Blood in stool for months

[2bullymama]

I will think about doing the bland diet again, I am really scared to disturb his system again, so I will at least wait until his diarrhea from the medicine we stopped is fully gone. The tylan powder prescription says "1/16 teaspoon a day or about a pinch" so I try to give Draco a hefty pinch but I am 4'11 so I don't imagine my pinches are very large lol. On another note, how do I change my profile picture so I can display my babyboy too?

Ask your bet if you can increase and to how much.

Profile... there are directions on here somewhere, let me fine and post link— I can’t remember off top of my head


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[dracosmommy]

We did increase it a little, but nothing has changed . I also got the news that Draco's allergy test was lost in the mail! Ugh. I am so disappointed, now we will have to wait another month for the results, I really think that food allergies could be a major part of the problem so the results would be so helpful. Our primary vet is trying to get the lab to expedite it because of the mistake, but he knows it isn't up to him, so he doesn't want us to get our hopes up. So frustrating that there is nothing I can do immediately for my boy. Has anyone had experiences with online holistic vets? Like a video chat with one? I think I could do that soon since university hospitals are booked until months later and they don't let you go in with your dog. A video chat could help us to speak with a vet in our home sooner and would be more comfortable for me and Draco. Hopefully they would have some herbs or something to recommend to try.

 

[2bullymama]

We did increase it a little, but nothing has changed . I also got the news that Draco's allergy test was lost in the mail! Ugh. I am so disappointed, now we will have to wait another month for the results, I really think that food allergies could be a major part of the problem so the results would be so helpful. Our primary vet is trying to get the lab to expedite it because of the mistake, but he knows it isn't up to him, so he doesn't want us to get our hopes up. So frustrating that there is nothing I can do immediately for my boy. Has anyone had experiences with online holistic vets? Like a video chat with one? I think I could do that soon since university hospitals are booked until months later and they don't let you go in with your dog. A video chat could help us to speak with a vet in our home sooner and would be more comfortable for me and Draco. Hopefully they would have some herbs or something to recommend to try.

That is so frustrating…. So sorry this is such a mess for you all the restrictions and obstacles to get answers for your baby.

I have no experience with the video chat, but you have nothing to loss in trying


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[dracosmommy]

We scheduled a video chat with a holistic doctor for next week last week, but I have very sad news, Draco is in the hospital. He has gotten worse and been lethargic and yesterday started vomiting every few hours, this continued into early morning, we took him into the hospital and they are keeping him there for the day to monitor him. I’ve never been without him for more than a few hours, never a whole day. I am so terrified but know he needs to be there because the vomiting was terrible and frequent. Please pray, ask the universe, whatever you choose, to help my babyboy. He will be 8 months on Tuesday and I just can’t believe he has had to endure this for so long. Still no allergy test, of course.

 

[Cbrugs]

We scheduled a video chat with a holistic doctor for next week last week, but I have very sad news, Draco is in the hospital. He has gotten worse and been lethargic and yesterday started vomiting every few hours, this continued into early morning, we took him into the hospital and they are keeping him there for the day to monitor him. I’ve never been without him for more than a few hours, never a whole day. I am so terrified but know he needs to be there because the vomiting was terrible and frequent. Please pray, ask the universe, whatever you choose, to help my babyboy. He will be 8 months on Tuesday and I just can’t believe he has had to endure this for so long. Still no allergy test, of course.

Oh no! This makes me so sad to hear. Sending you lots of positive thoughts and hugs.


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[2bullymama]

We scheduled a video chat with a holistic doctor for next week last week, but I have very sad news, Draco is in the hospital. He has gotten worse and been lethargic and yesterday started vomiting every few hours, this continued into early morning, we took him into the hospital and they are keeping him there for the day to monitor him. I’ve never been without him for more than a few hours, never a whole day. I am so terrified but know he needs to be there because the vomiting was terrible and frequent. Please pray, ask the universe, whatever you choose, to help my babyboy. He will be 8 months on Tuesday and I just can’t believe he has had to endure this for so long. Still no allergy test, of course.

Sending healing prayers and hugs. Please keep us posted .


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[dracosmommy]

Thank you both so much. These past few days have been crazy and rough. Draco ended up having to stay until the late afternoon the next day, so he was almost there for 48 hours, some of the hardest few hours in my life. He was on IVs and anti-nausea for his throwing up on Sunday, and then I was told an X-Ray would be taken and if it was fine he could come home. The X-Ray showed a possible partial obstruction so he had to wait until the next day to get an ultrasound, not able to eat until then. The ultrasound revealed no obstruction just a very severe case of gastroenteritis, the doctor does not know why it came on all of the sudden but his bacterial infection has something to do with it. Now we have an appointment in 2 weeks for an internal medicine specialist in the hospital, and Draco is on a tremendous amount of meds. I canceled the holistic doctor for tomorrow, I really wanted to see some natural ways I could help him but right now he's on so much stuff I don't want to add anything else and possibly mess it up. Throughout his time with blood in his stool, he very rarely had diarrhea, most of the time it was pretty normal firmness but he has gone poop once since he's gotten home and it was very watery diarrhea with blood. I am hoping it's just because he had so much of the IV fluids, he has been peeing like crazy since he got home so hopefully, it will get better. And I really hope the other specialist will be able to help him, it is getting so frustrating, I feel like he can never just live a normal life and have fun, this has been going on for 1/2 of his life, and the majority of his time with us. I am not sure why his bacterial infection is so resistant to antibiotics, we've tried so many different kinds, I'm not sure what is next for us.

