (herbs, etc) with good results for lymphoma so we will see what the biopsies say. All 3 vets are on board with the surgery. My greatest concern is the removal of the para thyroid glands but if they are encapsulated with the tumor, they will come out. I'll be asking for lots of prayers.

7/30 Yes biopsies have been in for a while. Tumor taken out malignant and they can't determine the other tumor. It has well defined cells but cancer can have them too. In other words, the biopsy on the one not taken out is worthless as far as I am concerned. Most likely cancer but now to decide: put him through another surgery and risk the calcium issue or leave him be for whatever time he has left. Lung xrays at time of surgery were fine. 7/19: Yesterday was a long day! Huston & I left the house at 7:10 a.m. to go to regular vet and get an antibiotic injection so I don't have to shove pills down his throat. Next stop Veterinary Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Clinic, P.C. for acupuncture and chiropractic with Dr. Robin. You can see how stressed Huston is at her clinic He walked in and was going to go into the treadmill (he loves the underwater treadmill!) She had a hard time getting some of the needles in because he flopped over and slept. Then he went home and slept and I went to work (what a deal) He did eat after I got home (he also got a B12 shot): dog cookies (not mine), kibble, mackeral, chicken and ground beef with canned. He is punky this morning but he's not been a morning person. 7/17: Swelling overnight reduced dramatically. Strange.... Shoving pills down his throat not fun. Might take him to the vet for an injection. He ate this morning: dehydrated beef with water added. Hopefully he will keep it down. Was debating on taking him for an acupuncture treatment and decided not to make him do the trip -- not yet. Update 7/15: He's suppose to come home after 3 p.m. I bet he is pitiful He's not coming home until 6. He must look really bad.... Update 7/14 morning: Dropped Huston off. Change in plans: big lump coming out and going for biopsy. Fine needle aspirate of other lump. He will come home tomorrow. Surgery should be around 11:30 All good thoughts, prayers, white light, whatever you can spare. If the parathyroids have to come out, pray the calcium is regulated immediately. Two weeks ago I felt a lump in Huston’s throat as I was doing a tick check. Dr. Robinett confirmed said lump and added another one she felt. Ultrasound last Thursday shows two lumps (one cystic, the other not) and suspected carcinomas. Huston is scheduled for surgery Monday and it is expected that the thyroid and the para thyroids will have to come out as the lumps are encapsulated. The loss of the para thyroids can throw him into a calcium crisis and either way, crisis or not, he will have to be on supplements for the rest of his life. It’s either do surgery or let him die. It’s not a surgery I look forward to and as I told my vet, I don’t want to put him through this and only have 3 months like we did with Austin. This has been a very hard decision. I watched him bounce up to me last night, wanting to play and yelling for biscuits and I think I’ve made the right one. He loves life so much I don’t feel I can condemn him to death without a chance. But, he is not a good patient and it’s a tough surgery.

Be very careful with high fat in a senior. You can get frozen BilJac in Ohio. Try it and if she likes it the weight will come back on easily. If she doesn't, try BilJac kibble (don't put too much water on it)

Sending my sympathy. I am sad.

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Better each day! Today for the first time he jumped up on my, rather his, bed Roaching like a fool.....lost a lot of weight but he's coming back

Pablo used to do that and it drove me nuts. I guess he's been whispering in Taylor's ear, because now Taylor does it. I gave up worrying

Tonight he is complaining he is not being fed enough He ate his new kibble and some frozen BilJac (at separate feedings). He started complaining (which for him is barking and whining) and I told him he was not getting anymore to shut up -- do you know how good I felt saying "shut up"???? He spent a little time sunbathing this afternoon. I can tell he's not had his supplements in a week and that he is sore from going up on the table. Dr. Robin will be here but not until 6/24. So far so good. Thank you all again for the support and prayers and good thoughts!

So far he's eaten low fat yogurt, beef broth and some canned with broth in it. Small amounts and keeping it down!

He's been pretty sacked out since coming home. I offered him, and he ate, around 1/8 cup of lowfat yogurt. He'll be offered low fat yogurt and no fat beef broth for a day or so. My having pancreatitis 3 years ago taught me a lot -- how painful it is and what you want to/will eat. For a week I lived on yogurt and wonton soup Thank you for all the good wishes, prayers etc. They do help!

Huston is home & resting.

Should be going to get him soon. Diagnosis appears to be pancreatitis since the test was positive...

Just talked with vet. Huston is still panting and he's not sure if it's the stress of the clinic (Huston does not like the clinic) or ? He is going to xray the chest and there is a pancreatitis test pending. i.e., nothing is really showing up but Huston is not "normal". He is not eating. Plan is for him to come home early afternoon.

Time of rabies shot to illness and which vaccine? Time and type of hw preventative and any tick prevention meds used?

Keep those prayers going! Huston's temp is down, blood work not really remarkable. IV atb's and pain management and he will stay overnight. Urine was sent out.

He started not eating well, then vomitting, then diarreha He was adjusted on Friday and felt good. Went south over the weekend--especially yesterday. Acupuncture vet came yesterday and said he was painful and if not dramatically improved to go to regular vet today. He seemed better then started getting worse during the night. Turns out he is running a temp They have started fluids, doing blood work etc. Because of his age, vet not optimistic but will do everything he can.

How things can change in a few days....vet says prognosis not good. I can't think or breathe.

Sounding very good. He needed you.

You were meant for each other -- how wonderful you found each other Sending my sympathy on your loss. Given your beautiful description of your life together, I highly doubt she is sleeping. She has probably rounded up the bridge kids and they are planning a camping trip!

Sending my sympathy I'm sad....

My vet at the time told me to feed the Dane (the one that went 5+ years without bloating again) on a step stool if possible while she was recovering -- the higher the better (I would have let this vet operate on me--I assisted him with the operation on her and he gave her a 30% chance of making it) For many years she was the only Dane that I knew that did not have a recurrence of bloat. At the time she went into bloat she was being fed a kibble with soy in it which is why I will not feed soy. Burp: he was 12 or almost 12 1/2 and he had a heart condition (on digitalis and another heart med). I insisted they tube him because I was not going to put him thru the operation. Not because I didn't want to spend the money, but I don't think he would have made it. He went into bloat 2 or 3 days after I picked him up from being boarded. He was bitten by spiders (that's another story) and I figured out he had been given only half his heart medicine while he was at the kennel. They tubed him twice during the day and he was fine. I fed him normally after a few days and he didn't bloat again. I've fed my dogs from raised feeders (unless they will lay down and eat) since Tiffany bloated back in 1970. The Dane I lost: I had just moved to Houston 2 days before and she bloated on 1/2 can of pedigree dog food (I was trying to get her to eat something) With the Addison's and the stress of the car trip and new house, she just couldn't cope.