The saga continues. This morning, Fraser was plodding again on his walk, trailing behind me. Wasn’t ready to jump out of bed at wake up time. Just waited still lying down until I left the bedroom and then he followed. It being Friday, I decided I just didn’t want to risk going into the weekend with Fraser still not back to normal, so took him in to the vet. Fraser’s temperature was high normal, on the cusp. It was clear that the vet was running through all the possibilities. We talked about giardia, but the vet said his stool would show some signs of abnormality, which it doesn’t. Heart and lung seemed to be okay, though Fraser always whines when he’s at the vets so it’s hard for them to hear past the whining. He listened to his stomach noises and said that they indicated continuing upset in that region and when he palpated his abdomen, Fraser started to cry. Strange noise, like a rough whine/wail. I haven’t heard him make that sound before, so it seemed to indicate distress. Vet said it could be a reaction to one of the meds. Upshot was treating the symptoms—acetaminophen (Tylenol here, paracetamol in the UK) for pain and an antacid to settle his tum. I did take in a stool sample, but I don’t know if he tested it.
So, I don’t know. I thought by now we’d be on a path to returning health with a clear diagnosis. I’m just hoping he doesn’t get worse on the weekend which will throw me into a quandary about what I should do.
