I know a lot of you have other pets, so maybe you have some suggestions?
Rocko is my 10 year old Chihuahua who with the exception of last spring when he had a freak illness, has been perfectly healthy. In the spring of 2011 (I think it was March) one night he started throwing up and wouldn't stop. He couldn't even hold down water and would throw it up a minute or so after drinking it. I took him to the vet where they treated him with fluids for dehydration and injectable Cerenia. They also gave him an antibiotic injection incase he had some sort of infection. They did blood work and his white blood cell count was high and she said he could have cancer or it could just be high from an infection. They gave me Cerenia tabs to take home and I was to feed him a bland diet and "bring him back if he got sick again".
I now go to a different vet.
Well up until last night? he was fine. Last night I noticed his chin looked a little fatter (but only slightly) but he tends to pork out in the winter so I didn't think too much of it. He woke me up really early this morning scratching himself and I thought that maybe he just got a flea; I think that I was a few days late giving him his Frontline, as I couldn't remember the exact date I gave it to them last time and it's been unusually warm here this "winter". I had an 11 am vet appointment for my cat (they are loving me lately) and shortly after I got home he started throwing up everywhere. I then noticed his chin/neck area had swelled up and was huge. When I picked him up he also felt warm. So I called the vet immediately and they said to bring him right in. In between I noticed him scratching at his neck. She checked his temp, which was fine. She took blood, which I should have results tomorrow and we discussed treatment options. She offered a Cerenia injection but said that they are very painful and I thought (stupid me) that I still had some tablets left from before (which I must have lost; I recently moved) so I passed on it. Besides the puffiness, he has two definite irritated lumps under his chin that she said could be bites from something that he is having an allergic reaction to, or it could be something else, the "cancer" word came up again, possible tumors...She said to give him Benadryl incase it is an allergy and the Cerenia tablets I thought that I had. I get home and can't find them, anywhere so I called her and asked if she could call them into somewhere but she couldn't and they don't stock the tabs, only the injection and it was too late to bring him back. She said that I could bring him first thing in the morning for an injection but I can't because I have to work. She said to feed him bland foods (boiled chicken and plain rice) and I tried but he is vomiting everything up again. He threw up on the car ride home, again a bit later, and then again after he ate a teeny bit of chicken and rice, like two bites max. It's been a few hours since I gave him the Benadryl and he is still puffy and sleeping on the couch next to me. I gave him a teeny bit of pepcid AC liquid that I had leftover from when Ari was sick when I first found that I didn't have the tabs, but am wondering if I should try giving him some more? I know they said it was safe to give to my other dog who sometimes has stomach issues from her Novox (a generic of Rimadyl)... I'm just kind of at a loss. He hasn't thrown up in about an hour but he hasn't had anything to eat or drink either..
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Rocko is my 10 year old Chihuahua who with the exception of last spring when he had a freak illness, has been perfectly healthy. In the spring of 2011 (I think it was March) one night he started throwing up and wouldn't stop. He couldn't even hold down water and would throw it up a minute or so after drinking it. I took him to the vet where they treated him with fluids for dehydration and injectable Cerenia. They also gave him an antibiotic injection incase he had some sort of infection. They did blood work and his white blood cell count was high and she said he could have cancer or it could just be high from an infection. They gave me Cerenia tabs to take home and I was to feed him a bland diet and "bring him back if he got sick again".
I now go to a different vet.
Well up until last night? he was fine. Last night I noticed his chin looked a little fatter (but only slightly) but he tends to pork out in the winter so I didn't think too much of it. He woke me up really early this morning scratching himself and I thought that maybe he just got a flea; I think that I was a few days late giving him his Frontline, as I couldn't remember the exact date I gave it to them last time and it's been unusually warm here this "winter". I had an 11 am vet appointment for my cat (they are loving me lately) and shortly after I got home he started throwing up everywhere. I then noticed his chin/neck area had swelled up and was huge. When I picked him up he also felt warm. So I called the vet immediately and they said to bring him right in. In between I noticed him scratching at his neck. She checked his temp, which was fine. She took blood, which I should have results tomorrow and we discussed treatment options. She offered a Cerenia injection but said that they are very painful and I thought (stupid me) that I still had some tablets left from before (which I must have lost; I recently moved) so I passed on it. Besides the puffiness, he has two definite irritated lumps under his chin that she said could be bites from something that he is having an allergic reaction to, or it could be something else, the "cancer" word came up again, possible tumors...She said to give him Benadryl incase it is an allergy and the Cerenia tablets I thought that I had. I get home and can't find them, anywhere so I called her and asked if she could call them into somewhere but she couldn't and they don't stock the tabs, only the injection and it was too late to bring him back. She said that I could bring him first thing in the morning for an injection but I can't because I have to work. She said to feed him bland foods (boiled chicken and plain rice) and I tried but he is vomiting everything up again. He threw up on the car ride home, again a bit later, and then again after he ate a teeny bit of chicken and rice, like two bites max. It's been a few hours since I gave him the Benadryl and he is still puffy and sleeping on the couch next to me. I gave him a teeny bit of pepcid AC liquid that I had leftover from when Ari was sick when I first found that I didn't have the tabs, but am wondering if I should try giving him some more? I know they said it was safe to give to my other dog who sometimes has stomach issues from her Novox (a generic of Rimadyl)... I'm just kind of at a loss. He hasn't thrown up in about an hour but he hasn't had anything to eat or drink either..
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
