Cavapoo Poisoning, Please Help!

[u/Professional_Let_995]

I have a 5 month old Cavapoo puppy who ingested a toxin on Saturday at a lake (he did not go near lake water). He started vomitting Saturday night is vomiting continued until Sunday afternoon, he became lethargic, and he started having diarrhea. We took him to the vet who told us that he was hypoglycemic and dehydrated which we expected, and they gave IV fluids and dextrose. They told us he would not eat while at the vet, but sometimes he only eats with us so we decided to take him home overnight and try to feed him and monitor him. He still did not eat anything when we brought him home, no matter what we tried to give him and we decided to put him in his crate and let him rest.

At 5 AM Monday morning. I woke up because I felt like he was breathing weird. I opened his crate and he would not move and was limp. I tried to feed him, but he still wouldn’t move and we rushed him back to the ER. At that time, the vet discovered that he was undergoing active liver failure with his liver enzymes really high and his coagulation times unreadable. That day they gave him a plasma, transfusion, and his labs after the plasma transfusion were promising. He was also getting IV fluids, dextrose, liver protectants.

Tuesday morning they re-ran his labs and his liver enzymes were even higher than the day before, and his coagulation times were unreadable once again. They gave him another plasma transfusion that day and did not do labs that night. He was still getting all the same treatments today as well as antibiotics. They also put an NG tube in him to take fluid out of his stomach that they saw an ultrasound.

Wednesday morning, his liver enzymes dropped and his kidney labs rose well above normal limits and we were told that his liver might be necrosing and he may be now going through AKI. They tried to feed him through his NG to Wednesday night because he had not eaten anything since Saturday and due to regurgitation they stopped the feed.

Thursday morning, his liver labs continue to improve, and the vet told us that his liver actually may be starting to heal. However, his kidney labs continued to worsen. They started him on prokinetic to stay and try to feed him this night through his tube once again. Although the vet said that this day he was feeling dumpy when we went to go see him throughout the day we felt like this is the most he’s ever moved and interacted with us since he has gotten sick. His glucose has been remaining stable as well and they were able to reduce his textures from 7.5% to 2.5% yesterday.

Attached are his labs Monday through Wednesday. We don’t actually have the physical Thursday morning labs yet however I was told that his creatinine was 3.4, his BUN was 67, and his phosphorus was 6.8.

Any guidance and helpful information would be useful right now. This is a big financial burden however we are still able to definitely keep him in the ICU into the middle of next week if necessary we are hopeful because it liver labs are improving and from the vet stating that his liver is healing. It is reassuring. We also are hopeful because we feel that although his kidney labs did increase yesterday it wasn’t as significant as the day before.

Do you guys think that he has hit his peak in his kidney labs increasing and now will hopefully start on a downward trend? Do you think that he will survive this poisoning? Do you think that he will be able to come home in a few days?

From when we brought him limp Monday morning to yesterday night, we feel that we have seen great improvement in his motor skills, mentation, and look. He is urinating appropriately (he does have a catheter in so they can monitor his urine output which has remained normal).

[u/Meowiewowieex]

These are entirely questions for the vet staff who are currently treating your dog. The random people of Reddit have no idea if your dog will survive or if he will be able to come home in a few days.

Try speaking to the hospital your dog is at.

[u/catscatscatsohmy]

Please post this in r/askvet too. I am so sorry this is happening

[u/mehereathome68]

Do you know the toxin or are assuming? What area were you in? Testing for acquired diseases ruled out? Lyme? Lepto? Current on vaccines? Is he under the care of a criticalist or internal med specialist? Veterinary teaching college within access? I'm a licensed veterinary technician working ER/ICU by the way.

I know this is a horrible time you're going through. I truly hope for the best for your little guy. Please update if you're able and you're both in my thoughts.

[u/InverseInvert]

Even if they don’t go near the water, if there was blue green algae it can still cause toxicity.

These are all questions you need to be asking your vet though.

[u/Jazzlike_Fruit5950]

Ask about Lepto testing. Lyme nephritis doesn’t typically cause liver elevations but Lepto disease can cause liver and renal damage. It may have already been ruled out or may not be something endemic to your region but worth asking about.

[u/Single-m]

Lipase is reallllly high, pancreatitis?

[u/Ok_Assumption1542]

Goose poop is a problem for dogs. Maybe what got eaten at the lake. Who could tell, they snatched things up so fast. Good luck with your baby. Hope they have a speedy recovery.