SO as many of you know my little baby girl Great Dane has HOD. Well i just changed vets (who i now love!) and she had a bad flare up. She wasnt responding to the medication he had given her the day before (which she had in the past once and it worked wonders for her) She was shaking, had a fever of 104, wouldnt eat or drink, and had bad diarrhea. The day before when i took her in to see him she weighed 37.8lbs, and the next day she only weighed 34lbs. she lost 3lbs overnight. so he examined her and wanted to keep her overnight which was very fine by me. well one night turned into two nights... they called me and let me know that they were having a hard time getting her fever down, and although they put a lot of fluids into her (IV) she still was a bit dehydrated and they wanted to keep her another night. fine by me i just want her feeling better! the first night she was in i had nightmares about losing her and i couldnt sleep, it was the worst flare up shes had yet. but finally yesterday night they called and told me she could probably come home today but they wanted my approval to do one last test on her. they want to test her liver function. he was telling me about the two levels of something the liver produces ( i cant remember the names of them) and that they were very very low. he thinks maybe her liver is contributing to her flare ups being so bad and hard to control. of course i gave him the ok!! the results of that take about 3 to 5 days to come in, but in the meantime i can have her home! he said shes eating like a maniac now, drinking, and is walking a little bit. he said he was happy to see her wagging her tail and being happy. i guess they really like her there too, shes such a sweetheart! i just thought id give some of you an update who wanted to know about her! i will say, im very happy with my new vet. they called me atleast 5 times in the 2 days she was there to let me know everything! im happy they care!