I was worrying about Lola having surgery yesterday and coming home groggy and in pain today. I'm relieved to report Lola has been home for three hours and is great shape. She just ate a small meal, has been drinking water and finally gave up protesting about having to stay in her expen. Whew....what a relief.
Today Lola is having a hard time. Poor baby is lethargic and throwing up. We went back to have the vet check her out. Everything was normal...no fever nor dehydration. Surgical site is fine. She was given a Cerenia injection and I have Cerenia pills to start tomorrow. It's so difficult to see her looking so sad.
Lola started acting constipated. An "anal explosion" a little while ago would make it seem like she's over it. Poor baby.
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Well, it's about an hour later and I think the worst is over. Lola was literally standing and draining liquid stool. At other times she was squatting and leaving brown pools behind her. Being concerned about the vomiting this morning I may have let her drink way too much water. Doc said she wasn't dehydrated...so my bad.
Lol is cleaned up and sleeping now. I've scrubbed expen flooring, shampooed spots on carpet and hosed off the patio. I had to put her outdoors (penned in patio area)for a little while due to running out of places to put her while cleaning.
One "bright" spot in all this...after a bout with pneumonia two years ago my sense of smell is all but gone. I was able to reassure Lola that she wasn't doing anything wrong without gagging while talking to her.
Oh my goodness. I've been popping in to check on Lola (knowing Java is going to have to go through this) and although I know it's probably messy, I had to laugh when I read you ran out of places to put her while you cleaned. Poor Lola. Poor you. And I do hope the worst is over.
Geez, that's too bad! Hope she gets feeling better! The Cerenia sure helped Layla last week. Your post and all the clean up was too familiar, so I feel your pain and hope the worst is over for you both.
Well Lola slept like a log for about five straight hours. She just got up, nibbled at a little bit of boiled chicken, walked around in her expen, peed, rearranged her bedding and laid back down.
What a rough day for a little girl. I could tell she didn't understand what was happening with her malfunctioning body. Now for an uneventful overnight......
We had a good night's sleep and a better morning. Lola's back to relatively normal now, thank goodness. She's quietly laying on her mat chewing on a hardened, freezer kept bully stick. "Quietly" is the key word. Lol.
Thanks for all the well wishes. We should be back on track now.
Well....apparently Lola's tummy is still sensitive. She's had a couple small bouts of liquid diarrhea again today. She won't eat pumpkin so we got some meds from the vet to hopefully control this. She's still in good spirits though and has actually quit carrying on about being in her expen.
Note to self...continue expen sessions after she gets well.
Hoping Lola is feeling better today. Just thought I would mention if Scout or Truffles has any loose stool we add a little cottage cheese to their food and that has always fixed the problem. :biggrin1:
Back to square one with the diarrhea. This morning it was liquid with blood so I was back to the vet's office for metro. She's now on Diawin, Metro and a bland diet.
I thought she might be well on the road to recovery based on how happy and energetic she was this morning. Wrong. This is crazy but at least she is staying upbeat compared to how down and out she was on Wednesday. That's when she spent half the morning vomiting. I wonder if the thick bully stick, even though it was hard and only more of a pacifier, contributed to this?
I'm sure glad Lola is so good at using her pee pads and that the vinyl flooring remnants in her expen contains "run off". 40 years of dog ownership and this is the first time anything like this occurred with a spay or neuter. Now it's down to hoping my little girl gets over this
I hope Lola is feeling better. Isn't she a good little girl to use her pee pads even when she isn't feeling well.
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