Ohhh what a day!

[middleofnowhere]

What a day! I think I'm looking for comisseration -- I think I've figured out my course of action.

I woke up about 5 am to two large odiforous and fragerant piles of excrement on my bed with Barker the Elder starting to clean up after herself.

I cleaned this up, cleaned BTE up, deoderized the house, subsequently had two more bouts and two spots of vomit to clean up.

BTE would not voluntarily eat her anti diahhrea fiber pill nor would she eat her heart meds (vetmedin). I have misplaced my vets cell number (I really don't like to call her) and, uncharacteristically, the techs aren't responding to my voice message like they usually do on weekends.

She has had a little bit of water without vomitting and alternates resting & being alert. I think it is resolving.

Back story to this is that she is on day 4 of a 5 day break from the me... whatever it is that she gets for bacterial overgrowth.

If she hadn't vomitted, I would have pilled her with both her vetmedin (heart meds) and her fiber pill. Since she vomitted I opted not to do that.

Well, now Barker the Younger got screwed out of her day at the barn because I couldn't leave BTE.... My washer got a workout (not done quite yet) and my house and puppy still smell sickly. Tomorrow sees a quick drop off at the vets for her, Tuesday BTY goes in for chemo....

I have decided unless she (BTE) shows signs of tanking I will skip the e vet. These are the vet runs where I really could use a van or a stationwagon - the cab of a truck is just a little too cozy a little too hard to clean for situations like this.

So she's showing signs of rallying (we'd be off to a vet or on the phone with some vet if she weren't) and I hope that is it for a while. Tonight I sleep with a plastic table cloth on top with towel over that....... It'll be noisy but tomorrow morning I'm not going to have a lot of time for laundry!

[LJsMom]

I've been in your shoes. I like the plastic table cloth idea. Wish I had thought of that! I hope BTE continues to improve. Big hugs.

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Hoping that she continues to rally, that you can both get a good night's rest (even with that crinkle nose of the curtain-they are a good thing), and that there's good news tomorrow.

[middleofnowhere]

Well, I'm not sure whether she's getting better or not. She's eaten about 2 T of baby food. She's too weak to get her hindquarter's together.
I think I'm going to have to lift her into the truck tomorrow. I guess I'll squish up the vetmedin into some babyfood for the next round of food. I'm going to bring a cot mattress up & join her on the floor. I'd go to the e vet except I don't want them to keep her there. If I thought they would do something and I could get my dog back, I'd go but if things aren't going to work out, I'd rather she die at my vets. Maybe that's crazy but that's how I'm thinking right now.

[BowWowMeow]

Oh dear. I'm so sorry she's not doing well. Will she take broth? Is this something new or has she been steadily going downhill?

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Yeah, maybe getting some fluids in her will help her appetite. I don't even know what I am saying, just want to be positive for BTE.

[middleofnowhere]

We've had recurring bouts of bacterial overgrowth. She's 13 getting close to 14. We had an ultrasound a couple of years ago to satisfy ourselves (vet & I) that nothing else was going on. She's been on vetmedin for a while.

[Mary Jane]

What was the night like?

MJ

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Checking on BTE!

[BowWowMeow]

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