Re: 10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water

For some reason, I keep going back to the "2 very small pieces of bone in
the stomach". Could it be that there may also be a small piece stuck in the
esophagus as well? (Not all vet think to x-ray the throat, and with a
larger dog, the throat will not show on many standard abdominal views).
Or - could it be that the pieces of bone are actually lodged in the lining
of the stomach, and not just sitting in the stomach?

Good luck.
<hawk99hawk99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Please please help. We live on a very small island with intermittant
> veterinary care which is inconsistent. I will keep consulting with the
> vets on-island, but would appreciate your input.
>
> A 5 month old (approx!) pup walked in to our garden in July- looks a
> cross between a Doberman and a labrador, but quite thin. She had been a
> wild stray for that long (there is a stray dog problem on this island)
> and was covered in ticks. Since that time, she has been vaccinated,
> wormed, spayed, had antibiotics for skin issues which have now
> resolved. She became a loving, playful dog- can 'sit', 'come', 'stay'
> etc as well as fetch- an all round adjusted pup.
>
> Fast forward to 6 weeks ago- she got in to something truly disgusting
> smelling dumped next door (I got there seconds too late). She vomitted
> it up within the hour and I kept her off food for 24 hours. She was
> very lethargic and depressed. She bounced back the next day and all
> returned to normal- eating science diet dry kibble and playing with her
> toys.
>
> Then about 5 weeks ago, she started regurgitating small amounts of
> water and only eating a small amount of kibble at any one time. She was
> still very playful. We took her to the vet after a week of this, and he
> gave her a steroid injection (Vetalog) and a course of 7-Day
> antibiotics, and she was on mince and rice diet. A couple of days
> after, she became very lethargic, but she was eating properly again and
> vomitting water less. I thought that I would leave it until the end of
> the antibiotics to see if she came back to her old self, but she never
> did.
>
> Back to the vet- now she was still regurgitating water, and very
> lethargic, but still eating extremely well and going to the toilet
> normally. The vet did two x-rays and found only what looks like a very
> small piece of bone in her stomach, but he said that should pass
> through normally, and a very slightly enlarged spleen, but he said that
> was likely due to medication. He carried out a blood test for
> heartworm, Erlichia and Lyme Disease (all tick bourne diseases) and all
> were negative. He has put her on 10 days more different antibiotic and
> the s/d special canned science diet which seems to be turkey and rice.
>
> She has now been lethargic for 2 weeks- no playing (she used to love
> squeaking toys and playing tug etc). She is eating well (one tin in the
> morning and one at night gone within a minute) and still wags her tail
> when she sees us.
>
> She also seems to do several swallowing motions in a row when she is
> neither eating or drinking- like she has a sore throat?
>
> What should we do? How long can we wait to see if yet more antibiotics
> help her? Should we ask the vet for another X-Ray to see if the small
> piece has passed? Should we go with exploratory surgery?
>
> Has anyone had similar experiences with a dog regurgitating water (not
> her food though) and being lethargic?
>


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