net.medicine.veterinary

"yossarian" <anonymous.TakeThisOut@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>I need some help with my 6 year old labrador. About 2 weeks ago, he
>urinated
> in the house twice and became mildly lethargic. After about 4 days, he
> vomited. I brought him to a local vet er and they examined him and found
> nothing. His symptom worsened a bit and I brought him back. They ran
> blood
> tests and urinalysis, as well as xray. They found nothing with exception
> to
> mildly elevated lymphocytes (30%)--the doc thought that it may be a
> reaction
> to what ever was bothering him, but wanted us to bring him back for blood
> tests to check his lymphocytes again (concern for cancer). The vet
> recommended Zantac and support. The dog continued to decline--he became
> dehydrated and stopped eating, lost 10-15 lbs. I brought him to another
> vet
> who provided fluids. That next day, we brought him back and she gave him
> prednisone (he was taken off b/c he does not have addison's disease) and
> meds
> for his stomach. He seemed to improve or at least stabalize at 50%.
> Prior
> to his last vet visti on friday, we noticed that his back legs gave out,
> he
> flipped over onto his back and urinated and vomited. he has done similar
> things in increasing frequency. For examble, lastnight, it looked like
> his
> legs started to give out, he defacated, urniated and vomited all the while
> moaning. He looks to be in tremendous pain and or siezing. now, I
> believe
> he is blind and or confused/disoriented (he roams around bumping into
> things). It has gotten to the point where I believe I should put my dog
> down, but I still don't know if what he has is treatable. No offense to
> vets
> out there, but to this point all that they seem to be good for is running
> through the flow chart and making money--no real thinking going on that I
> can
> see.
>
> If anyone could offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
I am not speaking on any authority other than dog owner but your dog's
condition sounds so heartbreaking that I thought I'd put in my two cents
until someone better qualified comes along.
Your dog may have something complex such as a spinal or brain tumor as he
seems to be having seizures. This may not be the case, I'm not diagnosing
but just pointing out that he may need more specialized care such as exam by
an orthopedic surgeon. He would probably be able to tell just by
neurologic signs whether, for instance, a tumor was a possibility or if more
sophisticated testing is
indicated.