Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hokie update

Hokie is through his first night at the vet and seems to be doing well. I talked with the vet last night, and it sounds like it was a good thing we got him in as quick as we did. His blood sugar had dropped (they are now keeping that stabilized), and the "toxic" enzyme in his liver was elevated, though it was still at a readable level (the vet said that during extremely dangerous cases of this, the enzyme level will be off the charts). We still aren't in the clear yet as far as liver damage as it can take 12-72 hours for the enzyme levels to peak. They are keeping him on an IV, trying to flush out his system. He will be hooked up for three days, after which we can hopefully bring him home. He seems to be happy and is spreading his love at the office :)

I'll update again after I talk with the vet this morning.

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