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This week has been one of the worst in my life. My dog Clementine is very sick and is fighting for her life in the hospital, and I need all your prayers. About three weeks ago, we noticed that Clemmie had stopped eating (she's normally very food motivated) and seemed to be wheezing. So we took her to the vet. They weren't sure what was wrong, but put her on antibiotics and gave her a shot of electroylites. She seemed a little bit better (probably because of the electroylites). We were supposed to get an xray but decided to put it off because she had started to eat a little and seemed better. My husband and I went on vacation, and when we came back, she got worst. She was hardly eating at all, and now had a terrible cough and started regurgetating contstantly. Our poor baby. We kept calling our vet, and had x-rays and more tests done, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong, thoguht maybe bronchitis. The vet changed her medicine again, but it was impossible to get any down her. Honestly, we are very upset with our vet because we feel she should have refered us to a specialist sooner. We kept calling to say she wasn't getting better.
Finally, last Wed., my husband took her to the specialist (he had to carry her to the car she was so weak) and they told us we had a very sick dog and Clemmie might not make it. She has pneuomia, but that was the least of our problems. They said she had a foreign object in her stomach(our vet never looked at her stomach or asked about her bowl movements-just focused on her chest) They put a camera down her stomach and saw that it was filled with compcated grass. So wed. night, they operated to get the grass out. There was nothing else in there, and no one knows why she ate that much grass.
Now, she is on oxygen and on an IV. She has a feeding tube in her stomach but so far she can't eat anything. Her esophygus is very damaged, and we don't know how long or if it will heal. We are waiting for test results on her intestines and gi tract to make sure that she doesn't have a disease. Every day, we go to visit her and she looks so sad.
My husband and I don't have kids yet. But this has been just devastating. We are so worried and the costs of her care are adding up. But we will do whatever we have to to save her life. The only silver lining is I realize how much I love this dog. I've posted before that we've thought about giving her up, but now all I want is for her to come home and be with us. I hope she'll be able to. Please let me know if you've experienced anything like this. I could use some positive news.
P.S. Our other basset Winston had to have minor surgery to remove a lump last monday. Luckily, the biopsy came back benighn and he's okay.
Finally, last Wed., my husband took her to the specialist (he had to carry her to the car she was so weak) and they told us we had a very sick dog and Clemmie might not make it. She has pneuomia, but that was the least of our problems. They said she had a foreign object in her stomach(our vet never looked at her stomach or asked about her bowl movements-just focused on her chest) They put a camera down her stomach and saw that it was filled with compcated grass. So wed. night, they operated to get the grass out. There was nothing else in there, and no one knows why she ate that much grass.
Now, she is on oxygen and on an IV. She has a feeding tube in her stomach but so far she can't eat anything. Her esophygus is very damaged, and we don't know how long or if it will heal. We are waiting for test results on her intestines and gi tract to make sure that she doesn't have a disease. Every day, we go to visit her and she looks so sad.
My husband and I don't have kids yet. But this has been just devastating. We are so worried and the costs of her care are adding up. But we will do whatever we have to to save her life. The only silver lining is I realize how much I love this dog. I've posted before that we've thought about giving her up, but now all I want is for her to come home and be with us. I hope she'll be able to. Please let me know if you've experienced anything like this. I could use some positive news.
P.S. Our other basset Winston had to have minor surgery to remove a lump last monday. Luckily, the biopsy came back benighn and he's okay.