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I had to take my precious little Star to the vet yesterday! She was not eating dog food & was nit picking, & barely even touching fresh chicken & rice! Was laying around all the time & kind of out of it & just feeling really badly! Was worried sick! Still am! I talked to the vet today! Some of Star's bloodwork came back &it wasn't good! She has Prancretitis!!! And... High Thyroid!!! They've never seen or heard of it in dogs, only cats! So they don't know what to do about that yet!?
They have to call UT Monday & talk about it to see what to best do!? And, I think that they want to repeat the test!? I picked up Kim yesterday & took Star over there! They wanted to do TONS OF TESTS ON HER!!! They also wanted 436 bucks to do it all!!! We left off the 150 for X-rays & post powned them for right now!? And, the BW seems to be giving us plenty of answers! They gave me a discount on the bloodwork by grouping it all together & sending it to UT??? I think!? And, they knocked off the vet fee!
I paid some down & I owe 172! I'm on another payment plan, for this bill too!!! Which looks like it's just going to get higher!? So even the reduced van payment is dwindling away! I just don't see the van staying long term!? But no matter what, GOD HAS KEPT IT IN MY POSSESION! I've almost lost that stupid thing a 100 or more times now, & yet it's still here! If God wants something to be so, it is hard to reckon with!? I reckon!? :)
Next month school will start back, so I can get them to work on my car! I can just buy the parts, as I can get them & then get the school to put them on & sthat will save me a ton on labor! So that's good!!! :)
Anyway, I got more debt I can't afford, with my baby Star being sooo ill right now!? But I love her with all my heart & soul, so what am I to do!? I'm NOT like most people!? I don't throw something like my baby away, just because she's broken or ill! Humans couldn't wait to do that to me!!! Still are! But I'm NOT like that!!! I can't do that to my kids/babies! I can't just throw her away or kill her because she has some handicaps! That'd make me just like all of the other humans that threw me away, w/o a second thought!
Star was really out of it night before last. She looked like she was on drugs!!! She laid down on the bed & was just breathing sooo shallow, & she was acting like she was on sleeping pills or something! But before I left, yesterday, she was bouncing around!
She is such a wonderful dog!!! And, she loves me soooo much & cuddles with me non-stop!!! It hurts & pains me sooo much to know that she is in soooo much discomfort & agony right now! I know, because I can see & tell, that she just feels horribly!!! And, I want to make her better!!! But all I can do is follow the vets orders right now & wait on the rest of the results to come in & then wait for the docs to decide what they want or can do for her from here!?
Be soooo glad when tomorrow comes!? I will know more then! I have an appt... myself with my ENT at 4! Then, I have to go to Miracle Ear, Tue..@ 10 to get my hearing checked & to see if a HA will help my tinnitis or not!? They have some that are supposed to!?
I am sooooo glad that I took her!!!! Because I would have never known any of that had I not! And, she would have just continued to suffer needlessly & then most likely die!? I feel so bad already for the suffering that she has already done! I am worried to death about her right now because I am not at home to watch her! I am terrified to go anywhere w/o her! For fear of her going into crisis & maybe dying on me!? They gave me a little more med for her seizures! Put her on special food for a few days to try & help her feel better! She DID eat the food last night!!! HALA!!!! And, she is eating good right now, but still not feeling good!
Vet said that all that would/could cause her to have high anxiety like that & to have behavior problems & could definately cause her to be aggressive! She was VERY aggressive at the vet office! I mean she was off the chart! Sooo not like my sweet little girl that I know! So that explains her behavior! I knew that something was bad wrong with her & that she there was some reason for her odd behavior!
Star needs lots & lots of prayers!!! Spirit still needs some too! She is doing pretty good right now, but still unsure about the Addisons! It's just soooo hard to deal with my own health problems--vision, hearing, heat issues, fatigue, etc.... taking care of the place & then having my handicaped baby right now to deal with too! But I have to hang in there & be strong for her!
Have some more news, but will put that in another post!
