I hope everyone enjoys their tiime with family and friends. I am writing this because we could really, really use big time prayer for our boxer dog Zeus. I know for some people it seems absolutely silly to fuss over an animal but if anyone knows us, Zeus is truly like a child to us. He is our world.
About a few weeks ago, Zeus was having hard time peeing. It was very strange. We took him to the vet, did tests and everything. Nothing unsual. The doctor thought maybe he was need to be neutered. About a day or so later, he starts peeing normally and life resumes as normal.
After we get back from Disneyland on Father's Day, we noticed about 2 days later he is having a hard time again. This time his vet insists on a neuter (because it was due to his large prostate, which puts pressure on him being able to pee). We agree and set it up right away.
His surgery was over a week ago. BY now, he should have been able to pee just fine. However,things got worse and he was having a tough time peeing . He would keep us up at all hours of the night trying to go to the bathroom. We were daily taking him in to get his bladder drained. we got an x-ray done, but nothing really seemed ut of the ordinary. Based off of reasearch, what we did was correct, and to fix his problem, it would simply take time for his prostate to go down. In the last three days it got even worse. No energy, can't pee, was throwing up and on Tuesday, refused to eat.
Yesterday we rushed him to the pet hospital, which those vets are very amazing and did a fabulous job when Zeus needed his knee replacement. Turns out from the blood work his liver and kidney levels were sky high and he was in renal failure. That means that his kidneys aren't flushing out what is currently inside him. This is dangerous because in a short time, he would be dead because of toxins in his body. They are currently keeping him for 4 days, hooked on an IV and flushing everything out. They don't think it is an enlarged prostate anymore, and they are running a million tests to see what the issue is.
By the grace of God, we had just enough in our savings to pay for this very costly pet bill. We are praying that the bill doesn't continue to go higher and what they are doing will be enough to figure out what the problem is. We are very, very scared and beyond overwhelmed and stressed. We are very sleep deprived (literally every night since the surgery we average 1-3 hours worth of sleep) and emotionally drained. We have these specific requests:
-That Zeus will be able to pull through, and whatever they are doing will be enough to heal him
-To give doctors wisdom in knowing what to do
-if need be, may God provide resources or ways for us to be able to figure out a way to pay for his bills, should they increase.
-that as doggy parents we will have wisdom to know what to do.
I know to some, this may seem silly. However, this dog means the world to us. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
