It has been a sad 36 hours in our house. Yesterday morning when Tony tried to take the dogs for a walk Havik halted in his tracks. He was not interested and wanted to do nothing more than lay in any cozy hiding spot he could find. He would not move all day. We had to use extreme coaxing to even get him to go outside. We recognized a myriad of other symptoms. By evening we decided we needed to do the most revealing of tests... the ball test. As soon as he snubbed a game of fetch Tony was grief stricken. He was convinced of the absolute worst. He is nine years old, but we were expecting five plus more years with our beloved Havik. I'm sure Tony didn't sleep a wink and I tossed a great deal many more times than usual in my bed. This morning I called the vet right away and they got him in ASAP. Test after test came back unstartling until the blood work revealed a major electrolyte imbalance, particularly potassium. It was so far off the norm that they ran it twice. The diagnosis is leaning towards Addison's Diesease (a very, very expensive test will let us know tomorrow). The good news is while the symptoms are totally alarming and the possibilites are yucky all likelyhood is that he will start on a once monthly steriod shot (administered by the owner) and all will be well. He will need to aviod stress ??? Dog therapy, day spa, yoga??? Anyway we are much more optimistic tonight than we were this morning. I think Tony has turned the corner of expecting the most gloomy outcome.
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We love Havik and have been trying to stay optimistic. Grace has asked at least 100K times if he is better yet. I can't wait to tell her (fingers crossed) that he is going to be just fine!!!
Oh Nelsons ... praying for you as you pray for the best!!
Hoping for a {positive} post about Havik soon :)
Love to you all ~
Oh no! Poor Havey! I'm sure he will be okay. Please let me know more as soon as you know more.
:)
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