My 8 year old Maltese is poorly and it’s breaking my heart seeing him look so sad and pained. I just want to know for sure what’s wrong.
He had seemed out of sorts for a couple of weeks, up and down at night , occasionally vomiting , not playing the same.
Then started gagging and his back legs seemed weak getting up and down steps etc so I took him to the vets, that was 10 days ago.
vet did blood test ,X-rays and looked in his throat. Found an ulcer in his throat. X-rays looked ok. He said maybe he had ulcers in his stomach too. Did a biopsy of the ulcer.
gave us omeprazole and painkillers.
Tuesday night he looked worse, couldn’t settle , shaking , so dh went to the vets and picked up some extra painkillers (gabapentin).
The painkillers seem to settle him but he seems to be worse again yesterday and today in that his legs aren’t right. He really struggling to push himself up off the floor now or get up and down the back step to go out. This morning he looked like his back left hip was jerking as he walked.
The vet was supposed to be ringing today with biopsy results but I’ve booked a consultation (7pm)
I can’t see how ulcers are making him struggle walking ??
yet the X-ray was ok and I think the next step was to scan his stomach. None of it makes sense.
does anyone have any ideas ? What would you do ?
thanks if you’ve read all this but I’m I’ll myself and I’m finding it unbearable seeing him like this.