Update.
I’m on a wind down from a whirlwind few weeks. Getting the house painted, moving in, and workload is picking up. On top of all that the puppy is sick. Not just any sick, but hemolytic anemia which is an autoimmune disease, meaning his white blood cells were attacking his healthy red blood cells. Depressed, lethargic, pale puppy—took about half a week to really figure out what’s wrong. He’s now on prednisone and we’re going for weekly blood tests. My oldest sister used to be on prednisone for a long time for a similar reason and now it’s a time that i’m reliving, just now as a caretaker.
My pup in better spirits.
Signs of anemia in pets (it can happy to both cats and dogs)
- depression
- change in behavior
- pale gums, ears, and eye tissue
- lethargy and lack of activeness
- vomiting
Gatsby is doing better, the prednisone seems to be working and his blood levels are slowly making its way back up. He’s at the very least acting more like himself, if anything a little bit more in need of cuddle time.
In other news, making leeway on the house. No longer in paint chip hell and should be pretty much done with painting by Friday. We moved in just this past weekend in mid-20s weather and in a winter storm warning that yielded 8” of snow by Saturday night. So, we’re slowly unpacking and hemmorraging money by buying this and that for the house. Home ownership is so fun!
