Brute-TooT!

Brutus, my Chihuahua of 13 years is very sick. It started last week we noticed he was peeing blood. (And we only noticed because we have 3 very bad dogs who think our tile floor is the grass) Anyway, Dr. Palmer (yes our vet is a Palmer too) thought it was a bladder infection and gave him some antibiotics. That was last Friday. Last night, about 3 o'clock Bob heard Brute yelp so he went downstairs and sat with him. Brutus was almost paralyzed-like, flimsy. He had pee'd blood more in the bathroom and vomited his dinner. So this morning Bob took him in and they are very good about leaving your animal there so they can monitor them. I just called at 4:00 and Dr. Palmer thinks Brutus had a stroke, vertigo or some other long word idiopathic ______ something. Anyway, he wants to keep Brutus there for the weekend to monitor him and give him steroids. He said most dogs will recover to what their new "normal" is going to be in about 3-weeks. Long term, his outlook is probably not good. And that makes me sad!