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yep thats him!! we had another scare on friday night, but nope, he's fine. i never thought in my life that when i got a puppy i'd be so happy to be picking up his poo!!!

Yay!!!!!!!! Middie seems to be a-okay!!! Seemed very depressed and not good till we got him in the car and he started wagging his little tail and trying to lick my face. Then when we got him home he was running and jumping on us. And he just started barking at me cos fed him but we have to only feed him really small amounts, and then gradually increase it, so he started barking at me i guess cos he was hungry, first time he's ever barked at me for that before! Yay! :rolleyes: So looks like everything is fine, we have to keep him on cooked chicken for the next few days then ease him back ti his normal diet, and give him tablets morning and night and keep an eye on him of course. He's getting lots of cuddles and kisses tonight! :D

Middie is coming home! Yay! Just rung, and she told me to come down and get him at about quarter past 6 cos they'll be finished with appointments by then. Yay! But i still wish we knew what was wrong with him?? Oh well, i'm gonna ask the vet when we go down.

Yeah we've been trying to work out what it could be. No cling wrap or plastic bags at home, but work is in a house which backs on to the railway traks, so sometimes rubbish blows in here. And mum and dad live next door to the primary school, so he could have picked up something thats blown over the fence when he's been there. And he was out on a farm at camden just before he started feeling ill, so he could have very well picked up something plasticy and any of those places!

Well I just rung, and they've taken x-rays last night and x-rays again this morning, and the barium appears to be passing fine with no blockage. She also said he appears to be looking a little better, so they will make a decision today as to whether he will be released to come home. So i have to ring them at 3:30 to see whether we can go pick him up. My question is - what is wrong with him??? As much as I want him to come home, I don't want him to come home and have us feed him and the same thing happens!! Oh well, I guess at least if he's at home he'll feel a bit happier, and I'll be keeping a very concerned eye on him anyway!!

Still no news. Vet didn't ring last night, so I'm going to ring at 9:01 this morning! ;) to L.B. I can't sleep!!! I guess no news is good news. hmmm.... maybe. Had a big cry last night when we went upstairs to bed and saw his little (well it's actually massive with a divider in the middle!!) crate beside the bed, it just set me off!! We were wondering though...... what happens at the vets at night??? Do they just turn the lights off lock the door and go home? Or does someone watch the dogs there or whats the go?? If they leave them there by themselves what if something happens, do they just ring you up in the morning and go sorry, your dog died last night?? (Not that I think that's going to happen to Middie, just curious??)

Yep, he definitely isn't happy when vet examines him, still very tense when she tries, and very shaky and looks like he is in pain. I'm waiting on vet to ring back still. they're keeping him overnight tonight again on the iv, and taking xrays i think now cos he's been given the barium today. Apparently he hasn't completely emptied his bowel, still some left in there, so could be a partial obstruction. She said it could be that some of his bowel has been pushed down into another bit, but it didn't look like it. I just wish we knew what was going on!! It's so terrible not knowing what the problem is. And we keep on racking our brains to work out what we could have left around for him to swallow. I keep annoying the vets ringing up to find out whats wrong!! Poor little guy, he hasn't had a very good start to everything has he?

Feels like it doesn't it!! Thanks for well wishes everyone!

Well the vet just rung..... He's still not well, but they can't see anything on the x-ray. He's emtpied a bit more of his bowel (doesn't that sound a bit more proper!) so she can feel it better, but can't feel anything in there. and he hasn't been vomiting so she doesn't think it's his stomach or upper intestines. So she's going to give him the barium balls that they used with your dog persephone, to see if there's something in there they can't see. And operating is the last resort. So he'll probably be in there again tonight!!!!

And thank you to everyone for their well wishes!!!!! I think the girls at work think i'm crazy getting so worried, but he's my little fur baby!!

Just rung, and apaprently he's still not good, did a little tiny poo, but still looking ill and shaky, so they're going to take the x-rays at lunch time. I asked if i could go visit him, but she said they'll be in surgery from about half an hour from now till 3. so they'll ring me when they do x-rays. I wish i could wave a magic wand and fix him!! This is an awful feeling!! I'm never having children!!

Waiting on vet to ring now and let me know whats going on. Perhaps i should ring them?? I've been up since dan got up at 530 this morning couldn't sleep, cos usually he gets up lets middie out for wees etc has a bit of a play, then when he leaves he brings him up and puts him on the bed with me till i get up at 630 - 7 (depending on how tired i am) But this morning, no middie!!!!

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Turns out poor Middie is a sick boy after all! He tricked me by pepping up after his return from the vets, and was good the next morning, did a couple of poos (sorry for being so blunt!) which was very relieving for both of us I'm sure! But I took him down to the vets again this morning cos he hasn't poo'd since yesterday morning, even though i've put sardines and oil and a bit of metamucil mixed up through his food for brekky yesterday, and he stopped eating, playing and doing anything other than lay around looking at me with those sad eyes!! Started going downhill again last night and although he hasn't been vomiting or anything like that he just looked terrible and then he started shaking so I had to take him down. So poor little fella has had an enema, and although that passed some stuff ( ) vet said he was still shaky and not very happy, so they x-rayed him. And his stomach is so full of undigested stuff they can't see anything. This has apparently confirmed what vet was thinking, that his digestive system has shut down, hence no poos so they're putting him on an IV drip and lubricated him up with some sort of gel stuff to see if he'll push some of it out naturally so they can take more x-rays with it cleared to see whether he's swallowed something (very unlike him as the only thing we've found that he's chewed that he shouldn't is a hair clip of mine and that's still whole, only a few teeth marks in it, no chewing on table legs or thongs or shoes or anything from him until now!) and that's whats causing blockage or whether there's something wrong with his intestines!!!! Poor Middie!!!! He's going to be so lonely tonight!!!! And poor guy has been poked and prodded and put through more than any dog should have to!!! Vet is ringing us in morning to let us know how he is and what is going on. I feel awful! Poor puppy! Hopefully it turns out to be something simple!!!! What a crap week! My dad fell off the roof on the weekend and can hardly walk, Daniel's mum is in hospital for operation, Middie's sick and i woke up this morning with period pain so bad i was dry retching! Went to the doctor to ask her to prescribe me something and idiot doctor told me to take naprogesic, sleep longer hours, exercise more and eat better!!!!! Told her naprogesic doesn't work, and she told me I have to take it before period pain starts!!!!!! Too late for this period, you'll have to wait for next period!!!! Stupid doctors!!! Can't wait till this weeks over!!!

Yep, he's poo'd a couple times today! One of his poo's had some bark through it, so that might have been it, cos vet said his stomach felt much softer. Yeah he gets sardines in his food once a week, I might up that though. But now I know why he loves sardines so much! I wasn't sure whether he'd eat them when I gave them to him, but he woofs them down!