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"Janithor" |
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13 Nov 2007 04:37:39 AM |
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Bruno the dog |
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back.
She couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
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13 Nov 2007 09:38:40 AM |
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"Janithor" <Janithor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:47397E56.6040908@comcast.net...
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back.
She couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't
stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is
caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still
my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready
to
go back home.
i knew all that crapping in the house was a sign of something
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| User: "Jane" |
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| Title: Re: Bruno the dog |
13 Nov 2007 05:24:28 PM |
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"Janithor" <Janithor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:47397E56.6040908@comcast.net...
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he threw
up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away something
was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real fidgety and jerky
in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and forth. Something
definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke, reminded me a lot of
what wombn was like right after hers, one side of her body just shut down,
her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand, etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some sort
of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense of
balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like humans.
Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely from this, it
happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused by the loss of
a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be killing
my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do that. I know
it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my friend. I hope
this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went back to visit him, he
was struggling to get up, he was already ready to go back home.
Damn Thor :o(
How's he doing now?
Jane
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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13 Nov 2007 09:30:54 AM |
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"Janithor" <Janithor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:47397E56.6040908@comcast.net...
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he threw
up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away something
was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real fidgety and jerky
in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and forth. Something
definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke, reminded me a lot of
what wombn was like right after hers, one side of her body just shut down,
her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand, etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some sort
of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense of
balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like humans.
Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely from this, it
happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused by the loss of
a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be killing
my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do that. I know
it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my friend. I hope
this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went back to visit him, he
was struggling to get up, he was already ready to go back home.
Oh boy. :-( Well, it's good news for now Thor. Here's to a speedy recovery.
--
Rhi
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| User: "used2be" |
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13 Nov 2007 05:12:39 PM |
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"Janithor" <Janithor@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:47397E56.6040908@comcast.net...
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he threw
up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
this part makes me sad. :(
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be killing
my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do that. I know
it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my friend. I hope
this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went back to visit him, he
was struggling to get up, he was already ready to go back home.
i hope he gets okay again soon, thor. i know you don't need this right
now!!!
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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13 Nov 2007 09:39:49 AM |
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Janithor wrote...
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning.
She said he threw up. I was almost done, figured I could
clean when I got back. She couldn't get the words out, but
she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right
away something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and
he was real fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes
kept darting back and forth. Something definitely not
right. I immediately thought stroke, reminded me a lot of
what wombn was like right after hers, one side of her body
just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't
stand, etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks
it's some sort of transitory disruption of whatever part
that causes their sense of balance. She's not sure, but
she said dogs don't get strokes like humans. Most of the
time she said the dog recovers almost completely from this,
it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is
caused by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear
thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was
going to be killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now
I didn't have to do that. I know it's a matter of time, I
know he's old, but he's still my friend. I hope this plays
out like the vet thinks it might. I went back to visit
him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
I hope he's well enough to go home soon, Thor. It's hard when
our old friends get sick.
-lisa
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| User: "Den Fox" |
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13 Nov 2007 09:53:14 AM |
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On Nov 13, 5:37 am, Janithor <Janit...@comcast.net> wrote:
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back.
She couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
Poor Bruno. Hope he feels better today!
-Den Fox
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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13 Nov 2007 04:59:58 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 +0000, Janithor wrote:
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
What a relief it must have been for you to find out Bruno will be around
with you for longer. I thoroughly understand your attachment to Bruno. Dr
Freud is only 2 years old and two months and if something happened to him
I would seriously have to mourn. I hope Bruno is back on his feet right
away.
By the way, I replied to you by email about the song "Los Muchachos de mi
Barrio", I hope you got it.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
I'm not screwed up......It's all in my mind
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| User: "Janithor" |
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13 Nov 2007 05:04:42 AM |
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Teilhard Knight wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 +0000, Janithor wrote:
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
What a relief it must have been for you to find out Bruno will be around
with you for longer. I thoroughly understand your attachment to Bruno. Dr
Freud is only 2 years old and two months and if something happened to him
I would seriously have to mourn. I hope Bruno is back on his feet right
away.
By the way, I replied to you by email about the song "Los Muchachos de mi
Barrio", I hope you got it.
Yeah, I got it. I have to put together some pages yet, but I want to
send you what I've done from that book so far. Thanks Teil.
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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13 Nov 2007 04:45:16 PM |
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On 13 nov, 12:04, Janithor <Janit...@comcast.net> wrote:
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Teilhard Knight wrote:
<snip>
By the way, I replied to you by email about the song "Los Muchachos de mi
Barrio", I hope you got it.
Yeah, I got it. I have to put together some pages yet, but I want to
send you what I've done from that book so far. Thanks Teil.