 

[Cbrugs]

So sorry to hear this but I’m hoping you’ll be able to get some answers from the specialist and they’ll get Draco back on track. Antibiotics will do a number on his gut and his poop can be off for a bit while in them. Louie was on Clavamox and Prednisone a month or so ago and his dumps were horrible. Make sure you give a probiotic if you aren’t already.


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[2bullymama]

Thank you both so much. These past few days have been crazy and rough. Draco ended up having to stay until the late afternoon the next day, so he was almost there for 48 hours, some of the hardest few hours in my life. He was on IVs and anti-nausea for his throwing up on Sunday, and then I was told an X-Ray would be taken and if it was fine he could come home. The X-Ray showed a possible partial obstruction so he had to wait until the next day to get an ultrasound, not able to eat until then. The ultrasound revealed no obstruction just a very severe case of gastroenteritis, the doctor does not know why it came on all of the sudden but his bacterial infection has something to do with it. Now we have an appointment in 2 weeks for an internal medicine specialist in the hospital, and Draco is on a tremendous amount of meds. I canceled the holistic doctor for tomorrow, I really wanted to see some natural ways I could help him but right now he's on so much stuff I don't want to add anything else and possibly mess it up. Throughout his time with blood in his stool, he very rarely had diarrhea, most of the time it was pretty normal firmness but he has gone poop once since he's gotten home and it was very watery diarrhea with blood. I am hoping it's just because he had so much of the IV fluids, he has been peeing like crazy since he got home so hopefully, it will get better. And I really hope the other specialist will be able to help him, it is getting so frustrating, I feel like he can never just live a normal life and have fun, this has been going on for 1/2 of his life, and the majority of his time with us. I am not sure why his bacterial infection is so resistant to antibiotics, we've tried so many different kinds, I'm not sure what is next for us.

I hope you can find out some answers for you boy…. Please keep us posted. Sending tons of healing prayers


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[FroxerMom]

Healing vibes....what a scary time this ordeal must be for you. Please update when you are able. Draco is lucky he has a devoted owner like you.

 

[Cbrugs]

Update [MENTION=4535]dracosmommy[/MENTION]?


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[dracosmommy]

I’ve been trying to wait until I know more to update but it feels like forever until he sees the hospital specialist on Tuesday. He is doing better since getting out the hospital, but still throwing up every few days. Our primary vet retested Draco’s stool and the bad bacteria is gone. That should be good news but he is still having blood in his stool so it doesn’t really change anything. I talked to someone on Reddit and they said their dog was bleeding for a year due to food intolerances, which they never expected, so I am hoping it’s something simple like that that we can fix but I’m starting to think it’s likely IBD, but not sure why we have not received a diagnosis for that yet. I’m really concerned though because he is not responsive to food or antibiotic treatments so I’m not sure what will be able to help him. I’m also concerned that he is taking soooo many antibiotics and medicines. I know being on them for prolonged periods of time is not good at all. Does anyone know of any natural remedies for anything I can try? Nausea, colitis, etc. I saw the honest Kitchen has a supplement for gastrointestinal issues I’m willing to try, the ingredients are Papaya leaf, plantain leaf, slippery elm, pumpkin seed, pectin, papain and fennel and the reviews are terrific I’m still scared though, Draco’s stomach just isn’t right. So sensitive, the times he throws up sometimes there will be a tiny piece of stick bark (I don’t let him play with sticks but he tries his best) or one blade of grass and he throws up I don’t know if it’s the tiniest things that affect him or what causes his vomiting. Thanks for reading. I’m really losing sleep these days just worrying and worrying.

 

[2bullymama]

I’ve been trying to wait until I know more to update but it feels like forever until he sees the hospital specialist on Tuesday. He is doing better since getting out the hospital, but still throwing up every few days. Our primary vet retested Draco’s stool and the bad bacteria is gone. That should be good news but he is still having blood in his stool so it doesn’t really change anything. I talked to someone on Reddit and they said their dog was bleeding for a year due to food intolerances, which they never expected, so I am hoping it’s something simple like that that we can fix but I’m starting to think it’s likely IBD, but not sure why we have not received a diagnosis for that yet. I’m really concerned though because he is not responsive to food or antibiotic treatments so I’m not sure what will be able to help him. I’m also concerned that he is taking soooo many antibiotics and medicines. I know being on them for prolonged periods of time is not good at all. Does anyone know of any natural remedies for anything I can try? Nausea, colitis, etc. I saw the honest Kitchen has a supplement for gastrointestinal issues I’m willing to try, the ingredients are Papaya leaf, plantain leaf, slippery elm, pumpkin seed, pectin, papain and fennel and the reviews are terrific I’m still scared though, Draco’s stomach just isn’t right. So sensitive, the times he throws up sometimes there will be a tiny piece of stick bark (I don’t let him play with sticks but he tries his best) or one blade of grass and he throws up I don’t know if it’s the tiniest things that affect him or what causes his vomiting. Thanks for reading. I’m really losing sleep these days just worrying and worrying.

