13 year old Westie sick! Should I take her to an emergency vet?
I have a 13 year old Westie, Maggie, and she is sick. She is an incredibly healthy dog and until this point I have never had to take care of a sick animal.
I have noticed subtle changes and thought they just had to do with being a senior dog.
However, today when I got home from work I noticed an array of problems. She has little appetite. She has not eaten any of her own dog food so I tried steamed rice, eggs, and chicken. The only thing she ate was a little bit of chicken. Also, she is having problems defecating. She is constipated, but when I took her outside to go potty she had diarrea. She has been shivering mush like a human with a cold. She got cold so I wrapped her in a heating blanket and she seems better. And the most alarming problem is that when I first got home I was petting her and she uncontrollably urinated on the couch. Now this is not the first time that that has happened. A few months ago she accidentally peed on the bed while sleeping so I just made sure to take her out more often to go potty. The urinating problem seemed to go away until today.
I'm not sure if she needs to see a vet right away or of it can wait. I already called the vet and told them the symptoms. They said that the earliest appointment would be Tuesday (4 days away). Is that soon enough? Please help!
Thank you.