What a WEEK I'm having! But is nothing compared to what poor Prudence has suffered.
She wouldn't eat again last night, and this morning she was wretching up even water again. I have watched her melt away this week. The harness that fit on Sunday was baggy today.
So off to the vet again for what we all thought was only 24hrs of IV and meds.
Nope. In the middle of my classes (I teach from 11am-8pm straight through) I get a message to call the vet. Her spleen was enlarged and wrapped around her stomach. Her stomach was "bloating" in what they said is certain death in a matter of hours.
She would have died without surgery and only had a small chance of surviving that.
Well, she made it through the surgery, (spleen removal and part of her stomach) but has about a 70% chance of dying in the next 24 hours.
So, I am riddled with guilt that I should have taken her into emergency sooner. The Vet did say there really wasn't anything that I should have done differently. But, I'm still very guilt stressed about the whole thing.
I'm assuming that Craig (the dog dad) will come home when/if Prudence makes it out of the emergency care. I SOOO cannot be doing post surgery dog care.
I got a small reprieve on some things that were due tomorrow and that is a help. But it just piles me up on what is coming up next week.
Ah well, I still say I've had it a lot better then poor Prudence this week.
5 comments:
Ahh man! That is tough. Poor dog. I remember when the one cat we had that sirvied the wilds of Carnation got sick the first night we left it in the house moving to Tukwila. I rushed it to the vet (guilt ridden - "I shouldn't have left it there in a strange new house..." It died with internal problmes- nothing that could have been prevented or predicted - but massive guilt none the less. I hope you catch a break here soon. I'm pulling for you and the pooch.
Oh no. That poor, poor dog. And poor Kelly, too. It kind of sounds like her whole world is falling apart. I hope Prudence makes it, and hopefully "daddy" comes home to take care of her. And it sounds like you've done all you could do to take care of her. By the way, who is paying for all those vet trips? That can't be cheap.
One more thing- you CANNOT blame yourself for all of this, even if she does pass away. She didn't get lime disease under your watch. There are very effective monthly treatments on the market that repel ticks and fleas, so it's my guess that whoever had her in Michigan wasn't keeping her up to date on her advantix drops. That's exactly why I found a better home for Lily. I couldn't afford her monthly preventative medicine, so I found someone who could (that wasn't the only reason, but one of the main ones). So don't blame yourself, it's just really crappy timing.
Oh, thanks Kelsey!! I have felt soo guilty.
I guess the stomach twist thing is not caused solely by the Lime disease, but the vet says things like this often happen when owners leave. They don't know why, but apparently the upset of the dog brings to head all sorts of problems that may have been lying dormant.
Geez! I just kept thinking I should have taken her back sooner.
The "daddy" is paying for the vet trips. and it isn't cheap!
So, Scott's not even a dog and I was feeling guilty for not taking him to the er soon enough. He was dehydrated and spent several hours there in the hall while I watched all the strange people go by. If I waited that long for a person I'm fighting to keep alive, anyway, I'm pretty sure that dog would've been dead on my watch.
Stupid dog, giving my friend grief. Man, what's this life coming to
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