Hey everyone... thanks for the good vibes.
I had some chicken/gizzards/spincach stew that I'd made for the dogs last night anyway and have been forcing some broth on Snickers in addition to putting pieces of chicken in her mouth and have gotten her to eat a little.
It was such a whim to bring her to the vet, I was actually not going to since her symptoms were so seemingly mild... not eatting for a day, refusing cheese and chicken, and looking lethargic/tired. I'm so glad I listened to DH who said basically, "she won't eat cheese? OMG bring her in right away :)" She does have a bladder infection and fever as well... the vet tech chased us around with a ladle trying to catch the urine in a blizzard :). It was funny in a sad way that I new all about this illness from callie's posts and those of the other dogs with this disease... when the vet came out and said I don't want to alram you but before processing the blood it began to "globulate/coagulate (some technical term) and that could mean..." I finished her sentence and the following sentences about prognosis, treatment, etc... to the point that she asked if I was in th emedical field. I said nope... just frequent an online dog board :)
Thanks Callie... I'd love to talk to you tonight. My phone number is changed.. I emailed you and put my new number in it. I'd also love to hear how to keep costs down... yikes the first visit not even to an e-vet ran me 500+! It's hard to stare at her and wonder if she'll respond to the prednisone, antibiotics, etc or if she'll "crash" as quickly as we've read some other dogs have right on this board.
My biggest fear is that the e-vet is 3+ hours away and we're having a huge storm... I'd be fearful I coudln't get her there soon enough. On top of it all my grandmother died this morning and I'm supposed to be flying out to the funeral in the couple days... how can I leave snickers like this? I don't think I can, but my family does NOT understand and I'll create a lot of bad feelings if I don't go.