Gus doesn't feel good :(

[Chiefsmom]

Thinking of Gus and sending healing vibes in his direction! Please keep us posted! Chief and Sam send wiggles and licks!

[HurricaneBox]

Awww sorry to hear about Gus! You are NOT a bad mommy... I hate having my baby on meds too, you were just trying to do what was best. You can't be right 100% of the time. Point is, you were looking out for your baby and that makes you a FANTASTIC mom, not a bad one. I am sending lots of get well wishes to Gus, hopefully whatever is up with his liver will be fixed by the antibiotics and you won't have anything to worry about soon. At least you caught it.... as your vet said, no symptoms until too late usually... the fact that you knew your baby wasn't well, even it was for another reason, may have saved his life! Way to go!

[Box Boys]

Sarah, let us know if there's an update on Gus...thanks.

[sasmeow]

Originally Posted by Box Boys

Sarah, let us know if there's an update on Gus...thanks.

He doesn't go back until the 25th of this month to get his ALT level rechecked. I will post if anything happens before then. Hopefully his level will be down in 2 weeks.

I am taking Izzy on Tuesday to get her blookwork done, just to check. She is due for her yearly checkup anyway. It's just scary that they can show no signs and have such an extremely elevated level. The vet thinks his mouth thing was unrelated, and maybe the only reason we found the high liver enzyme. If his mouth wasn't hurt, I would have never know. It's scary, so that's why I am getting Izzy checked to just make sure. If he has something contagious, she could have it too.

[sasmeow]

I am taking Gus to the vet Wednesday to get his bloodwork done. I decided to let my regular vet take over for now, at least for the bloodwork. I feel more confident right now with him than with the internist. She wanted to do all kinds of stuff and I think some of it is a little too much. So, I drop him off in the morning, and they are drawing blood to test his bile acid levels. I am not totally sure what that is, but I guess it gives a better idea of how the liver is actually functioning. He has to stay a few hours for that. I am so worried about my boy. I need to stop reading about everything that he could have. I just hope his ALT level is way down when he goes in.

I also thought of something else. I never asked my regular vet is he uses ACE on boxers. And I was thinking, when Gus was neutered, he was on an EKG and he had an arrythmia during the surgery. I took him to a specialist and they could not reproduce it. So now I am wondering, what if he gave my boy ACE and that's what caused the arrthymia. How scary would that be??? I am going to ask him on Wed. if he uses ACE. It would also mean I wasted over 200 bucks to see a cardiologist!!

I will post after our appointment on Wednesday. Please keep those positive healing vibes coming Gus' way, and pray that his ALT went WAY down!!

[Gruntsmom]

Sending more healing and positive vibes for Gus. The bile acid testing (liver function) isn't bad, just takes time. Blood drawn after fast, then he will be fed, and then another blood draw. Took a little over 3 hours when my Grunt had this test done. Hope Gus is feeling OK, and that his ALT levels will show normal range. Please keep us posted..hang in there.

[SweetCody]

Sending loads of positive vibes to Gus and his mommy. Let us know what the results were. You are in our prayers.

[DiverDiva]

Thinking of Gus and sending loads of good vibes for his upcoming appointment. Hoping and praying for the best possible outcome. Feel better, Gus!

[beausmommy]

I will be thinking about sweet Gus tomorrow and I hope all goes well!

[joeys mom]

I will be thinking of You and Gus and sending more posititve, good test vibes!!!! I hope he feels better!!!!

[Box Boys]

Originally Posted by sasmeow

I am taking Gus to the vet Wednesday to get his bloodwork done. I decided to let my regular vet take over for now, at least for the bloodwork. I feel more confident right now with him than with the internist. She wanted to do all kinds of stuff and I think some of it is a little too much. So, I drop him off in the morning, and they are drawing blood to test his bile acid levels. I am not totally sure what that is, but I guess it gives a better idea of how the liver is actually functioning. He has to stay a few hours for that. I am so worried about my boy. I need to stop reading about everything that he could have. I just hope his ALT level is way down when he goes in.

I also thought of something else. I never asked my regular vet is he uses ACE on boxers. And I was thinking, when Gus was neutered, he was on an EKG and he had an arrythmia during the surgery. I took him to a specialist and they could not reproduce it. So now I am wondering, what if he gave my boy ACE and that's what caused the arrthymia. How scary would that be??? I am going to ask him on Wed. if he uses ACE. It would also mean I wasted over 200 bucks to see a cardiologist!!

I will post after our appointment on Wednesday. Please keep those positive healing vibes coming Gus' way, and pray that his ALT went WAY down!!

BE WELL Gus!!! We miss stories of your goofy self and we want you back up and running!! Buster misses his play buddy! Tell Gus that Buster has really grown since they played last!!!! And...he's gotten much faster! Thoughts and prayers are with you and we really do hope that Gus's ALT level is down. Hopefully the Dr. didn't use ACE on him for his surgery either. Let us know how he is and the tests turn out.

[sasmeow]

I took Gus for his bloodwork today and he is back home. They must have feed him something yummy cause Izzy was licking his face, LOL! He had to stay there all morning. I don't get any results for a few days! It sucks waiting. I could get them Friday, but with the holiday, it might be saturday or monday. Now I wish I could have stuck with the internist at the other place, because they would have the results already, they don't need to send it out. Anyway, I will keep everyone posted when I hear anything. Hope he is in the clear.