My girl had colitis a d the only thing that helped was Tylan powder


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[Cbrugs]

I just saw a post on a local Frenchie Facebook page where someone was asking what people did for their Frenchies with IBD and here is a response:

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[dracosmommy]

So here is what I've got, the specialist said she is quite certain it is Histiocytic ulcerative colitis, our primary vet told us that he didn't think so before, but it's been so chronic that I can't say that him having HUC doesn't make sense. It's a form of IBD so it was in the direction we were assuming anyway, he has to get a colonoscopy to confirm the diagnosis, and then we will start treatment. She actually said to stop the tylan and amoxicillin because it won't work for this. [MENTION=2]2bullymama[/MENTION] . Thank you [MENTION=188]Cbrugs[/MENTION] , I actually have seen all of those before and plan to maybe try the gut soothe, they are going to do a PCR test before the colonoscopy to look at the microbiome and I did ask about fecal transplants and the specialist said she usually recommends that after trying baytril first. I don't like the idea of him being on medicine everyday for the rest of his life so maybe the fecal transplant pills can be considered when we get this under control. When Draco's B12 levels were tested before, they were normal which isn't usually consistent with IBD like the person mentioned they usually need extra B12, so that's why regular IBD has been confusing to diagnose Draco with and might be why it is this specific kind. It just sucks because this disease since it is rare, it doesn't seem there is a lot of information on things that help those that suffer from HUC. Soooo nervous for colonoscopy !!!

 

[2bullymama]

Wow... so much for the little guy and Momma! Sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts.

Keep Us posted as you get information


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[Cbrugs]

Ugh…so sorry but hopefully it brings some sort of relief to get an actual diagnose and start a treatment plan.


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[Archiesmom]

So here is what I've got, the specialist said she is quite certain it is Histiocytic ulcerative colitis, our primary vet told us that he didn't think so before, but it's been so chronic that I can't say that him having HUC doesn't make sense. It's a form of IBD so it was in the direction we were assuming anyway, he has to get a colonoscopy to confirm the diagnosis, and then we will start treatment. She actually said to stop the tylan and amoxicillin because it won't work for this. [MENTION=2]2bullymama[/MENTION] . Thank you [MENTION=188]Cbrugs[/MENTION] , I actually have seen all of those before and plan to maybe try the gut soothe, they are going to do a PCR test before the colonoscopy to look at the microbiome and I did ask about fecal transplants and the specialist said she usually recommends that after trying baytril first. I don't like the idea of him being on medicine everyday for the rest of his life so maybe the fecal transplant pills can be considered when we get this under control. When Draco's B12 levels were tested before, they were normal which isn't usually consistent with IBD like the person mentioned they usually need extra B12, so that's why regular IBD has been confusing to diagnose Draco with and might be why it is this specific kind. It just sucks because this disease since it is rare, it doesn't seem there is a lot of information on things that help those that suffer from HUC. Soooo nervous for colonoscopy !!!

Hi - My frenchie (Archie) also had blood in his stool for months, and also blood leaking from his butt here and there. We tried changing to various prescription foods, adding metamucil, pumpkin, etc. Tested negative for Giardia. Xrays and blood test looked fine. Tried the usual antibiotics (flagy, metroniazole) to clear up the problem (diagnosed as colitis). We didn't want to go the route of having Archie go through a colonoscopy to find out exactly what kind of colitis so the vet recommended tring Baytril and that worked! He also has done very well with Purina EN Gastro prescription food along with daily probiotics so we are keeping to that plan for the time being. Hope your frenchie will also have success with Baytril.

 

[dracosmommy]

Thank you for the reply [MENTION=4589]Archiesmom[/MENTION] you don't know how great it is to hear about someone who has gone through the same thing I haven't heard of many other doggies dealing with this and information is scarce online. We are scared to have Draco go through the colonoscopy, the fasting, the enemas, the price! But, I think we will do the colonoscopy just to be safe, the hospital scare was a lot for us. We will try the baytril after and see if there is anything else to do. Is there anything else you do to keep his colitis in remission? Any product recs, treatments etc. ?

 

[Archiesmom]

Here's another post in this forum that mentioned Baytril and bloody stool so it gave me hope that Baytril would work for Archie as well, and luckily it did. http://frenchbulldognews.com/your-french-bulldog-s-health/5864-blood-soft-stools.html#post59068