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New here but im hope yall can help my 7 yoa Tito is having serious health issues and the vet has no clue and neither do I so i hope some of my fellow pit owners can help me out. He's hanging but idk for how long.
This is what happned & is currently happening(im sorry for the length of post ahead of time but i want you to have all the info )
In a nutshell (if anyone needs more specific info PLease ask) last year @ this time Tito came down w/ severe upset stomach after eating some old chicken/japanese food left on my counter accidentally by a friend. So i took him to get the usual meds(he has always had a sensitive stomach). well brought him back and after a few days it didnt clear up so we xrayed to be sure no bones were lodged. the xray& ultrasound showed no bones but unfortunately showed that his kidneys, spline,liver all were uniformly enlarged and after a general blood test showed the protein levels were extremely high and his blood was sludgy. Keeping it short he kept this up for a month it got so bad he seized and it detached the retina in his left eye one night. So after a prayer to the lord above (MANY THANKS to you LORD for all you do/done for TITO)he slowly but surely got better and has stayed that way for almost a year to the date. Beside having to give him a eye drop for that eye daily. So a week ago he started w/ upset stomach again and i noticed his energy was down a lil. Took him to the vet we checked him and gave him fluids and did the general blood test it showed the proteins were extremely high again so for the last few days we been giving fluids @ home (under skin) and sent off a tick disease test that came back today as negative. So he xrayed & ultrasound him again and his spline, liver, and kidneys are all enlarged bad , but unformly and i cant cont the fluids b/c his energy level is down along w/ his strength so he has slight bruising under his front legs where i pick him up to place him in my truck to ride over there. If it helps his red bloodcell count is normal. IM sooo sorry this so long but it is killing me not to be able first of know what im dealing w/ but also not being able to help him. Any info or if anybody has had this happen or ever heard of anything like this. btw- for a year his bloodwork has been completely normal we had it checked every couple of months. THANK AND ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED, if you need more specific info jus ask I LOVE my TITO man and want to help him before its too late. Thanks JT
This is what happned & is currently happening(im sorry for the length of post ahead of time but i want you to have all the info )
In a nutshell (if anyone needs more specific info PLease ask) last year @ this time Tito came down w/ severe upset stomach after eating some old chicken/japanese food left on my counter accidentally by a friend. So i took him to get the usual meds(he has always had a sensitive stomach). well brought him back and after a few days it didnt clear up so we xrayed to be sure no bones were lodged. the xray& ultrasound showed no bones but unfortunately showed that his kidneys, spline,liver all were uniformly enlarged and after a general blood test showed the protein levels were extremely high and his blood was sludgy. Keeping it short he kept this up for a month it got so bad he seized and it detached the retina in his left eye one night. So after a prayer to the lord above (MANY THANKS to you LORD for all you do/done for TITO)he slowly but surely got better and has stayed that way for almost a year to the date. Beside having to give him a eye drop for that eye daily. So a week ago he started w/ upset stomach again and i noticed his energy was down a lil. Took him to the vet we checked him and gave him fluids and did the general blood test it showed the proteins were extremely high again so for the last few days we been giving fluids @ home (under skin) and sent off a tick disease test that came back today as negative. So he xrayed & ultrasound him again and his spline, liver, and kidneys are all enlarged bad , but unformly and i cant cont the fluids b/c his energy level is down along w/ his strength so he has slight bruising under his front legs where i pick him up to place him in my truck to ride over there. If it helps his red bloodcell count is normal. IM sooo sorry this so long but it is killing me not to be able first of know what im dealing w/ but also not being able to help him. Any info or if anybody has had this happen or ever heard of anything like this. btw- for a year his bloodwork has been completely normal we had it checked every couple of months. THANK AND ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED, if you need more specific info jus ask I LOVE my TITO man and want to help him before its too late. Thanks JT