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Diamonds Journey: From a Street Dog to Queen Bee on August 4, 2022

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Debbie Daniel

I was going to wait until tomorrow after I got final test back to post this but..I couldn’t wait. Last night I thought Diamond was dying. I really did. I bawled my eyes out. Panting, shaking, etc. Wont eat, hasn’t pooped, drinking a TON of water and peeing a lot. I truly thought OMG, her kidneys are... View MoreI was going to wait until tomorrow after I got final test back to post this but..I couldn’t wait. Last night I thought Diamond was dying. I really did. I bawled my eyes out. Panting, shaking, etc. Wont eat, hasn’t pooped, drinking a TON of water and peeing a lot. I truly thought OMG, her kidneys are failing. Then after thinking harder I thought wait…what about these antibiotics. I gave her the new antibiotic last night and she wanted to puke. Panting, shaking etc…horrible. Then I said to myself, to hell with those meds, they are killing her. So I called my vet first thing, twice..he of course did not return my call. I just knew today was the day. Last night and this morning I made up a mix of calcium carbonate, probiotics, and slippery elm with either purified water or chicken broth and syringed into her mouth. Last night 2 syringe fulls. This was to help line her stomach and intestines…it helped I think as she seemed to act a little better this morning. So I got dressed and took Diamond back to vet today. On my way I was thinking…they make injections that are for this….right? I know they do…anyway, seen new dr….OH I love him. He is now my new Dr. He was young, vibrant, friendly, and VERY thorough. He did xray and sonogram of her liver/spleen/intestines etc. NO tumors. Slight enlargement of liver and spleen. He found that the intestines showed an infection. BINGO..this might be the culprit. This may have caused the lymph nodes to become infected. He found it. Also I asked for antibiotic injection and something to help line her stomach cause those meds had made her sick and not want to eat. Also something to get her to want to eat. This was my biggest concern..her not eating. She hasn’t ate since this all began..Friday night. He said this infection may have been causing her some pain and why she was shaking/panting. OH scales today said only 5 lbs lost..not 7. Yesterday she was wobbly on the scales so they bounced around some. Anyway he also recommended a subQ B12 injection with minerals to help her feel better. That it would look funny cause it would be like a bubble floating around under her skin. YEP it does. As for blood work, kidneys are good, liver is pretty good. Last yr one number was a little high and same this yr. so not a big difference. Her heart test was a little bit higher..not much though…I expected that. According to the heart test she should have been dead a long time ago. The supplements for her have worked perfectly for that. He sent home with us a liquid to give her once a day to help stimulate her appetite. Another med is for the vomiting/nausea etc she’s been having. No vomiting but almost. The lump on her neck has changed shape. It was round and is now more oval. It feels slightly warm and she had a temp of 103. He said there can be infection around the tumor and the tumor hiding in it still though. I will get those results back tomorrow and that will be our final answer to this. PRAYERS everyone that she is healed and there is no tumor. I now have hope..thanks to a wonderful vet. (And you won’t hear those words from me too often). So now…since I haven’t slept hardly in two days, I am about to go take a warm bath and hopefully a long nap. We are still beginning to mend and have a few weeks of recovery and tonight may be a rough one too but..atleast I have a lot more answers that make much more sense to me. Oh the eye pic is a cyst on her eyelid. Not good I know..but we can’t remove it. She cant go under anesthesia.

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