Thank you so much for your feedback. I did a bit of research on leptospirosis. Ruben has many of the symptoms associated with some sort of bacterial infection.......it would also make a lot of sense, as I always have him at the barn with me where he comes in contact with many different types of animals (horses, pigs, chickens, goats). The vet ran a complete blood count on him, as well as a fecal and urine analysis and all came back negative. Would lepto have shown up on these tests? My vet is definately considering a bacterial infection or parasite. She prescribed another round of dewormer and is hoping a bacterial infection would show up on the biopsy. I will give her a call this afternoon and ask her specifically about the lepto.
Just an update on Ruben's surgery......he did really well! He is home with me recovering now. The vet said that her findings were pretty consistent with the ultrasound........his stomach was extremely thickened and one of his lymph nodes was "really angry". She removed most of the one lymph node, but said his metastatic nodes (which are a little further down his GI tract) are a little swollen too, but she thinks this might just be result of all the vomiting. She said that the tissue all looks really healthy and took to the sutures really well.....just irritated because of all the vomiting. She also found part of his small intestine was not laying corectly....she said it wasn't twisted, but almost. It had even turned purple, almost blue in color. When she adjusted that section of his intestine it immediately turned pink and healthy again....she said this is a really good sign. Of course she cannot rule out cancer until she gets the biopsy results back, but my husband and I are holding onto hope for now....but it is going to be a long 7-10 days : (
Thank you for your feedback and please keep your fingers crossed for my baby!
Just an update on Ruben's surgery......he did really well! He is home with me recovering now. The vet said that her findings were pretty consistent with the ultrasound........his stomach was extremely thickened and one of his lymph nodes was "really angry". She removed most of the one lymph node, but said his metastatic nodes (which are a little further down his GI tract) are a little swollen too, but she thinks this might just be result of all the vomiting. She said that the tissue all looks really healthy and took to the sutures really well.....just irritated because of all the vomiting. She also found part of his small intestine was not laying corectly....she said it wasn't twisted, but almost. It had even turned purple, almost blue in color. When she adjusted that section of his intestine it immediately turned pink and healthy again....she said this is a really good sign. Of course she cannot rule out cancer until she gets the biopsy results back, but my husband and I are holding onto hope for now....but it is going to be a long 7-10 days : (
Thank you for your feedback and please keep your fingers crossed for my baby!
