XPost: rec.pets.dogs.health   
   From: NOSPAM_drubin@NOSPAM_i-2000.com   
      
   On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:49:15 -0500, sighthounds & siberians   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >One of my dogs ate ibuprofen several years ago, and the treatment was   
   >as you describe, except that they also pumped his stomach (I   
   >discovered what he'd eaten immediately and took him right to the vet).   
   >I don't think that ultrasound or endoscopy would be helpful in this   
   >case.  You said she ate the ibuprofen 6 days ago and showed symptoms 3   
   >days ago.  What happened in the 3 days between when she ate the pill   
   >and started vomiting?  If she didn't receive treatment right away, the   
   >likelihood of damage to her stomach and kidneys is higher and her   
   >recovery is likely to be more prolonged.   
      
   In those three days she seemed perfectly normal. There were no   
   symptoms at all and her appetite was fine.   
      
   I'm a bit concerned that maybe it's not just the iboprofen, that she   
   ate something else that caused distress. Or, that she ingested   
   something that normally would pass through but caused a problem   
   because her stomach was weakened by the ibuprofen. But the X-Ray   
   didn't show any foreign objects, just severe inflammation of the   
   stomach wall.   
      
   Since the blood tests show no kidney or liver damage, and her white   
   blood cell count is not rising, I'm inclined to just give her time to   
   heal and not put her through invasive tests or a hospital stay.   
   Nevertheless it is difficult to see her this way and be helpless to do   
   anything for her...   
      
   Thanks very much for your reply.   
      
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