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My beautiful Poppy needs some help, she is the best dog anyone could ask for, she’s crazy, the most loving soul and she adores everyone she meets
Wednesday my girls all had their favourite foods and treats and were happy healthy dogs when I said goodnight, Thursday morning it was like looking at another dog. Poppy wasn’t ok. I rushed her to the vets, she’s been hospitalised, many blood tests, urine samples, fluids and IV antibiotics. They’re Thinking Leptospirosis, so a test has been done for that also and sent off urgently.
They’ve found her liver is small, they’ve told me a liver shunt which will most likely need surgery, ongoing treatment, medication and tests for the rest of her life. But until she fights this and pulls through this they can’t do anymore tests as her body can’t cope due to the small liver she has. My mother started a GoFundMe to try get some help as unfortunately Poppy isn’t insured and I’ve been told the costs are going to be thousands… I just need her to get through this… If people could even just share about I would be so thankful. I just Need to give her the best chance she’s got, she’ll be 6 next month, so she’s only a young girl.
Thankyou all so much.
Yeah so they did an ultrasound and have told me yesterday her liver is the same size as her gallbladder… So it’s very small…
Said would’ve been born with it, and down the line at some point there would’ve been issues but reason we now know about her liver problems is due to the possible lepto. Waiting on test results back on that still but we’ve all had to gown up when visiting etc as can pass to humans.
It’s a good thing we know about liver now as we can hopefully do something about it. They can’t do a biopsy yet though due to her already been poorly.
Vaccine wise, I need to restart all the girls as booster missed
So I’m taking these 2 in next week, and when Poppy is better she’s restarting them too
It’s crazy how she’s gone from a happy and healthy crazy pup to one that can’t move much.
We visited her yesterday and she got as close as she could and was listening to us all speak to her and was a little more alert until drowsiness took over.
They’ve rang this morning, She’s pulled her urinary catheter out… Been cheeky they said… So they’ve let her out for a wee in hopes she’ll do one, they may have to put back in… She’s eaten a bit more chicken and looking for food. They’ve said going to start her on load and stew, more calories! But perked up a little again. They’re going to be giving her a bed bath, and inject the antibiotics in a bit which will make her a little more sleepy again.
Just need her to get through this to then have the rest done for liver
So she’s home now, she’s been on samylin since coming home, and antibiotics. She was also on vitamin k for a week and blood wasn’t clotting properly. We got more antibiotics at my vets, and today collected another lot of different ones again and more samylin.
We still don’t know what caused her to go from a healthy dog overnight to a nearly dead one… She fact that putting her to sleep was mentioned too… Let’s just say we were in bits… Never cried so much…
Visited her nearly every day, bar 1 as she needed the rest…
Her liver is tiny, same size as her gallbladder. So it has to work a lot harder. Her diets had to change too, as it can’t break down a lot of protein, she had another blood test last week and will need another in a couple weeks again. To check everyone’s normal and liver enzymes. They were unreadable when she first got sick! Luckily came down a lot…
She’s a lot more herself now, but the worrying thing, is we don’t know what happened. Still. So I am watching her like a hawk. I have a camera set up too, to watch her and the other 2 when I’m not home as I’m worried now that it will happen again. It’s ongoing meds and bloods atm, and if gets worse again a biopsy may be needed. But they’ve said since they’ll be doing exactly what we are now with the liver support meds and bloods. They may rule it out…
Waiting game still…
What a beautiful dog (and kiddo)! I am so glad that she is feeling better! I am rooting for her! Cherish every moment, I know you will. I actually just lost my best boy ever, Cocoa, last week very unexpectedly and I have cried so much every day and wish I hadn’t taken for granted that I’d have many more years with him.
If you get huge vet bills, I believe there is a CareCredit company in the UK that you can apply to in order to get a fast decision on a loan for these kind of surprise crippling vet expenses. I would happily donate to you but I’ve just exhausted my savings put aside for unexpected expenses due to Cocoa’s shock diagnosis and last-ditch attempt at treatment.
Please keep us updated and my heart and prayers go out to you. Give Poppy a great big hug for me!
