patricia Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Sending more prayers for your sweet little man. Quote Patti-Mommy of Lady Sophia 7-28-92 - 8-3-04... LaceyLaine 8-2-94-12-5-07... Flash Gordon 7-14-99 - 8-29-09... BrookLynne...Pavé Maria... and 18 Bridge Kids. WATCHING OVER US~SOPHIA~QUEENIE~LACEY LAINE~ CODY ANGELO~FLASH GORDON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greypuppyluv Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Sending more prayers Steven's way. Quote Paula & her pups--Paneer (WW Outlook Ladd), Kira & Rhett (the whippets)Forever in my heart...Tinsel (Born's Bounder - 11/9/90-12/18/01), Piper, Chevy, Keno, Zuma, Little One, Phaelin & WinnieGreyhound Adoption Center ~ So Cal rep for Whippet Rescue And Placement For beautiful beaded collars, check out my Facebook page: The Swanky Hound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvgreys Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Very sorry to hear that your sweet boy is not feeling well again. Didn't read through all the pages of your previous thread... was he tested for TBD's? Could be one of those nasties. Sending prayers and wishes to Steven. Quote Jeanne with Remington & Scooter the cat....and Beloved Bridge Angels Sandee, Shari, Wells, Derby, Phoenix, Jerry Lee and Finnian.....If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heavenand bring you home again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GreytMuse Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Thank you for the prayers and good thoughts. We are pretty numb and worried right now. Steven is home for the weekend, stable enough to take oral meds (as long as he will eat and his fever stays down.) Most likely we have exploratory surgery in the very near future. The vet is not exactly sure that these are tumors, but it is his best guess. We are negative for TBDs, always the first suspect with a greyhound. Since the CPLI (pancreas test?) was negative, we're tentatively ruling out pancreatitis. Always a chance of a false negative, but it is rare. There were no cancer cells in his abdominal fluid, but that may only mean the tumors (if there are some) are not shedding. There was no bacteria in the abdominal fluid, so probably no bowel perforation. The doctor said he would have bet his left arm that we were dealing with pancreatitis, based on the sonogram. He said, "Usually when you hear hoofbeats, you should think horses, not zebras. Well, I'm starting to think zebras." He asked if Steven could have ever had surgery?..."maybe a surgical sponge left in?"... He's thinking that far out of the box, and really, the only thing to do in my mind is open him up and take a look. Maybe something is torqued, is necrotic...he just doesn't know. Money is starting to become a very real issue, too. We're at over $5K right now, and there's not much more left. I hate to even put health and money in the same sentence, it makes me feel just nauseous and guilty. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest couchpotato Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I only post this in the hope it helps, our Iowa may have suffered from something vaguely similar. She had three lapses of excessive amount of fluid in her chest (outside the lungs) that caused a progressive lack energy and difficulty breathing. Each time they tapped and drained off the fluid out of her (nearly three liters on the first occurrence). All lab results of blood, urine showed no significant abnormalities and the fluid drained from her was normal chest fluid, just way too much of it. Each period in between was care free and "normal". 6 months the first time, over a year before the third time. During the third occurrence we had a CT Scan done, the analysis showed multiple "malignant nodules" on the membrane between the lungs and the ribs ("Pleural effusion left and right thorax; pneumothorax right thorax. Multiple small pleural nodules along chest wall on both sides"). At that point we simply could not afford the thoracoscopy the doctors wanted to get a biopsy of the nodules shown on the CT. We were going to begin a steroid treatment, but Iowa decided it was time for her to go. Breaks my heart to tell the story not to mention seeing anyone else going through it. Courtney, know your not alone and we'll be sending good thoughts your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jurishound Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Sending good wishes to you and Steven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest argolola Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I will pray for your precious baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies_Dad Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 More good thoughts for Steven. Quote Kyle with Stewie ('Super C Ledoux, Super C Sampson x Sing It Blondie) and forever missing my three angels, Jack ('Roy Jack', Greys Flambeau x Miss Cobblepot) and Charlie ('CTR Midas Touch', Leo's Midas x Hallo Argentina) and Shelby ('Shari's Hooty', Flying Viper x Shari Carusi) running free across the bridge. Gus an coinnich sinn a'rithist my boys and little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LolasMom Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Sending my prayers for your sweet boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Sending prayers for your boy. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest trevdog Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I know the feeling......sending lots of prayers.....it does add up fast and gets so frustrating when you don't have a definitive diagnosis.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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