ScratchAndGO
12-27-2011, 06:23 PM
My wife's house dog(ukc APBT) had a 104.3 temp at 3 am this morning. I gave her 1 adult aspirin(325 mg) and tried to go back to bed. At 4am my wife woke me up again and her temp was right at 106 so she took her to the 24hr emergency room about 1 1/2 hrs away. I didn't know if she had ate something or what to think. She had been home all day while we were out doing Christmas.
After I woke all the way up I knew I didn't want them doing a bunch of poking and prodding and my wife walk out of there with a $1200 bill so I told them to just do a blood work up and I would take it to my vet in morning. She brought her back and she was all bawling and emotional so I agreed to let the vet down the road take a look at her cause I couldn't get in to my vet til 2:30pm and it was about 10am then.
Here is a log kinda of things going on...
Description:::
1)4yrs old and healthy( last heat about 2-3months--did not breed her)
2)40#
3)sportmix dog food
4)gums pretty pink w/mild hint of pale
5)ate yesterday but not last night.Will drink water
6)skin not staying up when check for dehydration by pulling skin up and watching it snap back(is this a good test?)
7)temp at vet 104.2
What has been done so far at vet...Before she got the blood work she felt on her whole abdomen area and did rectal and vaginal exams. Felt she had pyrometra so scheduled her for surgery. She felt pretty confident that was problem. Got blood work in and her white blood cells were low,(she said the infection was winning and overtaking her immune system),platelets were high I think and I cant recall right now what all else(will post a scan tomorrow)
1) Fluids to bring down temp and re-hydrate
2) Surgery
Surgery revealed no pyrometra but a swollen spleen and inflamed tonsils. She had planned to spade the dog and expected it to be simi-complicated as a result of the pus but there was none to speak of.
Now that there was not a pyrometra she has no clue what the hell is wrong. I am kinda in the dark until I can get a copy of her blood work.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
After I woke all the way up I knew I didn't want them doing a bunch of poking and prodding and my wife walk out of there with a $1200 bill so I told them to just do a blood work up and I would take it to my vet in morning. She brought her back and she was all bawling and emotional so I agreed to let the vet down the road take a look at her cause I couldn't get in to my vet til 2:30pm and it was about 10am then.
Here is a log kinda of things going on...
Description:::
1)4yrs old and healthy( last heat about 2-3months--did not breed her)
2)40#
3)sportmix dog food
4)gums pretty pink w/mild hint of pale
5)ate yesterday but not last night.Will drink water
6)skin not staying up when check for dehydration by pulling skin up and watching it snap back(is this a good test?)
7)temp at vet 104.2
What has been done so far at vet...Before she got the blood work she felt on her whole abdomen area and did rectal and vaginal exams. Felt she had pyrometra so scheduled her for surgery. She felt pretty confident that was problem. Got blood work in and her white blood cells were low,(she said the infection was winning and overtaking her immune system),platelets were high I think and I cant recall right now what all else(will post a scan tomorrow)
1) Fluids to bring down temp and re-hydrate
2) Surgery
Surgery revealed no pyrometra but a swollen spleen and inflamed tonsils. She had planned to spade the dog and expected it to be simi-complicated as a result of the pus but there was none to speak of.
Now that there was not a pyrometra she has no clue what the hell is wrong. I am kinda in the dark until I can get a copy of her blood work.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.