Worrying about pets again.

[williamalex1]

Our 12 year old Shih tzu has lost 1.1 kilos since March, she's still eating well, but now only weighs 4.7 kilos.
Booked in for some xrays and a sedated examination tomorrow fingers crossed.

 

[williamalex1]

here she is flaunting looks a lot like sleeping lol.

 

[SocketRocket]

Hope she's OK.

 

[williamalex1]

Hope she's OK.

Thank you , Me too, most of my family are falling to bits atm. so fingers crossed,

 

[SocketRocket]

When they are ill they normal lose appetite so hopefully its something that can be sorted.

 

[Lump]

They aren’t with us for a long time so cherish all the time you get. Don’t dwell on poor health if they are still full of energy.
Hopefully she’s all good.

 

[fundy]

fingers xxx'ed

 

[AmandaJR]

Fingers crossed - they steal our hearts for sure.

 

[User62651]

Our 12 year old Shih tzu has lost 1.1 kilos since March, she's still eating well, but now only weighs 4.7 kilos.
Booked in for some xrays and a sedated examination tomorrow fingers crossed.

eating well but losing weight could be Diabetes? I'm sure they'll check blood sugar.

 

[patricks148]

We had this with baldrick for a while and it was the high protein food, switched and it was sorted.

not saying this could be it, as comp diff size of dog and breed

 

[williamalex1]

Just back from the Vets £280 lighter, bad news is the X-ray shows she has some kind mass that looks about the size of an apple, next to and possibly attached her Spleen.
Her heart is slightly enlarged, liver enzyme levels elevated , low white blood cell count.

We'll decide what happens next Tuesday, after she's been on various medications for a week, hopefully to slow it down a bit.

ATM she's still lively and has a good quality of life with no symptoms showing and still eating like a wee horse.

An operation at her age would be touch and go and they really wouldn't know if the mass has spread to other organs till they actually operated.
The wife is devastated it's her baby

 

[patricks148]

Just back from the Vets £280 lighter, bad news is the X-ray shows she has some kind mass that looks about the size of an apple, next to and possibly attached her Spleen.
Her heart is slightly enlarged, liver enzyme levels elevated , low white blood cell count.

We'll decide what happens next Tuesday, after she's been on various medications for a week, hopefully to slow it down a bit.

ATM she's still lively and has a good quality of life with no symptoms showing and still eating like a wee horse.

An operation at her age would be touch and go and they really wouldn't know if the mass has spread to other organs till they actually operated.
The wife is devastated it's her baby

you never know dogs are very resilient

 

[williamalex1]

you never know dogs are very resilient

Cheers mate, i know what you've been through

 

[Swinglowandslow]

My thoughts are with you. I hope things work out the best way they can.

 

[AmandaJR]

Tough times - as Patrick says dogs are very resiliant...thinking of you.