Lucy Goes to the Vet
I seem to only get pictures of Lucy in her chair anymore. I need some of her standing… as she does stand and walk around too! But she is just so cute in her chair.
Lucy gets to go to the vet today. She’s been drinking a lot, and urinating a lot, and her urine is pretty clear, which means she is drinking too much. She could have a urinary trac infection. Or the vet said she could have diabetes, so we are going to test for that too. And if both are negative, then we will look into some incontinence medication for her.
She’s always had spay incontinence but lately it’s gotten pretty bad. She doesn’t seem to know when she has to go potty. If we make her go out (with much grumbling and growling) she will pee just fine. But if we don’t, she will just lay around and leak. And I’m quite tired of having to clean the bed and wash my sheets. I have one of those water proof mattress covers on my bed, I think it’s the only thing keeping my mattress alive. Maybe something we are feeding her is like a diuretic…? Aren’t diet pills a diuretic sometimes? We don’t give her those though!
Lucy was at the vet on Saturday too… she sounded like she was breathing heavy with something stuck in her breathing tube (what is that called anyway? hrm..). But it turns out she just has a cold, or so they said. So she’s on benadryl. None of our other dogs seem sick in any way. I wonder if Lucy’s immune system is just weak now that she has the megaesophagus. And we always worry about her because of that, too. My silly collie girl. She’s too young to be sick. She’s not even 10 yet.
Comments
Comment from Patty
Time November 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I hope she is okay. It’s always stressful when they are sick.
Comment from Christy
Time November 17, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Hope things go well for her at the vet today!!
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Comment from Ann
Time November 17, 2008 at 1:39 pm
She is too young!
Paws crossed things go well….
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Comment from SewCrazyDogLady
Time November 17, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Poor munchkin… I hope everything is ok.
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Comment from Cynthia
Time November 17, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Thanks Rae Lynn. I hope Lucy will start feeling better now, she’s on meds for a UTI.
Comment from Cynthia
Time November 17, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Thanks Pam. she has a UTI so hopefully the meds will kick in soon!
Comment from Cynthia
Time November 17, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Hi Patty.. yeah, I wish they could tell us how they feel. 
Comment from Cynthia
Time November 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Thanks Jen. She is good.. a UTI but we got meds now. 
Comment from Dennis the Vizsla
Time November 18, 2008 at 7:53 am
Trixie developed spay incontinence a long time ago and has been on Proin ever since, which keeps it under control. (Phenylpropanolamine is dangerous for humans, but not for dogs.) When it started we took her in for testing to see if was a UTI, but it wasn’t.
Glad to hear they identified Lucy’s problem!
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Comment from Rae Lynn
Time November 17, 2008 at 10:56 am
Awww how cute! You’ve got yourself one beautiful dog! We have a Goldendoodle, we love her to pieces. I wish Lucy well, she’s seems like a sweet pea.