I have an 8 or 9 year old Lhasa apso girl (about 12lbs) she is the sweetest girl ever she is my best friend, I spend most of the day holding her (I work at home), and she is basically a major part of my life. Well recently we thought she may be getting lonely when we are out, and we got a new puppy 8 week old Papillon. At first they began to socialize and they got pretty close. Then my Lhasa apso got sick and she stopped eating, and I thought that I had to give away my puppy because I was worried my Lhasa who was an only child was so upset that she was losing the will to live, eat, walk ect.. But that wasn't it, there was a real problem with my Lhasa Apso, she was feeling very neauseas and she was drooling, wouldn't eat, wouldn't walk like she used to normall, breathing was labored almost sounded like a wheezing, or like when she is snoring.
I took her to one of those ultra expensive emergency rooms for pets, here near tampa florida. They are a full care hospital/surgery ultrasound everything there. We were horrified to learn that she would have to stay ther overnight, the xrays revealed an enlarged stomach with a lot of fluid, and there was some particulate matter stuck throughout her stomach and intestine, the only thing this could have possibly been was ground rawhide sticks (she ate it like a treat)
well we left her there over night on IV, almost 24 hours we went to get her, she wasn't much better only slightly slightly imporved!, now she needs an ultra sound, if that doesn't tell us what it is, she may need exploratory surgery they tell me.
we took her home, and an hour or two later we had to bring her back as she was still throwing up fluids!, I am very scared, I feel like she will recover, but this is my baby. this is killing me and I am having a very hard time coping with this as well as my fiance!!
I guess I am just sitting here in the middle of the night worried about my poor dog, and I guess I just need your prayers and your kind words,
Its so difficult to own an animal to me now I worry about in the future when she get really old, I don't know how I can handle this emotionally, I feel all alone, and so stuck all of a suddon in this nightmare. I have already spend close to 2500 dollars in vet bills, and I could care less, I would give all my money right now for that dog to feel better without hesitation! I feel like the veterinary place is really out to get money, and even though it is the best place so I have heard and read, I feel like they play on your emotions to get you to overpay, to extremely overpay. I wonder about the veterinary community, and how they care so much about the pets, but if I ran out of money, they would give my dog to the aspca, which won't happen but where is the real compassion? Maybe I'm just angry, but they grab you by the heart, and wheras I would spend every dollar on my pet it doesn't change the fact that I spent my life working for it.
thanks for your help I am struggling emotionally and very depressed
I took her to one of those ultra expensive emergency rooms for pets, here near tampa florida. They are a full care hospital/surgery ultrasound everything there. We were horrified to learn that she would have to stay ther overnight, the xrays revealed an enlarged stomach with a lot of fluid, and there was some particulate matter stuck throughout her stomach and intestine, the only thing this could have possibly been was ground rawhide sticks (she ate it like a treat)
well we left her there over night on IV, almost 24 hours we went to get her, she wasn't much better only slightly slightly imporved!, now she needs an ultra sound, if that doesn't tell us what it is, she may need exploratory surgery they tell me.
we took her home, and an hour or two later we had to bring her back as she was still throwing up fluids!, I am very scared, I feel like she will recover, but this is my baby. this is killing me and I am having a very hard time coping with this as well as my fiance!!
I guess I am just sitting here in the middle of the night worried about my poor dog, and I guess I just need your prayers and your kind words,
Its so difficult to own an animal to me now I worry about in the future when she get really old, I don't know how I can handle this emotionally, I feel all alone, and so stuck all of a suddon in this nightmare. I have already spend close to 2500 dollars in vet bills, and I could care less, I would give all my money right now for that dog to feel better without hesitation! I feel like the veterinary place is really out to get money, and even though it is the best place so I have heard and read, I feel like they play on your emotions to get you to overpay, to extremely overpay. I wonder about the veterinary community, and how they care so much about the pets, but if I ran out of money, they would give my dog to the aspca, which won't happen but where is the real compassion? Maybe I'm just angry, but they grab you by the heart, and wheras I would spend every dollar on my pet it doesn't change the fact that I spent my life working for it.
thanks for your help I am struggling emotionally and very depressed