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Vet: Hi, so what's been going on with Bella? Owner: She's just been off for about three weeks. She'll throw up every few days, sometimes diarrhea, and she's really tired. It kind of comes and goes. Today she could barely get up. Vet: Is she eating? Owner: Picking at food. She was fine on her walks a month ago. Vet: Any chance she got into anything, trash, toys, medications? Owner: No, nothing I know of. Vet: Okay. Sorry, one sec — (phone rings) — okay. Vet: She's four, spayed, standard poodle, and today she weighs 21.4 kilos, down from 23 last time. Temp 99.1, heart rate is 60, that's low for how she's feeling, pulses are weak, gums are a little pale and tacky, CRT about 2.5 seconds, I'd call her 7 percent dehydrated. Belly is soft, no pain. Lungs clear. Vet: I want to run a CBC, chemistry and electrolytes today, get a urine sample, and start IV fluids while we wait. If the potassium is high like I suspect we'll talk about an ACTH stim test. Owner: Okay, whatever she needs.