My Dog Will be Confined At The Hospital for More Than a Week

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Pumba, my dog is almost ten years old and right now I am not prepared to see him go. When he had his check up early this year, he was placed on steroids and B-complex maintenance. Before that, we almost didn't sleep because we could feel his pain and discomfort. I and my husband carried him to the car because he couldn't walk already. He was given a shot of steroid. Since then, everytime we see him having difficulty moving, we would buy Prednisone. But two days ago, I was again crying helplessly while talking to our dog and asking him what was really happening. I could feel he was in pain. Remembering that and even as I write this experience right now, I am crying. At the hospital, he was extracted for blood chemistry and CBC. Liver tests are normal and the blood tests showed low platelet count. Now I know why I saw some blood in his stool. He still had to be observed for six days. Suspect is blood parasite which he was diagnosed of having in 2007 and just remained dormant in his blood. Also, the doc suspects hip dysplasia due to his age. This situation is very hard for us. Our dog is used to sleeping in our room, beside our bed, knowing we, his parents are with him al, the time. He is used to sleeping in an airconditioned room when the temperature outside really gets high. He is a baby who now feels alone in an animal hospital's huge cage. I would daily cry whenever we visit to feed him and he would just cry and move a lot almost wanting to go out of his cage, desperately asking to be home as we see in his teary eyes and almost husky voice. The attendants said this morning that during his second night at the hospital, he was just crying. Our baby dog feels very lonely. Whenever we come to visit him, we would tell him it's for his own good that he had to stay there temporarily especially that he was being given therapy and massage daily. Hey, dog lovers, have you been this extremely lonely about your dog? I just can't explain it, but our attachment is more like a real family. I am really crying right now..but writing this gives me such relief.