Beau needs to be surrounded by his Army

Beau needs his Army!

Every hound who joins the BRNGB family has their own supporters.

Some have whole a whole army, and right now Beau needs every single one of you.

This is a four year old boy, a boy who has suffered with his health on and off all his life. We have all of his vet records and so do the vets, but he’s never been this poorly, he is literally at the gate to the bridge.

Beau arrived in our care on Saturday at four years old. Saturday night and Sunday he was doing really well. Monday morning, one of the other resident bassets woke the foster family up barking, which is unusual. When they went to check on the hounds there was vomit, bloody diarrhoea and urine everywhere. It was clear that Beau was not well. He had been fine on Sunday night, messages flew between the team and the foster family, and the decision was made that he had to get to the vets and he could not wait for them to open at 8.30am.

Upon arrival at the emergency vet he was seen by the nurse. The initial assessment showed that Beau was tachycardia, his gums were dark and dry, he was heavily dehydrated despite drinking; everything he was drinking he had vomited back. He was shaking with a high temperature at around 38, he possibly was in shock so his temperature may actually have been higher.

Beau was admitted on IV fluids with bloods to be taken and investigations to start ASAP.

The vet then saw Beau and immediately said he had to stay in with some serious pain killers so he was given opiates and they would run through various tests to try to ascertain what was happening to this poor, young boy.

All we knew at this point, was Beau was a very very sick boy, could be gastritis, could be a burst ulcer, could be pancreatitis; we knew it wasn’t bloat, we knew there was no blockage, but that was all we knew.

Before the vet would admit Beau we had to pay £1000.00 “deposit” which was paid immediately.

All we could then do was wait………………..

Yesterday afternoon’s update was:-

– No mass or blockages found.

– Bloods ok considering how dehydrated he is.

– Still on IV and staying in till 2mo.

– Colitis possible. Now we know he’s had this before and was showing similar symptoms.

Emotionally Beau was very flat still and they have given him opioids for pain relief. The best news was he had stopped being sick and no more diarrhoea, but he had anti sickness injection

Beau had to remain at the vets.

Today’s update, shared no real further news. We were told what we already knew, Beau is critically ill and had passed blood again during the night. Another possibility of what was happening was haemorrhagic pancreatitis. Beau has refused to eat or drink which is of course vital, but even more so, he needs something in his stomach or it will shut down and we will not be able to get him back.

The vet has put in a feeding tube to try to stabilise Beau whilst continuing to try to ascertain what was going on with him.

Beau’s foster family were allowed to visit him today.

The update from them is equally upsetting as every other update we’ve had since Monday morning, but they saw him, and hugged him and told him we are fighting for him.

Beau is incredibly sad and miserable. Bloody fluid was leaking from his bottom. He’s not eating or drinking for himself and the chances of him being allowed home in the next 24 are little to none.

Parvo tests have come back negative and the vets now believe that he has colitis (inflammation of the large intestine and/or colon) , but they have no idea why. It could be allergy related, it could be to do with his immune system, it could be an infection.

The vets are currently working through various tests, and going through his previous vet history with a fine tooth comb.

He’s a mystery, but we will keep investigating. He’s a young boy, we cannot let him down, we have to keep trying for him. We cannot just decide enough is enough and help him across the bridge.

We truly believe that he is not ready for his final journey, and the vets have not discussed that as an option. We honestly believe that we can help him overcome this sickness and come home.

We have to believe that; we have to keep fighting for Beau; we need his army.

We need every prayer, every drop of healing drawl, every share, every hope, every comment, love and hope you can share.

We also need to pay the vet bill which is in the region of £5,000 at the moment. We’ve done it before; Claude needed us and you donated £12,000 within 24 hours so we could save him and save him we did with your support.

Can you help us save Beau, this beautiful, loving, cuddly, special boy?

If you can donate anything, however small you will make a difference to his life. It is a case of saving his life right now.

You can donate via paypal – [email protected], via the bank account, sort code 40-34-27 account number 52372266 or via the link below. Honestly even a pound will help. If you can’t donate, please send your healing messages, we need them.

From his foster family:-

We didn’t get chance to bond with him much but in his short time here he climbed up onto my knee and went to sleep twice. He’s such a pleasant gentle boy.

He loves his cuddles, but equally he loves playing with toys and bitey face with the other hounds, we need him home. We need him back like this.

Beau’s original family are aware of his dire sitiation and are being kept up to date with his progress.

The photos below are distressing.