HI, hoping someone can shed some light on my dear dog's illness. Sunny is a 3 1/2 year old Maltese x Shih Tzu & started being unwell a week ago. She didn't eat for 3 days & only had water on 1 day along with just laying in bed sleeping. She then started eating small amounts & drinking. At times she would seem her normal self, then a few hours later, be fatigued again & stay in her bed. On the Wednesday, she seemed like she was back to her normal self, so I took her for a walk around the block...after that however, she was fatigued & stayed in her bed till I took her to the vet at midday on Thursday. The vet suggested it could be pancreanitis or something she's eaten & to take her to the animal hospital.
Yesterday afternoon (Thursday) I take her to the hospital & it was confirmed that Sunny had indeed severe abdominal pain & swelling & they were going to do blood tests & an ultrasound. Plus she also had a temperature of 39 deg C. Today being Friday, they called me in & said they didn't find anything...her liver does seem abnormal & it could be her liver or it could be cancer. The vet who performed the ultrasound said he was perplexed because the liver is situated under the ribcage as such, yet her pain is coming from the lower abdomen.
She is now home with us...& is on antibiotics - Noroclav for 10 days plus Ilium Meloxicam an anti-inflammatory. Also just to add - on the 24th August this year, she had her desexing operation...of which the vet said, would have nothing to do with this illness.
I'm at loss of what is wrong with my poor baby...if the vets dont know, how am I supposed to know. They said if they did surgery to do biopsies - it would cost me 1000s...& I am on a government pension which makes me unable to be able to pay for this. Then the vet said...they wouldn't be able to fix anything anyway...the surgery is only for 'finding out' what is wrong with her!
Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated. She was one healthy happy dog, till all of a sudden. It just seems weird. Could it be a bug & the antibiotics make it go away...or something else that they haven't picked up. Thank you for reading this.