u/r-love-ution

Any idea what could be happening? I cleared the cache but still nothing.

Really mentally drained

I love my just short of 4 year old beagle. He's been a great dog for me someone I truly love and would do anything for.

Tuesday he was attacked by my cat and I didn't really think anything of it. It was a common case of my dog bugging him and cat having enough. We went on a nice 7k run in the evening. Next day I took him out in the morning before work, came home and went to pet him like usual and he **screamed.** He was in severe pain. Couldn't make it up the stairs on his own. Severe lethargy, wouldn't eat food, lumbar spine was so sensitive you couldn't put a feather on it without him crying out.

So after seeing him like this we took him to the emergency vet. They assessed him and ruled out ivdd. Said he probably has muscle pain only. Could be sore from the run, the attack from the cat, or from jumping off the bed. Prescribed medicine, and sent us home. The next day he did show improvement from the pain medication but he was still reluctant to eat anything. So we called our primary care and they got us in Friday afternoon. They did xrays, checked his bones, and organs. Couldn't find anything wrong with him and said it is most likely from the cat as they could see some inflammation and puss build up in his lumbar area. So they gave him some medication for inflammation, and something to increase appetite.

After we got home, he was able to eat and drink water, nothing significant but still it was optimistic. We thought yep, he should be back to normal soon. Now it's Saturday afternoon, the primary vet called to check in and see any improvements from the night before and I told her. She was happy, but recommended I keep an eye on his food intake, as if he begins not eating/drinking we should consider the emergency vet. He didn't get better as the day went on, no interest in food or water. About midnight me and my wife were getting stressed out and arguing whether to take him to the vet or not. She persisted and said let's wait out another night. I reluctantly agreed as it was late so I had tried my best to force feed him water with a small syringe.

The next morning on Sunday my wife woke me up frantically upset and said his balls are swollen, and indeed they were. Red, starting to blacken. Immediately we got up and rushed to the emergency vet.

The plan was bloodwork and IV for nutrients/water. During the testing of Blue the Doctors were stumped, until we started discussing the edema on his lumbar that was traveling to his leg. His ankle was extremely swollen, unable to put weight on it at all and this happened during our stay in the room there. The doctors then decided to shave his back, to see puncture wounds, and drain a sample out. They came back relieved to say that it is a very large abscess, and that he'll need a small surgery to have it drained. Along with 24hr hospitalization. We went home, and started to have a bit of relief.

This morning the doctor called and said his condition has worsened, and hasn't improved. He's still not eating anything, and must go through ablation surgery because the skin on his sack is turning black (necrosis). He requires additional hospitalization.

Guys - I am really losing my optimism. My wife and I cried in each other's arms hearing the bad news. He is the light in our lives, I literally can't say enough about him. I'm $3500 in so far, and waiting for the next quote to arrive so I can hurry up and sign it and have him undergo the care he needs. It does hurt my wallet in this economy but I have no choice or help.

I just wanted to vent as it's 930am and I'm just waiting for the email it's been an hour. I'm at a loss right now mentally. I've lost a lot of different family members at the hospital and I'm starting to think I may lose another.