Eff you, Universe. Eff you and the horse you rode in on.

[la_belle_laide]

Sano is in the hospital now. I took him out this morning and he crapped a huge amount of blood. I wondered for a while if I should give it a few days, because Trisky had IBD and sometimes she would just crap wads of blood. A little flagyll and she'd be fine in a few days. But this didn't seem right, so I took him to the vets. Now as it is a frigging holiday I had to take him to emergency where, of course, they charge you insane amounts of money. I was there from 1:30 till just a few minutes ago as they ran blood tests and got interrupted by an emergency surgery.

But it's a good thing I did take him today because he is bleeding out. His platelets are so low they're almost not even there. (Remember, this is Sano, my hearty mixed breed, not Haku, my epileptic, hypothyroid, whatever-else Saluki.) They have to keep him long enough to get his platelets up and make sure that he doesn't: cut himself, get a bruise, tear anything, etc. I'd have to keep him in a crate (which I don't have) or wrap him in bubble wrap.

So here are the options: It could be Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. (And he is running a fever, so...?) That seems unlikely because usually the platelets are not this drastically low, but they're going to check for it anyway. It takes a few days to find out. If it was that, it would be pretty easy to treat. But, it's not going to be the easy thing, is it?

It could be cancer. Obviously this would be almost impossible to treat at this stage, at his age (even though he's only nine,) and because blood cancers are just hard to treat in dogs. That doesn't seem too likely either though because it's just his platelets and nothing else. (*knock on wood*)

Or it could be immune mediated thrombocytopenia, (thrombocytopenia was an answer on my labs last week,) where his immune system is basically attacking his platelets. This is really hard to treat, but is treatable. The treatments are hit and miss, too. A lot of the times they work within a few months, but sometimes they don't. Also, they could work just fine, but then the disease could come back, years down the road or even months. I would have to check him every day for bruises. (And right now he has lots of them.) I'm pretty vigilant and sometimes I get a feeling of when something's up, so I could probably handle that.

I just want it to be something handleable.

And I'm just so damn frigging sick of all this sickness and worry. I'm pretty mad at the whole universe right now.

Comments

[skitty-kitty.livejournal.com]

:( Healing vibes to Sano, and you. I hope he gets better soon.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) Much needed and appreciated.

[spatterdash.livejournal.com]

Good lord, it is one thing after another for you these days. Here's hoping it is treatable and that everything turns out fine for him. And you.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

I know, I'm freaking tired of it!

Thanks so much. ^_^

Universe bad, can kiss the ass

[(Anonymous)]

I hope everything will be okay, I'm so sorry you got a pass on the shit bus again. You totally need to cancel that subscription. Oh, and it's me, Carrie, but I don't have the LJ thing going on.

Re: Universe bad, can kiss the ass

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Hiya, Carrie~

I know, what is up with this year! Not just for me but for lots of people? It's only May and already I'm done with it.

[tongari.livejournal.com]

mixed breeds are indestructible! (the best kind of breed)

all the best to you, sano and haku, who is doubtless worried about sano too. hope better things come your way very soon!

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks muchly, Hwei. ^_^ I hope you're doing great. :)

[awakesoon.livejournal.com]

Thinking about you guys! Hope doggies are feeling better! <3

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thank you Bev! ^_^

Sano

[(Anonymous)]

Thinking about you guys and sending your more positivity which I'm sure will probably just make our universe more unstable than it is already, but like you said, "Eff you, Universe!"

Love ya!
Solly

Re: Sano

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Solly. And, exactly.