More Roo advice :(

[Katie & Roo]

Good Morning! I'm in need of more advice for Roo. I've been on DK for over a year and always find that the advice given here is the best :)

Background:

Roo loves to eat. Food and socks included. Up until two weeks ago, he's always been able to throw them up with a tablespoon of hydrogren peroxide. (This has happened 3 times). We took him to the emergency vet and they gave him a stronger drug to make him puke and that worked. When Roo first started eating socks, we started gating off our laundry. Obviously, we need to take stronger precautions. 

Monday&Tuesday:

Roo was  his normal crazy self. Ate all of his food (Orijen Adult) and had normal stools.

Wednesday Morning/Afternoon:

We woke up around 5:30am to Roo puking. It was yellowy and had some leftover food from the night before. Took him out, and he had a normal poop. Then, when I went to feed him. He refused to eat or drink, even his favorite treats. That was such a red flag to me. Roo eats everything. Took him to the vet. They did X-Rays. The vet wasn't able to identify anything in his intestines. She said there was a lot of gas and there was a blur that made her concerned. She gave him anti-nauseous medicine and fluids since he was dehydrated. She said to feed him a bland diet and monitor him. 

Wednesday Night:

Roo's very tired but he drank water when we got home from the vet. I made him chicken and sweet potatoes and he eat that no problem. He didn't poop that night though. 

Thursday Morning:

Roo ate the chicken but didn't touch the sweet potato. He normally loves sweet potatoes. Then I had to head to work, but my boyfriend took him out and said he didn't poop and wouldn't eat the chicken when they got back inside. 

Anyway - now I'm panicking. We're going in for the Xrays tonight. If the vet still can't identify if it's actually something in his stomach, what do you advise we do? I would hate to opt for surgery, put him through that, and then it's nothing. Is there anything else that it could be? Our vet wasn't really discussing any other possibilities. 

Sorry for the lengthy story. I really appreciate any advice. Roo's my first dog and I'm learning and understanding everything. Thanks :)

[Katie & Roo]

Exactly! What was her final diagnosis? They basically told us since they didn't see anything, it's most likely the stomach flu?

Good to know you did that for almost 10 days and that we need to be patient. When Roo has had diaherra in the past, it usually clears up within a day or two after a bland diet, but he's never been sick like this.

[Shari Becker]

They diagnosed her with either food poisoning of some sort or a virus. We're bogged down in snow here in MA, and her only exposure to anything was that she'd eaten something out of a spilled bag of trash 24 hours before getting sick....

She'd never been this sick before. Our vet suggested that we mix probiotics into her food and make some slippery elm tea. We gave her 2 tsp of cooled tea, 2-3 times a day for three days, then we added it to her food for a few days more. It works like pepcid, coats the belly.

[Katie & Roo]

I hope she's feeling better now!

Thanks for your advice! We've been giving him a probiotic, but maybe we'll try the tea too.