They have to call UT Monday & talk about it to see what to best do!? And, I think that they want to repeat the test!? I picked up Kim yesterday & took Star over there! They wanted to do TONS OF TESTS ON HER!!! They also wanted 436 bucks to do it all!!! We left off the 150 for X-rays & post powned them for right now!? And, the BW seems to be giving us plenty of answers! They gave me a discount on the bloodwork by grouping it all together & sending it to UT??? I think!? And, they knocked off the vet fee!
I paid some down & I owe 172! I'm on another payment plan, for this bill too!!! Which looks like it's just going to get higher!? So even the reduced van payment is dwindling away! I just don't see the van staying long term!? But no matter what, GOD HAS KEPT IT IN MY POSSESION! I've almost lost that stupid thing a 100 or more times now, & yet it's still here! If God wants something to be so, it is hard to reckon with!? I reckon!? :)
Next month school will start back, so I can get them to work on my car! I can just buy the parts, as I can get them & then get the school to put them on & sthat will save me a ton on labor! So that's good!!! :)
Anyway, I got more debt I can't afford, with my baby Star being sooo ill right now!? But I love her with all my heart & soul, so what am I to do!? I'm NOT like most people!? I don't throw something like my baby away, just because she's broken or ill! Humans couldn't wait to do that to me!!! Still are! But I'm NOT like that!!! I can't do that to my kids/babies! I can't just throw her away or kill her because she has some handicaps! That'd make me just like all of the other humans that threw me away, w/o a second thought!
Star was really out of it night before last. She looked like she was on drugs!!! She laid down on the bed & was just breathing sooo shallow, & she was acting like she was on sleeping pills or something! But before I left, yesterday, she was bouncing around!
She is such a wonderful dog!!! And, she loves me soooo much & cuddles with me non-stop!!! It hurts & pains me sooo much to know that she is in soooo much discomfort & agony right now! I know, because I can see & tell, that she just feels horribly!!! And, I want to make her better!!! But all I can do is follow the vets orders right now & wait on the rest of the results to come in & then wait for the docs to decide what they want or can do for her from here!?
Be soooo glad when tomorrow comes!? I will know more then! I have an appt... myself with my ENT at 4! Then, I have to go to Miracle Ear, Tue..@ 10 to get my hearing checked & to see if a HA will help my tinnitis or not!? They have some that are supposed to!?
I am sooooo glad that I took her!!!! Because I would have never known any of that had I not! And, she would have just continued to suffer needlessly & then most likely die!? I feel so bad already for the suffering that she has already done! I am worried to death about her right now because I am not at home to watch her! I am terrified to go anywhere w/o her! For fear of her going into crisis & maybe dying on me!? They gave me a little more med for her seizures! Put her on special food for a few days to try & help her feel better! She DID eat the food last night!!! HALA!!!! And, she is eating good right now, but still not feeling good!
Vet said that all that would/could cause her to have high anxiety like that & to have behavior problems & could definately cause her to be aggressive! She was VERY aggressive at the vet office! I mean she was off the chart! Sooo not like my sweet little girl that I know! So that explains her behavior! I knew that something was bad wrong with her & that she there was some reason for her odd behavior!
Star needs lots & lots of prayers!!! Spirit still needs some too! She is doing pretty good right now, but still unsure about the Addisons! It's just soooo hard to deal with my own health problems--vision, hearing, heat issues, fatigue, etc.... taking care of the place & then having my handicaped baby right now to deal with too! But I have to hang in there & be strong for her!
Have some more news, but will put that in another post!
But, I was able to read enough to see that your baby is sick and I just wanted to let you know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. I know how specail our furbabies are.
but I do know what it is like to be scared for our fury babies when they are sick, my thoughts are with youok
hugs
My dog is a toy rat terrier & weighs 9lbs. They say it is common in small dogs. What kind of dog do you have?
Peace, Val
I'm sorry!? But there has to be a cheaper food to put her on that will help her & not be so damned expensive! I mean!? Geese! I'm poor & on disability myself already! I'm not rich here! I want to help her with all my heart & soul but I'm not made of money!
If any of you know about any low fat Pancretitus diets that are a LOT LESS EXPENSIVE, please let me know!?
I'm not doing well this evening at all! Long day! Me & friend are in the same place again today!? Though, I have joined her today!
Update doc stuff in separate post!
Hugs,
Tammy