We have had Benson at the vets on Monday as he has been very lethargic, depressed and just not interested in doing anything lately....not even walkies!!
He was diagnosed after x-rays as having Hansen Type 1 disc disease, he has calcified discs that are degenerating
I was very upset to hear this as he is only 3&half years old but the vet seemed optimistic that an operation to remove the bad discs would give him a new lease of life, so he was booked in for the op the following day and I was feeling quite hopeful.
I then called the vets twice the following morning 8am & 10:45 to see if he had gone in for the op and how it was going etc. I got told both times he was being examined and by this point started to suspect something may be wrong!
The vet called shortly after to say they had run 2 lots of blood the night before and 2 lots that morning and his blood was very lipid and creamy (like strawberry milkshake apparently) on top of this he was severely anaemic, this prompted them to give him an ultrasound on his liver & spleen. They found nodules in his liver that appear to be normal and nodules in his spleen also.
I was allowed to bring him home pending more results from fresh bloods this was yesterday.
I have just had a call this evening from the vets to tell me that he has Hyperlipidaemia, his thyroid level was 3.3 when it should be between 13-15 so he has hyperthyroidism, he is still severely anaemic, the vet also believes he may have pancreatitis and is running more tests for this.
We have to go back Monday for fresh bloods and a check up.
I am so very upset for him he is only young and if we get him through this then we still have to get him through the spinal op of having 6 discs removed
