I was noticing Blossom as she was laying on her right side and took a photo, swelling in her lower abdomen. I did not notice this swelling so much when laying on her left side. I reviewed my pictures of her when I got her, she was clearly leaner (last I weighed her in April she had gained 10 lbs) But I did not think the swelling was weight gain or food in the digestive tract. I emailed the homeopathic vet and my regular vet. The homeopathic vet thought it could be her uterus. I don't think pyometra because I would have seen that a couple months ago after her heat that started in December. I am waiting for my local vet to call. He said he did not do a full ultrasound like they do at the hospitals but I was asking him to do a quick and dirty ultrasound of the area like my former retired vet used to do with Gabby and JJ with thyroid tumor and splenic tumors, respectively. She is not scheduled for blood till June 13th with my backup vet. I hope to call and get it moved up. Her blood results could be a by product of something else as I have noticed in my 5 other dogs to be true--not a problem with the blood itself but indicative of some other problem. Should I have her hormones tested as well--estrogen, progesterone, testosterone? She is getting worse with her tiredness. The heat doesn't help. Her not drinking water doesn't help. I put some water on her lip and she turned away like she was disgusted by it. I feel like I am watching her decline and must do something proactive medically. I told the homeopathic vet that this was the priority and need something for her medical presentation which is worse. I will go full on conventional soon because I cannot watch her like this. She is not happy. Homeopath told me to give Arsenicum 30c stirred 10 times and give a teaspoon. I will try and give directly in her mouth but hope I can still use the milk if all else fails. Will update when my vet calls me later if he has anything new to say.
Good work Lil!!?
