Comments | marinav: Corcodel

marinav

Corcodel

Apr 27, 2005 13:10

Two nights ago, my visiting MIL gave Corcodel a corn cob to chew on. He ate the whole thing and now we suspect he has an intestinal blockage, which is not surprising since he is only 17 lbs soaking wet. He woke up around 3 a.m. the morning after and threw up. Later, he passed some stuff that he had before the corn cob. There was nothing there that ( Read more... )

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tarwatersghost April 27 2005, 17:40:10 UTC

(((((((Marina))))))) I really hope that Corcodel is better soon. You've both been in my thoughts and will continue to be until he's back home.

marinav April 27 2005, 17:43:03 UTC

Thank you M., I appreciate it. I hope he pulls through. He's the sweetest little boy and deserves to live a long and happy life beside us.

marinav April 27 2005, 19:09:32 UTC

The more I read about this the more I realize that his chances of survival are not good. My heart is breaking. This is... I can't... I can't deal with it. The guilt is tearing me apart because I didn't take the cob away from him when I saw him chewing on it. I just took my MIL's word for it that her dog eats them all the time. How could I be so stupid! I've cried so much I don't have any tears left. All I can do now is sob in my pillow. I can't stop.

anagramatica April 28 2005, 00:34:15 UTC

Oh no!! :(
I am so sorry. This makes me so sad.
I'll be wishing good things for your poor little guy.
((((((((((hugs))))))))))))

marinav April 28 2005, 11:55:35 UTC

Thanks, Anna. This past night was the big test. I'll find out this morning if he did ok or not. The doc said he'll most likely be out of the woods if he does not vomit. I'm supposed to call her around 9:00 to find out how he did. That's more than an hour away and it feels like an eternity. All this waiting really get to me.

karl_with_a_k April 28 2005, 14:03:15 UTC

How scary! I hope he'll be okay!

UPDATE! marinav April 28 2005, 18:13:40 UTC

Ok. He is coming home today! He is to be watched today and overnight so that he doesn't throw up. He also needs to poop, which, apparently he has not done yet today. If he throws up, or if he doesn't poop, we are to call the doc in the morning.

I'm going to pick him up at 3:00 p.m. Let's hope everything stays down and comes out the right end.

Re: UPDATE! tarwatersghost April 29 2005, 00:05:12 UTC

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for him. Man oh man. Your MIL must feel awful, I'm guessing. Not that it was her fault.

Your baby will be so happy to be home!

Re: UPDATE! marinav April 29 2005, 02:15:15 UTC

She feels very guilty. I try to make her feel better but she's cried about it a couple of times and kissed him when he came back. I've never seen her kiss a dog, not even her own, so I can imagine how bad she feels.

I'm so very happy to have him back. If all goes well tomorrow, the doc says we should be out of the woods by tomorrow night. It was very... very... very scarry.

Re: UPDATE! anagramatica April 29 2005, 00:19:49 UTC

How's he been since he came home??

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