Nina, please post the bloodwork that you ran for me -- I really would like to see it.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Spencer update Well we just got back from the vet. The first set of xrays showed fluid build up around his lungs and made it hard to see what was going on with his organs or if they could detect any masses. So they drained the fluid and did another set of xrays. They also gave him oxygen and subq fluids, (the subqs I could have done at home, but figured it would be better to not have to put him through any added stress after we did get home). He actually seems hydrated enough with good color to his gums, but we figured since he hasn't been eating it couldn't hurt. Bottom line is that we don't know much more than that he had fluid build up that was making it hard to breath, we don't know why and the xrays weren't definitive enough for the doctor on duty to be able to tell anything. (I got a lot of well, it could be, but maybe nots). At least he feels better as I'm writing this, he even ate a little bit for me when we got home. They wanted to keep him overnight, but I said no thank you. He's better off at home where he'll be more comfortable. So here I sit, a good deal poorer, with no answers that will help him. They wanted to send in the fluid to be analyzed, but the vet warned me that they might not be able to tell anything from it. Since that would have been an extra $200 bucks, I told them to hold on to it and let me talk to his regular Internist about it in the morning. We're over $1400 as it is and no closer to helping him get well then before we started. Extremely big sigh. Nina
