Healing vibes to puppy... : (

So I was trying to be a good fur-mom and took the 2 K-9s to the off leash dog park
As I'm being dragged across the park to the dog area the little guy stops and pees. I'm checking for poop and see cherry kool-aid like liquid come out of the dog. I freak. Dogs back in the car, off to the vet!
I kept thinking maybe I imagined the blood, but I let the guy go before we went in and sure enough. He even got a bit of blood on his white/shoe paw. : (
The dog is acting fine. Barely seems to notice anything.
The vet does an ultrasound and an xray (along with urine sample). Nada. She suggests doing a blood panel. After some discussion I say do it. She is concerned because he seems to be urinating pure blood. She finds nothing in the blood panel and is guessing its a bad UTI.
So we went home with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories and a $500 bill. A little of this post is whining. We just got our tax refund deposited this morning. It was probably the biggest one I've gotten. But that was being set aside for near term emergency in case DT (hubby) goes on strike and doesn't get paid. If not for emergency, then it was going to go towards a credit card.
I don't regret spending the money on the dog, I just feel like we get a needed financial break and then we have to turn around and use it.
On the bright side, puppy took his pills easily- covered in cheese- we had drama with getting medicine down his throat the one other time we needed to. :sigh:
ETA: Dog is around 5 yrs and hasn't had any other health issues aside from kennel cough after we adopted him in Oct '11

Edited by lkct01234 2013-02-04 10:48 PM