[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Thank you all for your help.
- From: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx
- To: AKeller97@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 04:52:56 EDT
In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:59:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
AKeller97@xxxxxxx writes:
passed the phone # on to her. She's down in Texas and her vet don't know
what to do wtih possible toxic gut. That's scarey in itself. Again thank
you
all for helping. Lets hope everything goes ok for the gsd.
ARlene Keller
I want to thank Arlene and everyone that responded to her post, also to Dr.
Krueger for his good and sound advice.
After some mega doses of flagyl and a good flushing IV, Expresso is doing
great. But I must say, it is very scary that so many vets really do not have
a
clue. I had started to build a confidence up with this particular vet, but
realized after 2 hours in his office, he had no idea what he was dealing
with. Gets bad when you have to tell your vet what to do - I told him I
needed
flagyl, told him to do an xray.
For anyone that suspects toxic gut, it is imperative to get a large dose of
flagyl (250 mg to every 8 lbs) into the dog as quickly as possible, following
up with fluids, IV. This particular vet did not think fluids were
necessary, just diagnosed a stomach ache!! I had asked for him to do an
exploratory to determine if I had mesoteric torsion. He said he was about to
close
and was too tired at this point to do it, maybe in the morning!! I started
an IV at home and continued to treat the dog with flagyl and reglan.....
Anyway - he is well, eating and almost back to normal. I am lucky this
time.....
Molly
Trillia German Shepherds
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