Published on: February 15, 2022 • By: colleeng · In Forum: Dogs
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February 15, 2022 at 02:13am
F 1yr 8mo 9lbs
Miniature Shnauzer
Shows (32hrs) low heart rate, lethargy, dazed, diarrhea, unsteady on legs, normal blood pressue
Ruled out: heart, kidney, liver
Vets considering toxin (of unknown origin), gastric disease
Any insight would be helpful as we want our sweet girl home and its been hard with the vets not being able to identify whats going on. She has been hospitalized and being monitored.
Hello! It's not unusual for vets not to have a diagnosis at first but often the most important thing in the early stages is not that that they can name the disorder, but give appropriate treatment for the symptoms which may be lifesaving. However, medium term knowing what the problem is is very helpful! I wonder if they have measured Potassium and Sodium (Addison's), and checked for Thyroid disease? However, most vets will have a list of things it 'could be' by now (the differentials) and be working through them - they should be happy to explain this process to you.