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MY SHIH TZU HAS LIVER TROUBLE HE IS EIGHT
Sent to Pet Experts February 19 07:22 PM

MY SHIH TZU IS 8 YRS. HE HAS BEEN ON PREDISONE .25 AND IMURAN 50MG FOR 4 YRS. HE HAS IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEM. DOC SAID ALLERGIES. HIS LIVER IS NOW BAD TESTS SHOW ALK PHOS. IS 2334 ALT SGPT 565 CREATIININE 2.2 AND LYMPHOCYTE 364 AND T4 0.6
IS HE DIEING? SHE SENT HIM HOME WITH 150MG OF AMOXICILLIN AND A PRAYER. NOT VERY GOOD AS FAR AS AS MEDS OR SUGESTIONS. HE CAN'T POOP SO I GAVE HIM MILK THISEL AND MINERAL OIL TODAY. HAS NOT HELPED YET. PLEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH CAN HE IT. TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
LIZ YFFERT

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Age: 8; Male; Breed: SHIH TZU

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ALL THE MEDS THAT THE DOC HAS GAVE ME. AND TODAY I GAVE HIM MILK THISEL AND MINERAL OIL

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February 20 7:05 PM (23 hours and 11 minutes and 36 seconds later)
         
DOCTOR.ANDREA. THANK YOU. THEY TOOK HIM OFF AFTER HE STARTED VOMITING YELLOW ONE TIME THEN CLEAR LAST TUESDAY. THE VET KEPT HIM OVER NIGHT. GAVE HIM FLUID THERPY AND INJECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC. TOOK GERIATIC FULL BLOOD WORK. IT STARTED 2003 ALL OF A SUDDEN.THE DERMATOLOGIST DR. MONA BOORD CALLED IT PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS. HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS ATTACKING HIM. I HAD HIM DOWN TO 25MG OF IMURAN EVERY THREE DAY'S. AND DEXAMETHASONE 0.5 EVERY THREE DAYS. UNTIL HE BECAME ILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT VOMITING. HE WENT IN THE NEXT MORNING 2/13/06. CAME HOME 2/14/06. HE WOULD NOT EAT THE FOOD THE VET GAVE ME. AFTER TWO DAYS I BOILED GROUND TURKEY. HE ATE TWO TABLE SPOONS FRIDAY AND SAT. DRANK NORMAL. SAT AFTER A HALF TEASPOON OF MINERAL OIL HE WENT ONE SMALL BILE MOVEMENT. NOTHING SINCE. HE DRNAK WATER SUNDAY DID NOT EAT, TODAY NOT EATING OR DRINKING ON HIS OWN. I'M GIVING WATER WITH A LARGE BASTER. HE TAKES IT. HE IS URINATING NOTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU,
LIZYFFERT@CS.COM

Edited by Customer (name blocked for privacy) on February 20 2006 at 7:11 PM
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February 22 12:12 PM (1 day and 17 hours later)
         
Relist: I still need help.
I WR0TE TO YOU AND DR. WENDY YESTERDAY NO ANSWER.
THANK YOU, LIZWIZ
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February 22 12:13 PM (1 minute and 42 seconds later)
         
WERE IS MY REPLY TO DR. WENDY LAST EVENING? I PAID FOR IT.
LIZWIZ
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