Man.. Guys.. I'm really scarred
My girl's dog, who she got almost just after we got together is really really sick and in bad shape
He's 9 years old.. And the last year or so he would have pain in his hind legs.. We and the vet just thought it was hip dysplasia setting in
He's a very clean dog and something has to be severely wrong for him to make a mess in the house
When we leave to go to work, we put both of our dogs downstairs.. Our boxer goes in the kennel though.. And we leave our American bulldog out, because he is great at controlling his bladder
So Monday, our American bulldog didn't even want to get out of bed to come downstairs.. And he had absolutely no desire to go out.. So when my girl got home he tried getting up to go to the door, but just froze.. Then he just went
He still moved somewhat ok or with the slight hindrance that came with age or having hip dysplasia.. other than being reluctant to get up til Wednesday night
I don't go to sleep until pretty late.. So when I went up to our room around 3ish, our boxer got up and wanted me to take him out.. So I did
When I got back to our room, I noticed that our American bulldog was shaking and straining trying to get up.. Then I smelt that he peed
We took him to the vet first thing Thursday morning.. They did x-Rays and found two of his vertebrae were starting to fuse, which until it actually does fuse will be painful for him.. And if it was just that then he could get steroids and pain meds
But the X-rays also showed that he might possibly have a pretty decent sized tumor in his spleen.. So hopefully that is benigned and isolated just to his spleen, because then just those can be removed and then we don't get into potentially bad stuff and options
The last two days have been horrible.. Only time he's been able to move normally is when he has come right off the IVs from the vet.. We've had to drop him to the vet's office first thing the last two mornings and have to take him back again tomorrow morning
I literally have to watch him and if he starts breathing heavily, I have to lift him outside to let him go..
This morning was the worst, when I carried him down the stairs and put him down while I waited for my girl to come downstairs, he was literally about to just fall over.. Luckily I caught him.. So I just let him lay down until she was ready to go.. He wasn't strong enough to stand up.. While laying down he just let loose
Just seeing him being unable to control his bladder.. Struggling just to get up.. And if he is standing up, having to constantly watch him to make sure he doesn't just drop
My girl has been a mess.. So I'm trying stay calm and figure out possible options without thinking of worst case scenarios.. But I'm really scarred and I don't want to make things worse for my girl.. I mean even when we really know what the situation is one of us has to keep a leveled head.. Even my other dog has kinda been a mess, if we come back to house without our American bulldog, he searches the whole house looking and crying.. And then when we bring our American bulldog home in the evenings all he wants to do is lay down which is also freaking out our boxer because they play together so much and he doesn't want to do anything
I'm just hoping man.. Like he doesn't even have an appetite.. Tonight I was eating a banana and he loves bananas.. I put a piece near his mouth and he had zero interest
I'm really just freakin' hoping.. Here is a pic of him I think I posted in here before, but kinda recent:
