Dog’s Swollen Abdomen Could Be Serious

We had a German Shepherd thathad Seizures and was put on Dilantin and the Vet never did Blood Tests on him for the 6 years he was on it. Then his Abdomen started swelling up and he told us it was just Fluid and he gave us Laxix.He started Vomiting Blood that looked like Coffee Grinds and couldn't keep nothing down.The Vet told us to feed him Chicken & Rice and to give him Yogurt.That was torture to him,he had no appetite and still couldn't keep nothing down. So I took him to a Larger Animal Hospital, they took Bloodtests and exrayed his Abdomen and drawed Blood from his swollen belly.His Stomach was pushed out of the way by something , they sent me to the Main Animal Hospital in our State which was as Large as a Huamn Hospital. They took exrays of his Lungs and told me he had full blown Lung Cancer that was caused by a Liver Tumer that was bleeding into the Stomach and outside of the Stomach , caused by our Vet not doing periodical Blood Tests due to being on the Dilantin. That happened in 2006 and I am still so angry today that I wish I could file a Lawsuit on our previous Verternarian like you can a Human Patient Doctor for Malparactice. Our Dog died a Painful death 3 days later. They wanted me to Euthanize him at that Hospital , but I was by myself over 60 Miles from home and the dog was my Husband's Dog and he wanted the Dog to die at home , but I don't think he knew how horrible of a death it would be.They said our dog's lungs were like Swiss Cheese.We had noticed a few months before this happened that he had been lying on his bavck alot and we just thought it was cute, not knowing he was hiding his pain.We didn't notice the swollen belly until about 2 months before he died.He died just before his 10th Birthday. This all started from our Veternarian giving him his Rabies Injection in his Hip near his Spine and when he sat down during the Injection , the needle hit his Spinal Nerve and thus that night started the Seizures when he was only a Year Old. I found out from other Verternarians that all Vacinations are supposed to be injected under the skin at the Shoulder blade area.

My dog's stomache swelled up over a period of a couple weeks. Several trips to the vet, test after test says she is perfectly healthy. The fluid was even sent out to several other labs and nothing was found.

I read an article on intestinal lymphanglasia, a rare disease prone to terriers. I sent the info to my vet and we began the typical treatment...steroids and antibiotics. At first, my dog had to go to the vet and have the fluid drained every two weeks. We are now up to 6 weeks. My dog is perfectly healthy other than the fluid on her stomach.