pie Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Poor Little Jak She's in good hands, fingers crossed she can come home tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah L Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Rest well Rhi, so looking forward to hearing that she can be back home with you soon. If you post in the photo section can you let me know so I can go take a look. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Oh no i am only just seeing this now . Sending lots of healing vibes for Jak and for you to 'Mum'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks Clover - it's not good and very worrying, but my little girl has plenty of spark and so am hoping she recovers quickly and fully :-) Pinnacle here's a couple of pics of the terror herself... One as just a wee pup and one taken maybe a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah L Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks Clover - it's not good and very worrying, but my little girl has plenty of spark and so am hoping she recovers quickly and fully :-)Pinnacle here's a couple of pics of the terror herself... One as just a wee pup and one taken maybe a month ago. What a beautiful puppy and such lovely dark eyes. I can see that she is quite a character. You picked a good one Rhi. Tell me anyone who would not want to cuddle her to death. When she is home and well again can we have a pic of her doing zoomies. Maybe we could start a photo forum and get people to post, my dog doing zoomies this would be fun. What do you think? Anyway hope you get a good nights rest and sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 haha sounds good. She does such wonderful zoomies, but more so in the backyard now rather than inside. It took her headbutting the coffee table on two occasions for her to realise that trying to jump onto the couch whilst running underneath the coffee table would end in quite the headache! haha. Now she does figure 8's in the yard and I think sometimes surprises herself at just how quick she is. You know when you do a sprint and you feel that you're running way too fast for your legs to cope or catch up? Yeah well I think she does that lol. My little munchkin. Thanks everyone, you've been great :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi all, Well I have spoken with the vet this morning and she is doing much better. She had some food about 20 minutes ago and has thus far managed to keep it down. Yay! He is treating it as a bout of gastroentirits, although concedes that she could possibly have had a reaction to the painkillers he prescribed for her leg. He said her asophygus has been burned because of all the vomiting and she's having like a reflux sort of effect, so the burning is making her think there's still something there to get rid of, when really there isn't. Poor baby :-( All things going well, i.e. keeping her food down, he will take her off the drip early this afternoon and I can pick her up around 5.30/6 pm. I feel much better now having spoken to him. Not that the vet nurse isn't great, but this one in particular just doesn't seem to have the "bedside manner" that the other vet nurse and the vet himself have. It's almost like she's indifferent, and doesn't exactly display much (if any) compassion, and getting information out of her has been like pulling teeth. So when I called this morning I listened to her bumble and then asked to speak to the vet himself. Oh well. He said she's bright and bubbly, which is great :-) Like I said, I feel much better now, I've been so worried about her. With any luck my little girl will be at home tonight receiving many cuddles and a ridiculous amount of kisses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Hi all,Well I have spoken with the vet this morning and she is doing much better. She had some food about 20 minutes ago and has thus far managed to keep it down. Yay! He is treating it as a bout of gastroentirits, although concedes that she could possibly have had a reaction to the painkillers he prescribed for her leg. He said her asophygus has been burned because of all the vomiting and she's having like a reflux sort of effect, so the burning is making her think there's still something there to get rid of, when really there isn't. Poor baby :-( All things going well, i.e. keeping her food down, he will take her off the drip early this afternoon and I can pick her up around 5.30/6 pm. I feel much better now having spoken to him. Not that the vet nurse isn't great, but this one in particular just doesn't seem to have the "bedside manner" that the other vet nurse and the vet himself have. It's almost like she's indifferent, and doesn't exactly display much (if any) compassion, and getting information out of her has been like pulling teeth. So when I called this morning I listened to her bumble and then asked to speak to the vet himself. Oh well. He said she's bright and bubbly, which is great :-) Like I said, I feel much better now, I've been so worried about her. With any luck my little girl will be at home tonight receiving many cuddles and a ridiculous amount of kisses That sounds great! Kisses for Jak when she comes back Good for you for asking to talk to the vet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Good to hear! Glad she is doing better, and fingers crossed she can cme home tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah L Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Hi Rhi, that's good to hear that little Jak has kept some food down, She will be so excited to see you tonight. I am glad she is getting better. It won't be long before she will be doing zoomies again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling_dawn Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Thats great to hear Rhi hope she has a good sleep and feels much better poor baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 I just rang the vet again to make sure she was still on track to come home tonight and she is! YAY!!! Apparently she's bouncing off the walls haha. He said to me "Did 'so and so' tell you yesterday that she'd had some diarrhoea?'... Um, no.... the vet nurse with no bedside manner did NOT tell me! Yikes. That makes sense now as to why they think it's gastroentiritis. Sheesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Nasty Nurse. I can just imagine Jak bouncing off the walls at the vets too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistinctivelyTish Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 That's good to hear all went well! I know what you mean about the zoomies and legs not catching up thing! lol. Morgan does the same thing and falls over because her legs can't keep up. The poor dear is getting desexed on Friday, so it'll be my turn to fret next! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) Hi all, Well Jak is at home now, but it appears that she's still got a fair way to go before she's her old self again :-( She seems to just sit, retch, lay down... Then she sits up, retches and lays down again. Not much of a routine, but she's getting there. She seems very tired so has been having lots of naps upon arriving home. I have decided not to crate her as I need to be able to tell when she is on the improve, and I can't do that when she's confined to her crate. My dog LOVES to run, but so far a slow walk is all she can manage, and sometimes not even that. She appears to have lost alot of weight too, which isn't all that surprising considering that she probably has not retained any food since last Thursday. Hmm. Her stomach also appears quite distended. She's sitting behind me now retching. Oh man this isn't fun... She has received many cuddles and kisses and seems quite content to just sit next to me or snuggle up if I'm also laying down. This is out of the ordinary too but I am liking this change haha. Anyway, will keep you all posted with her progress. I am at home with her today, and will see how she is in the morning before I decide whether to go to work or not, but at this stage I feel that I'll probably be at home all week keeping an eye on her. Oh, I forgot to add that the other vet nurse got in to work this morning and saw that Jak had been there so she called me straight away to see how she was. She's our favourite :-) haha. Rhi & Jak Edited July 31, 2007 by Rhi & Jak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah L Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Hi Rhi, saw your last post, poor Jak we are all thinking of you both. What medication is she on and is she keeping food down. How is her fluid intake. I so hope she gets better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Still sending lots of get well vibes Jak's way, i hope the poor girl is back to normal asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhi*Jak*Ed Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 She's actually not on any medication... She was on Prevacox when I first brought her home from her desexing, but the vet has now taken her off that so she's not on any at the moment. She's drinking fine, just when she feels like it and is weeing and pooing ok too, which is good. She kept her dinner down last night but has only managed two mouthfuls of food this morning, nothing since. He's sent her home on the i/d diet. I don't know why she's still retching - it all seems too much for her and everything she does looks like it's quite the effort, including breathing. Very laboured... The only time it seems "normal" is when she's asleep. Thanks Clover :-) I hope she becomes Jak again soon. Ooh good sign, she just put her teeth around the iron cord haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I know exactly what you mean. It's it ironic that when they are fine we obsess about them chewing, digging, barking etc and when they get sick we dream about them getting better to chew some more. Go Jak, chew come cords, make us proud LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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