The above is, of course, a photo of our foster dog Starsky and not Tasha, but it was too cute to resist (although he is not much amused). I'd mentioned that Tasha had been picky about her food in a previous post. Well, she actually got much worse. She started having these "falling episodes", where she was sitting up and then just dropped over. She had 2 the day of the Thanksgiving Parade and then a couple more since then. They don't appear to be seizures and the vet suspects it may be a heart issue (cardiac syncope) - every so often she doesn't get oxygen to her brain and passes out for a second. The only thing we can do for those spells is keep an eye on them (I have a log of all of them) and keep an eye on her quality of life.
Tasha was also having some major diarrhea, combined with lethargy and no desire to eat. We started her on a new prescription food, Purina E/N, and some medication for the digestive issues. Her x-rays and other tests show no tumors or obvious issues. The first meds we gave her didn't do anything, but this homeopathic stuff we tried seems to be helping a lot. That and having us hand-feed her has improved her appetite. She's also not as lethargic anymore, which is great. We've taken a break from the Pets on Wheels while we work out Tasha's health issues - we will probably give her a bit more time, even though she's doing better, just to make sure she's up for it again.
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