Sick Dog

Harriet, the younger of my two Corgi's, has been throw up sick for the last three days. She was unable to keep anything down, food or water. Yesterday I took her to the vet in the morning after she threw up for the 6th time. $132 later I knew that she was sick and throwing up but vet was not sure why. Could be that she had a fever of 103 instead of normal temperature of 101, could be she ate something she should not have eaten. Could be she had an intestinal blockage. The real problem was other than throwing up she had no other signs or symptoms. So they shot her full of water under her skin, gave her vitamin B and antibiotics and home we went. She threw up again that afternoon so back to the vet. Another $132 and we now had x-rays and knew there was nothing metal in her stomach. More water under the skin, more vitamin B and more pills to control the vomiting. No food or water until this morning but call vet before feeding.

This morning we called the vet and are now giving her just small amounts of water and if she holds that down, which she has, we can give her several teaspoons of a very bland canned food the vet gave me yesterday. The vet has called me twice so far to see how she is doing. My doctor never calls to see how I'm doing but then the vet charges more than my doctor. Maybe the vet's calling back so often shows just how concerned we are with our pets. We do place a very high value on our dogs and cats. I think that having something that is totally dependent on you for its well being in some odd way helps us relive our child rearing days and fills that void in our life. I'm watching Harriet as closely as I ever watched our two boys when they were sick and on a certain level I'm as concerned for her as I ever was for the boys. Don't tell the boys they already think its creepy when I say the dogs are my kids.