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Djangohad his colonoscopy

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#1 ·
Well, D had his colonoscopy. He was so out of it when I picked him up. The vet showed me the images taken during his procedure. His colon was beet red from the get go. He has an ulcerated colon and it was pretty bad. In addition, there's major inflammation everywhere. They saw a palip which they removed and that along with everything they came across on the way was biopsied. We should get the results wednesday.

In the meantime, I gave him a pain pill, he was in pretty bad shape. I glimpsed "under the hood" and oh poor guy, it's going to be a couple of days to recover all around. He's on different antibiotics, carafate to coat the belly and of course, all his other meds.

I am trying to stay positive that the results will come back indicating bacterial issues in the colon and not cancer. Whatever the result, my goal is to get him feeling good again. The vet indicated we can't put a plan in place until we know what we are dealing with. Not going to worry about anything until I have to. In the meantime, my goal is to get him thru the night as comfortable as possible. The worst part is he's really gassy but he thinks he has to poop so he keeps going to the door to go outside. Squats like he's doing his thing but nothing comes out, but hopefully he's getting some relief.

Bland diet until next week and lots of hugs and kisses!
 
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#30 ·
Well, today is a much better day. He took all his meds that wrapped in cheese an turkey. He's been eating about 8 pieces of kibble and deli turkey (no salt, organic ) i know it's not the best diet but at least he is eating something.

I think he's had it with ground turkey and rice. Had an episode saturday and gave him a dose of prednisone which has helped tremendously. So far, we are on the right road to recovery. Baby steps.
 
#38 ·
I feel so bad for you and your pup...going through these GI things has to be rough, even for us humans who know what is going on it is rough. The combination of prednisone and antibiotics together is not a good combination, but those of us with Addison's dogs, along with humans who have auto immune illiness or other diseases often have to take the risk. The problem is the prednisone surpresses the immune system and the antibiotics target not only bad bacteria but good as well, so the potential for a stomach infection is always possible.

You need to be strong...you're right baby steps. The redness in his tummy may not be as bad as it looks...inflammation always looks bad. The fact that he is eating is good news, even small amounts. Our little guys are surprisingly strong...sometimes we are not. Hugs to you and prayers and good wishes for your boy.
 
#39 ·
I just read this thread. Praying for good news and in the meantime praying for your little one to feel better each day.
I never knew they did colonoscopies on dogs but it makes sense. They certainly aren't fun when you know what to expect so I can't imagine how Django feels. Poor guy.
 
#40 ·
Well, the biopsy came back and Django has ulcerated colitis. Ugh! But good ugh. We now have a plan of action. We are upping his dose of pred. to once a day, doubleing his dose for one week and then a dose every other day for a week. The pred. should help decrease the inflammation in his colon, increase his appetite, etc. etc. He will also be placed on pinch of Taylan antibiotic that's sprinkled on his food for 2 weeks.

At least we know what's going on and we have a plan of action. Keeping fingers crossed that this will work. The only negative is more pred. which means more drinking and more peeing but so be it if it helps him heal. I have plenty of pee pee pads to put out of need be.

Thanks to everyone for your kind words. It really helped me this past week.
 
#41 ·
Ok! You have a plan. Knowing he will heal should take a bit of a load off you. The baby steps will continue and (hopefully) this will become mostly a bad memory. You are doing great! With your love and help continuing (and loads of prayers and good wishes from us), Django should be feeling much better soon!! Give him hugs and kisses from all of us, please. Let us know how both of you are making out.
 
#44 ·
fingers crossed.
 
#45 ·
That's really good news. I understand the "ugh", but thankfully it's not as serious as it could have been. I'm sure you were very worried about the biopsy and what it could have meant. I hope that the meds will make him feel better very soon. It's been a long, tough road. Hang in there. We're all thinking of you and D.
 
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