Bladder infection or injury?

Jake made it through the night very well. He slept up on the couch instead of on the floor which he hasn't done in a few days. Even his urine was nearly completely clear of blood.

I dropped him off bright and early to get back on the IV, I spoke to the doc and we felt good that he seemed to be responding to the treatment for poison. We thought we were making progress. Until the blood work he was waiting for came back. Jake has DIC. It couldn't possibly be poisoning that we were dealing with.

Dr. B gave me a decision to make. He wanted to go in and see what was going on inside Jake. It could be a perforated spleen from his fall or cancer. If it was a perforated spleen, he could either repair it or remove it, no problem. If it was cancer, and it was all over, there would be no reason to wake Jake up.

Jake made it through the surgery, Dr. B. removed his entire spleen as well as a large ruptured tumor. Now we wait for Jake to recover and for the pathology on that tumor.

You and Jake are in my thoughts.  I'm so glad all hope is not lost.

Sounds like a stressful time. You and Jake are in my thoughts. Not sure where in Central Florida you are right now, but if you need to see a friendly face- I live in Gainesville.
 
My mutt, Bernie went through similar bladder problems last summer. He ended up blocking completely, and he had a urethrostomy because the stone had adhered to his urethra. He now pees like a girl dog, but he's 100% healed. I hope you have a similar success story to share with Jake.

Sending good vibes that it was a benign tumor and/or the spleen to blame for all this.  Glad he's feeling better too.  I hope you don't have to wait too long to find out - I know how painful the waiting can be.

You have the best coming from Texas for your guy and you, and pray it was just a benign tumor and all will be fine for Jake.

Hope everything is okay, you must be goin through a lot right now.  Just know we are all here for you and hoping for you.

Heppie, I can't remember if you feed raw?  Even before you know the results of the pathology, a cancer diet wouldn't hurt and might help. 
 
that was a good judgment call on the vet!!  I'm SO glad you pursued this!!

   The waiting can be so stressful. At least they got the tumor out. I hope it isn't cancer.

I'm glad Jake is feeling a bit better. Sending positive thoughts and prayers, I'm glad he's home with you.

Heppie all I can do is second Callies suggestion of the cancer diet and send you lots of warm thoughts and healing vibes.....I have no words of wisdom in this, so hope that a ton of cyber hugs will help.

Heppie,
Glad to see you back on idog, but hate that it had to be for this.  Fingers and paws crossed for Jake here, too.  <<>>

He is recovering well from the surgery, but we are still waiting on the biopsy results. His weight is down from 70 pounds to 58 in 11 days. His appetite is good and he clearly FEELS much better.

Let's keep those good biopsy vibes coming in!! 

I know the wait must be agonizing.  I'm betting he'll regain his weight in no time now that he's feeling so much better.  You get to have fun spoiling him with yummies while you wait too [].  Sending good thoughts that the biopsy results will be positive news.

heppie, are the biopsy results back yet? Sending healing thoughts your way.

Sorry for not posting any updates in a while. It was a long, bumpy road and in the end we just couldn't save him.

Jake died last Friday around 3:30. He continued to decline in spite of everything we did for him. The last few days he was too weak to walk and it was clear that he was getting worse instead of better. The vet came to the house and put him to sleep in the living room. He was with his family and I held him while he died.

I am absolutely beside myself with grief. My heart is beyond broken. I'd give a lung to have him back. If it weren't for Noah, I wouldn't get out of bed at all. The house will never be right again. Saying "I miss him" seems so inadequate.

He was a good boy. 

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