Little Ginger.
Did I tell you all about what has happened to her? IF not will let ya know what we have found out. She is now being treated for over a month with meds. We almost lost her and she acted like nothing was wrong. She was eating and drinking and going to the bathroom just fine as always. We noticed she was covered over most of her body with huge deep bruising. We rushed her to the vet. to see what was going on. They did blood work, and she had NO platelets in her blood. She was bleeding to death slowly. They do not know why this happens, but they have had cases of it and they do not all end in a good way. They took her in the back and did an IV with some radiation meds in her ASAP, then sent me home with two meds to give her. It has been a week-by-week ordeal with her as to if she was going to live or not. Two weeks later, she had platelets back to normal, meanwhile, she was losing wt. like really fast. Ginger was always FAT, Nita and Larry over-fed her and Truffles with way too much "food love", so now with her health, as it is her wt. last time there was 7 lbs. 1 or 2 ozs. She use to be over 12 lbs. She is a walking bag of bones right now as she fights her way back to life. Her body the vet said is attacking itself and we go back again this Thursday to see how she is doing.
One good note to say when we go back, she is now showing some signs of life, barking, and showing interest around the house again. She is such a sweet loving, gentle baby, I so hate to see her like this, but we are hoping that she will show "no wt lost" this time around and perhaps maybe gain a little something. I have been giving her special treatment, feeding 3 times a day just for her, she is so weak, almost all of her muscle has been used up or eaten up, she is so weak, but I feel this time around after over a month a small sign of improvement.
Keep fingers crossed that this time around the vet. will say she is improving. She is also had different meds throughout all this, now on two Liq. meds. They seem to be helping. But the vet. said we will know when all the meds are stopped if she will be able to maintain or start slipping away.
This is a real tough time for us on top of all that has happened around her in our lives. The other two dogs are doing just fine.
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UPDATE: Ginger keeps losing wt. She now is just over 4lbs. She has stopped eating and drinking, nothing we try will she eat. She really looks like she is going to die any time, more vet trips and we decided to let her go, she was so so so sick and she was not going to get any better. She is now at rest and with Nita and Larry.
Margo
