Sick Puppy

Poor Zeke

I spent the morning at the Cape Cod Vet Specialists in Buzzards Bay. Great set of vets, open 24/7/365, and they took very good care of Zeke when his leg got broken when he was three months old.

This time, Zeke had been suffering from diarrhea for five days, so we did the usual and switched him over to a rice, pumpkin and chicken diet and waited for whatever he got into to run its course. As long as he remained good ol' Zeke we weren't overly concerned.

Last night, he slept under the bed instead of on the bed in constant contact with one of his hoomans. In the morning, it was clear the things were a little off. Our regular vet couldn't see him until Monday so I ran him over to the clinic. After a few tests and $1700, the verdict was that the little monkey had probably had ingested an Advil that was dropped on the bathroom floor last week. This is serious and could cause kidney and liver damage and stomach ulcers. The blood work showed nothing bad and the vet said the ultra-sound was 'boring', although he warned that an ultra-sound may not show an ulcer.

Treatment includes to continue the bland diet and a stomach medicine that needs to be made into a slurry and syringed into has mouth. Yeah, he really likes that - NOT.

Of course, we feel like bad doggy parents and would like to caution other dog owners to be careful with meds. In the meantime, I'm waiting for a poop that is solid enough to bother picking up.