Gypsy, my dalmation has been diagnosed with leptospirosis
The sypmtoms 1st started last sunday. At first we thought it was just the heat. (30 degrees c) as she normally just lies around when its too hot, but it became obvious something wasn't right so we took her to the vet 1st thing monday. Initially he thought it was a chest infection & prescibed antibiotics. By the tuesday morning she was a lot worse. She could barley stand & was repeatedly vomiting. We took her straight back to the vet who decided to keep her there. She spent all last week at the vets in isolation, on a constant drip, being dosed with antibiotics & unable to eat. By friday she was starting to eat & drink on her own & she seemed to be becoming at lot more lively (she kept pulling out the drip!!), so we were allowed to bring her home.
It was heartbreaking to see her when we got her back home. She is so thin. You wouldn't think it was possible to lose that much weight in a week eeek eeek. She was also severly jaundiced (although that has improved considrably since). She has been been getting a lot better, drinking water without being forced, eating small amounts of food, although it is still taking a lot of encouragement from us at times.
She started being sick again this afternoon & so we had to visit the vet for her to have another injection. The vet said shes definitley showing signs of recovery (her temperature is down & kidney function back to normal ) She has another schedualed appointment tomorrow, where they'll check shes not dehydrated again.
Her recovery is likely to be a long process. It apparantly take up to 6 months
It's just so hard to watch my baby, who's usually so active & full of life, just lying without the energy to even lift her head at times. I'm just hoping no long term damage has been done as dalmations as a breed are known to be at risk from liver & kidney problems.
The sypmtoms 1st started last sunday. At first we thought it was just the heat. (30 degrees c) as she normally just lies around when its too hot, but it became obvious something wasn't right so we took her to the vet 1st thing monday. Initially he thought it was a chest infection & prescibed antibiotics. By the tuesday morning she was a lot worse. She could barley stand & was repeatedly vomiting. We took her straight back to the vet who decided to keep her there. She spent all last week at the vets in isolation, on a constant drip, being dosed with antibiotics & unable to eat. By friday she was starting to eat & drink on her own & she seemed to be becoming at lot more lively (she kept pulling out the drip!!), so we were allowed to bring her home.
It was heartbreaking to see her when we got her back home. She is so thin. You wouldn't think it was possible to lose that much weight in a week eeek eeek. She was also severly jaundiced (although that has improved considrably since). She has been been getting a lot better, drinking water without being forced, eating small amounts of food, although it is still taking a lot of encouragement from us at times.
She started being sick again this afternoon & so we had to visit the vet for her to have another injection. The vet said shes definitley showing signs of recovery (her temperature is down & kidney function back to normal ) She has another schedualed appointment tomorrow, where they'll check shes not dehydrated again.
Her recovery is likely to be a long process. It apparantly take up to 6 months
It's just so hard to watch my baby, who's usually so active & full of life, just lying without the energy to even lift her head at times. I'm just hoping no long term damage has been done as dalmations as a breed are known to be at risk from liver & kidney problems.
the_happy_pig:
I hope she pulls through mate.