The vet looked over her records carefully and then examined Gracie. She noticed the acidy smell, even though I had just bathed her before the visit! The lab results from a previous vet visit showed that her liver and kidney functions were fine.
The conclusion was that Gracie has helicobacter, which is a bacteria in her tummy that causes lots of acid and vomiting. It is the same bacteria that causes ulcers in humans. She began treatment this morning. I am hoping all the meds stay down, vet prescribed cerenia to make sure they do...
If this doesn't take care of the problem, she will definitely have to have an upper and lower g/i and biopsies of her colon and stomach will have to be collected.
But-this vet is very optimistic that this will take care of the problem.
So I am allowing myself to be hopeful. If she is able to keep the meds down, I know she will get better.
How's everyone else's fur-kids? Ruby doing ok?
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