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Gabby is spending the night on an IV (for hydration) at the
emergency vet clinic. She started acting odd a little over a week
ago -- not eating when her food was put out, but maybe hours later.
This progressed to just plain not eating at all. She saw our vet on
Wednesday -- they took x-rays and blood for testing and a general
look over. Dr. H. said he was diagnosing colitis and the x-rays
thankfully showed nothing out of the ordinary. Got pills and a case
of ID food and would hear about the test results on Friday.<br>
Gave her the ID when we got home and she promptly ate. Then I
discovered hours later that she had vomited it all up. She also
quit drinking. I resorted to prying her mouth open and using a
spray bottle several time a day to get <u>some</u> water into her.
I was able to shove her meds down her throat in a timely manner.
(She is Addisonian and has been since she was 1 year old. So getting
her prednisone daily is a MUST.)<br>
Dr. H. called me this morning (he's out of town for the weekend) and
he said that the blood work was about as normal as you might wish.
"But, somehow we're missing something." He suggested that I
consider taking her in to the emergency clinic later (as he didn't
like the idea that she would have to wait until Monday to see him.)
He also called his clinic and had them copy all the info from her
visit on Wed. and the x-rays for me to take with me to the emergency
crew.<br>
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Kathie G<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Bookwyrm@comcast.net">Bookwyrm@comcast.net</a><br>
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