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Hi Lair friends,
A few weeks ago I found Apollos skin looking pale, I didn't think much about it at the time because I've seen his skin change during seasons. But this was different he looks ghostly pale. He is whiter than my boy Sincere who is white. He always was under the blankets in my daughter room because he is completely naked zero hair on his body. And he is always been a lean actually skinny boy.
But he just didn't look right to me so I took him to the vet and did blood work and exam. He was due to go anyway he will be 2 years on January 15. In any case he had a full blood panel CBC and BNP and this was last Saturday. When results came back it indicated heart disease. During his exam there was also a significant murmur that vet graded about a 3 and suggested we go see cardiologist. He goes this Friday 11:30am. The vet put him on plavx to keep him from forming a clot . His test also showed that he is anemic and dehydrated and that there is inflamation and a deficiency with his immune system based on lab work. I can give numbers if anyone comments on what test I should have run next either before he goes to cardiologist or after?
The other symptom he has now is his eyes are yellow both were but now only the right was yesterday. The vet recommend a vitamin with iron for his anemia but said that we need to run more test to see WHY he is anemic. Anemia is a symptom not a disease she said. So my question is what test do all of you recommend? And with his eyes turning yellow does that mean his liver is beyond repair and why is his liver sick in the first place?
His blood panel revealed slight dehydration but I'm less worried now because he seems to be drinking and we are providing him with extra wet food with water added to it.... His appetite seem good. We are adding calorie paste to his food to help him put back on the pound he lost honestly he's always been so lean that .75 is a lot to lose for him. His spine and ribs were showing and it seem like it happen over night.!
He sleeps with my daughter all night and comes and lays by the wood stove during the day and he disappears back into her room, but comes out for evening time when my husband gets home and spends time with him. Apollo has real affection for my husband and vice versa. I have consulted his breeder also. In ten years she has only had a couple sick babies her numbers are very low, she is excellent. So at this point I would like to know what medications work best for heart disease and what test should be ran to find out the cause of anemia and if his eye color change and skin color change are a result of his heart working hard or liver or anemia or all.
I have not wanted to post because it's just been hard and I just feel so bad for him. He's sweet, gentle and smart boy and I don't know if he hasn't been feeling well for a while and was just hiding it by hibernating under blankets in my daughter room because he does that anyway he's always cold unless he's infront of fire so I didn't think anything of it right away
A few weeks ago I found Apollos skin looking pale, I didn't think much about it at the time because I've seen his skin change during seasons. But this was different he looks ghostly pale. He is whiter than my boy Sincere who is white. He always was under the blankets in my daughter room because he is completely naked zero hair on his body. And he is always been a lean actually skinny boy.
But he just didn't look right to me so I took him to the vet and did blood work and exam. He was due to go anyway he will be 2 years on January 15. In any case he had a full blood panel CBC and BNP and this was last Saturday. When results came back it indicated heart disease. During his exam there was also a significant murmur that vet graded about a 3 and suggested we go see cardiologist. He goes this Friday 11:30am. The vet put him on plavx to keep him from forming a clot . His test also showed that he is anemic and dehydrated and that there is inflamation and a deficiency with his immune system based on lab work. I can give numbers if anyone comments on what test I should have run next either before he goes to cardiologist or after?
The other symptom he has now is his eyes are yellow both were but now only the right was yesterday. The vet recommend a vitamin with iron for his anemia but said that we need to run more test to see WHY he is anemic. Anemia is a symptom not a disease she said. So my question is what test do all of you recommend? And with his eyes turning yellow does that mean his liver is beyond repair and why is his liver sick in the first place?
His blood panel revealed slight dehydration but I'm less worried now because he seems to be drinking and we are providing him with extra wet food with water added to it.... His appetite seem good. We are adding calorie paste to his food to help him put back on the pound he lost honestly he's always been so lean that .75 is a lot to lose for him. His spine and ribs were showing and it seem like it happen over night.!
He sleeps with my daughter all night and comes and lays by the wood stove during the day and he disappears back into her room, but comes out for evening time when my husband gets home and spends time with him. Apollo has real affection for my husband and vice versa. I have consulted his breeder also. In ten years she has only had a couple sick babies her numbers are very low, she is excellent. So at this point I would like to know what medications work best for heart disease and what test should be ran to find out the cause of anemia and if his eye color change and skin color change are a result of his heart working hard or liver or anemia or all.
I have not wanted to post because it's just been hard and I just feel so bad for him. He's sweet, gentle and smart boy and I don't know if he hasn't been feeling well for a while and was just hiding it by hibernating under blankets in my daughter room because he does that anyway he's always cold unless he's infront of fire so I didn't think anything of it right away
