**** Possible emergency for Nova

[.sarah]

At about 8:20 tonight I gave all four of my dogs their first marrow bone. Nova started vigorously chewing and I was worried she'd break a tooth so I took hers away. About 5 minutes later she vomited. It looked like food. About 10-15 minutes later she vomited again, this one also looked like food. And about 10 minutes later she vomited again, this time no food, no bile, just looked like water and smelled TERRIBLE.

It's been about 2 hours since I gave the marrow bone, maybe 1.5 hours since I took it away. She keeps vomiting repeatedly, and even within me typing this message she has vomited 4 times. She has vomited upwards of ten times.

Okay, she just vomited AGAIN. Please keep her in your thoughts, she's miserable right now.

Any advice is appreciated as well.

[Cookiebaker]

Oh, Nova, I'm so scared for you! Prayers on the way for you, and Sarah, take care of yourself, too. Please check in when you can -- I'll be checking in often for an update!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Oh no, Sarah! (((HUGS)))
I hope Nova will be okay. Sounds like maybe she just got into something she wasn't supposed to? Lily got into cat food once, and then she started puking for 2+ hours straight. I hope it's nothing too serious!
Good Luck to you and Nova.

[luvofallhorses]

she'll be in my thoughts. ((hugs)) please keep u s updated.

[Kfamr]

Emergency vets, ASAP.


:( :( :(

[.sarah]

Emergency vets, ASAP.


:( :( :(
Definetly! Sorry I didn't mention that, we're looking up the number right now.

[Kfamr]

Not sure how close these are to you...


ALL PETS EMERGENCY TREATMENT 850-385-8181
TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303


Allied Veterinarians Emergency Hospital
(850) 222-0123

[lute]

oh no Nova! to the white coats now! :( prayers and good thought to Nova and you.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Oh my goodness! How scary! :eek: :(
Please keep is updated on Nova... prayers being sent on the way...

[Flatcoatluver]

Please keep us updated!! I will be thinking about Nova. :eek: :(

[cloverfdx]

Oh dear :(, good vibes coming your way {{Hugs}}. Feel better soon Nova.

[BC_MoM]

I know marrow bones are hard on the tummy the first few times but I don't think the side effects come that quickly!!
You'll be in my thoughts, Nova! <33 .. and you, Sarah!
Please update us ASAP!

[Sevaede]

Oh nos! :( It's very awesome that you're taking her to the emergency vets. