Steve
Everything in the intestinal tract is constantly moving and changing. Its like taking a picture of a big snake curled up in a box and then looking at the box again hours later and it may look completely different. Look at an xray... its made up of several different shades of gray composed of multiple tissue all piled on top of each other. All in one dimension....Its not nearly as straight forward as people seem to think it is. If it was, there would be no need for ultrasounds, MRI and CT scan machines.
People seem to base all their perception of medicine on TV shows etc and nothing could be farther from the truth. I drive my wife crazy when we watch medical based shows and I completely rip apart the medicine and quick definitive conclusions they make off one tiny bit of info.
If you look at it from a car analogy...... if you have a car that sputters or hesitates in 3rd gear at around 40 MPH but doesnt do it all the time... so what causes that ??? Gee where do we start....... there are about a dozen or so causes...... sometimes reading the spark plugs help but not always.... sometimes those changes to the spark plug color etc can be caused by several different problems.... you may narrow it down but cant jump right to "its the jets" or "its the rings".... you need to narrow it down and systematiclly eliminate each possibility. Sometimes its a quick answer... sometimes before you know it, you have the whole motor torn down...
You also need to stop looking at it from "they didnt find squat".... just because the test didnt say what it is, doesnt mean the tests were a waste of $$. Each test allowed the vet to eliminate possible causes of you pets illness. They know she isnt in kidney failure, doesnt have diabetes, doesntt have a bowel obstruction, doesnt have a stomach torsion etc etc etc........ all the $$ you spent eliminate alot of possibilities and your pet is getting better with the treatment they did.
I'm glad your dog is doing better. We all hope to get a definitve answer on why some things happen and what caused them, but the world of medicine isnt that straight forward quite often.
ease up dude i was just making light of it. i glad to hear his pup was ok that's all.
Our dog just passed away this afternoon. He was a black lab and was going to be 15 later this year. So, I am glad that everything worked out with your dog Steve, it is never fun losing one. Actually, it pretty much sucks.
Our dog just passed away this afternoon. He was a black lab and was going to be 15 later this year. So, I am glad that everything worked out with your dog Steve, it is never fun losing one. Actually, it pretty much sucks.
Sorry to hear about your dog, we lost our Samoyd after 15 years also, I know how you feel...
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