My (almost) 7 month old rottie Athena has had it rough.
My father rescued her from the humane society when she was 3 1/2 months.
She was spayed at 4 months, and even though she gets carsick, I "rescued" her as soon as her stitches came out and brought her to Alabama.
2 weeks later, I noticed this vaginal discharge that was very thick and mucuous-like. She may have always had it, but we never knew because she was an "outside dog" in Texas. But even now, 3 months after I got her, she still has it.
Anyone have ideas on what it is?
Following this is a list of her (unfortunately) long medical history since she's been with me.
And then, she manifested a multitude of other symptoms. We later found out that they were unrelated, but nevertheless I'll include them in case someone here thinks it's related to the persisting discharge.
She was always lethargic and she wouldn't eat, and bloodwork showed that her calcium was critically low. She kept deteriorating and we kept taking her back to the vet throughout the week for x-ray after x-ray and multiple bloodwork sessions. Her liver function was poor, and her calcium levels got so bad, we had to put her on an IV. But strangely, throughout this, her white blood cell count was *way* low.
After a week, the vet did a sonogram and she had to have emergency surgery. She had a slipped bowel, and her small bowel had slipped into her large and was swollen purple. While the doctor was in there, he didn't find any dead tissue, which was very lucky.
However, he didn't find anything that could be attributed to the vaginal discharge.
Anyone have ideas on what it is? I'm happy as long as it doesn't threaten my baby's health, but it is a little embarassing when people ask what's dangling off her rear.
Carolyn
P.S. She's a very happy rambunctious doggy now. :D