inkjunkie
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Queenie
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our 12.5 year old Cattle Dog recently had some blood work. One of her Liver enzymes is elevated. Vet wants us to take her to have a abdominal ultra sound done. Facility in town that does these sort of things said they normally do some sort of needle biopsy at the same time. Both tests combined are around $410. They normally do not have to sedate the critter. Vet is saying that with the ultrasound they will know if she has any tumors etc. Also talking surgery. She also mentioned putting her on this supplement Denamarin. It is not a prescription so we can get it any where. Not exactly low buck, best price I found was $52.50 for 30 of them.
Queenie is not showing any signs of being ill. She is sleeping a lot, but in the past month or so we have had perhaps 2 days where the temperature was not in the 90's. And she is 12.5 years old. Her temperament has not changed, she is very loveable towards us and hates the pups. Eating/drinking with no troubles. Goes outside and plays with me every day. We have decided to not have the tests done. Queenie gets stressed very easily. We once tried to keep her in a crate when we were working. First night we came home she had bloody diarrhea and was vomiting. Try to restrain her on her back and she will bite. If something is found on the ultrasound the vet said it will more than likely surgery will be in order to take care of it....if it can be taken care of. From everything I have been told by various vets over the many years of being owned by several different pups that sedating a dog her age is very risky. If surgery had to be done on her she would not only have to face that risk but also be crated. We just don't want to subject her to that level of risk/stress. We realize that our decision may very well be putting her in in harms way, health wise but if we do the test and they found something she very well may not survive the surgery. Hope we have made the right decision.
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our 12.5 year old Cattle Dog recently had some blood work. One of her Liver enzymes is elevated. Vet wants us to take her to have a abdominal ultra sound done. Facility in town that does these sort of things said they normally do some sort of needle biopsy at the same time. Both tests combined are around $410. They normally do not have to sedate the critter. Vet is saying that with the ultrasound they will know if she has any tumors etc. Also talking surgery. She also mentioned putting her on this supplement Denamarin. It is not a prescription so we can get it any where. Not exactly low buck, best price I found was $52.50 for 30 of them.
Queenie is not showing any signs of being ill. She is sleeping a lot, but in the past month or so we have had perhaps 2 days where the temperature was not in the 90's. And she is 12.5 years old. Her temperament has not changed, she is very loveable towards us and hates the pups. Eating/drinking with no troubles. Goes outside and plays with me every day. We have decided to not have the tests done. Queenie gets stressed very easily. We once tried to keep her in a crate when we were working. First night we came home she had bloody diarrhea and was vomiting. Try to restrain her on her back and she will bite. If something is found on the ultrasound the vet said it will more than likely surgery will be in order to take care of it....if it can be taken care of. From everything I have been told by various vets over the many years of being owned by several different pups that sedating a dog her age is very risky. If surgery had to be done on her she would not only have to face that risk but also be crated. We just don't want to subject her to that level of risk/stress. We realize that our decision may very well be putting her in in harms way, health wise but if we do the test and they found something she very well may not survive the surgery. Hope we have made the right decision.
