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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Remember that Glitch???


Remember that glitch I told you about??  Well......

Funny thing happened on the way to Hiawassee.  As we were breaking camp at McKinney Campground our little Shih Tzu, Nick had a sneezing episode.  Now he has these quite often because he has really bad allergies.  This one though produced some nasal bleeding.  Not much but some.  We went ahead and drove in to Doll Mountain Campground and a little later that day he sneezed again and once again it brought some bleeding with it.  Not much but still...some. So we decided to call our vet in Alabama.  He told us what to do and we did exactly what he said.  The third time this happened we decided to take him to a local vet.                   
So first thing Thursday morning we broke camp hooked up the camper and drove into Ellijay to see Dr Redman.  He took a look at Nick and gave us an "A to Z" of what it could be.  The worse being a tumor in his nostril.  He felt like we should take him to a facility that could do CT and MRI scans as well as scope procedures.  He recommended the Auburn University vet school.  He would call to get us in.         

We immediately decided to drive back to Auburn and await our call.  On our drive home we both were a bit bewildered.  He's our furbaby!! Our 11 year old four legged son!! We also started thinking about how you go from a sneeze ( which he does regularly) to a wicked tumor??

Nick sneezes when he's excited, when he's stressed and when he's been outside awhile.  He just sneezes a lot.  He's done this for over 3 years and our vet in Lagrange diagnosed him with a bad case of allergies.  He takes Benedryl when they get bad.                

So we decided to see our new vet in Alabama before going to the "big" hospital.  Dr. Wagner examined him and asked a plethora of questions.  He went through the same "A to Z" of what could be going on.  He also said a nasal tumor could be the issue BUT he really didn't feel like that was it since there wasn't a lot of bleeding with the sneeze....only a small spray.
He drew several viles of blood and we should know those results tomorrow or Monday at the latest.

 One thing it could be is an infection or bad teeth causing an infection.  Nick has already had issues with an abscessed tooth and had five teeth removed. The Dr did notice the front ones were loose.  The other thing is a blood clotting disorder.  So now we wait....
In the meantime he's on a high powered Benadryl called Hydroxyzine and an antibiotic called Clavamox.           

    

He has not had anymore bleeding.....sneezing yes, bleeding no!!

Could we have ignored these signs and went on to the rally? Yes, but we would not have enjoyed things and worried about Nick.   He's our furbaby and we chose to be good parents to our four legged boy!!               


There is always another rally and the mountains aren't going anywhere.
If all goes well and the blood work helps to diagnose this issue we will be heading back to our......                   


Beloved North Georgia Mountains!!!

19 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh. Poor baby. I hope he will be ok.

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  2. One of our cats has sneezed for years. We always felt it was allergies but the vet we used to go to in NY didn't really offer any suggestions for anything to give him. A couple years ago we switched to a vet in Kentucky, and last year at their appointment we mentioned his sneezing. She gave us an antihistamine for him and what a difference! He still sneezes occasionally but not anywhere near like he used to. And he seems more comfortable too. Hope the issue is just allergies and nothing more serious.

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    1. Thank you, Jessica!! We sure hope this is an easy fix too. Take care!

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  3. Our furbabies always come first. That's the commitment we made when we rescued them. Thank you for taking such good care of your baby. Hope they can find out what's wrong and it's not serious. Our RJ sneezes frequently and Skittlez itches all the time but we're sure it's just allergies.

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    1. Oh,yes! Our furbabies are part of the family and we put them before fun!! How could I go and enjoy when worried about him? I so agree!! Just praying this is an easy fix!! Thanks for the encouragement.😀

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  4. How much we take for granted when we and our fur babies are enjoying good health...and how wonky our world feels when the status quo is upset. Praying that it is nothing serious and all is right with your world soon.

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    1. Thank you Margery, we had hoped to find out about all the blood tests today but guess it will be Monday.

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  5. Poor little guy. Good thoughts his way.

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    1. Thank you, we are hoping for good news from all the blood work they took. Thought we would know today but I guess it will be Monday.

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  6. So sorry we missed seeing you guys, but we would have done the same for our Sally. As you said, there will be more rallies down the road. Six Olivers were here this weekend, plus a factory rep with one.

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    1. We really hated missing the rally and seeing you and Wanda. We should find out about all Nick's blood work sometime Monday. Hope you guys are doing well.

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  7. Sorry you didn't get to the rally, but I completely understand. Those little Guys are "family" in a very special way...Thoughts and prayers that "puppy" gets on the mend soonest...take care....Horst sends

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  8. Oh if anything would happen to Bella, we would do the same thing you did for Nick. The rally can wait!

    I love the photo of him sleeping with his best friend. How cute. Prayers for Nick and you two. Try to remember that God has it all under control.

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    1. Thank you for your comments, they are much appreciated. We hope to find out about all Nick's blood work Monday. It is sad when things are not right with you fur babies.
      Take care and God bless.

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  9. Don't know what happened...thought I had posted several days ago..Mmmm. Hope Puppy is doing better and that test results are positive...They are "Family"..Positive thoughts and Prayers for Nick...and you two take care of yourselves...Horst sends

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  10. Thank you Horst...we take him to his lifetime vet tomorrow as this vet has been on vacation and will see him Friday. Hope things are well with you!

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