Ummm, that sounds familiar ;-P
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| User: "elegy" |
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13 Nov 2007 06:22:49 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 GMT, Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net>
wrote:
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
old dog vestibular disease? i truly hope that's all it is. most dogs
are significantly better within a few days, and hopefully that'll be
the case for bruno as well. poor guy. poor you and wombn as well! it's
a very very scary thing.
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http://shattering.org
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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13 Nov 2007 08:01:44 AM |
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elegy wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 GMT, Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net>
wrote:
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
old dog vestibular disease? i truly hope that's all it is. most dogs
are significantly better within a few days, and hopefully that'll be
the case for bruno as well. poor guy. poor you and wombn as well! it's
a very very scary thing.
I'll echo those sentiments. Keep an eye on the old guy.
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| User: "Janithor" |
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13 Nov 2007 07:20:41 PM |
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elegy wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 GMT, Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net>
wrote:
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
old dog vestibular disease? i truly hope that's all it is. most dogs
are significantly better within a few days, and hopefully that'll be
the case for bruno as well. poor guy. poor you and wombn as well! it's
a very very scary thing.
Yes, the vestibular thing, that's it. The doc is betting on that, but
of course they give no guarantees, which I understand, diagnosing is not
mechanistic always. She said he's about the same today, he has the head
tilt, he's not eating so their giving him fluids and some anti-nausea
meds. So for now, I think it's just wait and see. She said usually
they can near a full recovery within a couple weeks, although he may
still have a slight head tilt.
Yeah, it was scary, very much deja vu. So, for now anyway, it's looking
better. Life is short and precious.
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| User: "" |
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13 Nov 2007 08:33:12 PM |
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On Nov 13, 5:20 pm, Janithor <Janit...@comcast.net> wrote:
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elegy wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:39 GMT, Janithor <Janit...@comcast.net>
wrote:
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
old dog vestibular disease? i truly hope that's all it is. most dogs
are significantly better within a few days, and hopefully that'll be
the case for bruno as well. poor guy. poor you and wombn as well! it's
a very very scary thing.
Yes, the vestibular thing, that's it. The doc is betting on that, but
of course they give no guarantees, which I understand, diagnosing is not
mechanistic always. She said he's about the same today, he has the head
tilt, he's not eating so their giving him fluids and some anti-nausea
meds. So for now, I think it's just wait and see. She said usually
they can near a full recovery within a couple weeks, although he may
still have a slight head tilt.
Yeah, it was scary, very much deja vu. So, for now anyway, it's looking
better. Life is short and precious.- Hide quoted text -
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I'm sorry you're all going through this right now, you know that. I
wish I could help somehow. At least this is good news Thor. I hope
he keeps progressing.
~Rose
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| User: "Truly Truls" |
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13 Nov 2007 08:28:08 AM |
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I'm sorry. It's so hard when friends like Bruno get elderly, be they
canine, feline, human, or otherwise.
I remember all the Bruno posts from wombn... I remember that they
irked some people, but I liked them. They made all of you so real to
me.
Best wishes to you, wombn, and Bruno.
TT
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Moving Beyond the Binary Gender Option
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| User: "mighty mouse" |
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13 Nov 2007 05:41:13 AM |
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Janithor wrote:
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back. She
couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
Poor Bruno!! I really hope the vet is right and he recovers completely.
It's really, really hard when our pets grow old....
Kylie
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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13 Nov 2007 04:43:34 PM |
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On 13 nov, 11:37, Janithor <Janit...@comcast.net> wrote:
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Got a call from wombn tonight while I was out cleaning. She said he
threw up. I was almost done, figured I could clean when I got back.
She couldn't get the words out, but she just implored me to come home.
So I get home, yup, he threw up. Then I look at him, right away
something was wrong. He was listing to one side, and he was real
fidgety and jerky in his movements. His eyes kept darting back and
forth. Something definitely not right. I immediately thought stroke,
reminded me a lot of what wombn was like right after hers, one side of
her body just shut down, her face was all scrunched, she couldn't stand,
etc...
So I take him to the vets. Long/short vet says she thinks it's some
sort of transitory disruption of whatever part that causes their sense
of balance. She's not sure, but she said dogs don't get strokes like
humans. Most of the time she said the dog recovers almost completely
from this, it happens to big dogs, sudden onset, the vomitting is caused
by the loss of a sense of equilibrium, an inner ear thing.
So, now I play the wait and see game. I thought I was going to be
killing my dog tonight, but fortunately for now I didn't have to do
that. I know it's a matter of time, I know he's old, but he's still my
friend. I hope this plays out like the vet thinks it might. I went
back to visit him, he was struggling to get up, he was already ready to
go back home.
<Sights> Aging dogs. Yeah, the time will come, sooner or later, but
for the time being it looks like he's going recover, and that's
what counts. Just keep an eye on him.
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