Sunday, July 14, 2013

The last two days

Bella is going to drive me to drink.
Only 9 weeks old and she has already seen the inside of the Emergency Room.
Two nights ago Bella stole some bread pudding I had stupidly left within her reach. I let her out of my sight for maybe 5 minutes but that was long enough. And the bread pudding had raisins in it which can be very harmful to dogs, causing kidney damage.
Because of her size and young age, after consulting with Poison Control, off we went to the local animal ER. They kept her overnight. They induced vomiting and gave her fluids, and overnight and monitored her output and blood levels.
The next morning she was transferred to my local pet hospital her in town because the emergency hospital is not open when other vet offices are.
She stayed there all day with the same care and continued to do well.
That evening [Friday] she went back to the emergency hospital for another night of fluids, blood work and monitoring. Because the next day was Saturday she stayed there all day.
Last night around 9:30 PM they told me she could come home. She had passed the crucial 48 hours with no obvious side effects.
She has to be on a special diet for two days and drink lots of fluids but so far she doesn't seem the worse for wear.
I on the other hand have a few more gray hairs that my hairdresser will have to work with.
Bella during one of her transports
Home at last

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