Hello all
This morning we made the decision (once again) to end Lola's misery and dug a grave in our garden before phoning the vet to come out (yet to do that part) but I just keep wondering if we are making the right decision after dicovering this fantastic forum.
Lola's case is unusual in that she was diagnosed last July with Necrotizing Pyogranulomatous Liver Disease, apparently extremely rare, no known cause could be found so the treatment has been a bit hit and miss. She came within a whisker of death and despite her unbearable pain and suffering I am glad we made the decision to try and save her as we have had her an extra few months and mostly in relatively good health albeit she is on a huge amount of medication.
Two weeks ago she was diagnosed with diabetes.
Because of the condition of her liver, the vet has started her on very low doses of insulin, once a day. We changed her diet from Hills Science Heptatic food to cooked chicken with green vegetables and a small amount of brown rice. Week one she loved her new diet and although she was drinking and peeing continuously we had good days, bad days. Now she is getting very picky and refuses chicken, tuna, sardines, any vegetables etc. Finally she settled on ham and boiled eggs, not so great for her liver but we were deperate for her to eat as she has lost 30% of her body weight and is skin and bones and of course she needs food with her jab.
For the last few days she has just been permanently asleep other than waking for very large drinks and peeing. We have seen a couple of moments where she wants to play when she sees her brother, Eddie, with his ball but it lasts seconds and she zonks out again. Yesterday her stomach was very distended (this could have been the liver condition as we have seen it before). The last three mornings she has violently vomited after eating, with severe shaking for several minutes after. Could the vomiting may be down to the large water intake after her jab?
The vet thinks her reactions at the moment are down to her liver condition and her body shutting down but I am just not so sure. She is such a strong little dog and has endured numerous health issues throughout her life I just want to make sure that we do not deny her the opportunity to come through the early stages of her diabetes if we can find a way to manage it.
Taking the liver condition out of the picture are her symptoms typical - weight loss, lethargy, vomiting, shaking, weak legs, spaced out eyes and groaning.
This morning she wagged her tail for the first time in a week and I felt hope again but am I kidding myself and being unfair to Lola.
Can anyone help please.
This morning we made the decision (once again) to end Lola's misery and dug a grave in our garden before phoning the vet to come out (yet to do that part) but I just keep wondering if we are making the right decision after dicovering this fantastic forum.
Lola's case is unusual in that she was diagnosed last July with Necrotizing Pyogranulomatous Liver Disease, apparently extremely rare, no known cause could be found so the treatment has been a bit hit and miss. She came within a whisker of death and despite her unbearable pain and suffering I am glad we made the decision to try and save her as we have had her an extra few months and mostly in relatively good health albeit she is on a huge amount of medication.
Two weeks ago she was diagnosed with diabetes.
Because of the condition of her liver, the vet has started her on very low doses of insulin, once a day. We changed her diet from Hills Science Heptatic food to cooked chicken with green vegetables and a small amount of brown rice. Week one she loved her new diet and although she was drinking and peeing continuously we had good days, bad days. Now she is getting very picky and refuses chicken, tuna, sardines, any vegetables etc. Finally she settled on ham and boiled eggs, not so great for her liver but we were deperate for her to eat as she has lost 30% of her body weight and is skin and bones and of course she needs food with her jab.
For the last few days she has just been permanently asleep other than waking for very large drinks and peeing. We have seen a couple of moments where she wants to play when she sees her brother, Eddie, with his ball but it lasts seconds and she zonks out again. Yesterday her stomach was very distended (this could have been the liver condition as we have seen it before). The last three mornings she has violently vomited after eating, with severe shaking for several minutes after. Could the vomiting may be down to the large water intake after her jab?
The vet thinks her reactions at the moment are down to her liver condition and her body shutting down but I am just not so sure. She is such a strong little dog and has endured numerous health issues throughout her life I just want to make sure that we do not deny her the opportunity to come through the early stages of her diabetes if we can find a way to manage it.
Taking the liver condition out of the picture are her symptoms typical - weight loss, lethargy, vomiting, shaking, weak legs, spaced out eyes and groaning.
This morning she wagged her tail for the first time in a week and I felt hope again but am I kidding myself and being unfair to Lola.
Can anyone help please.
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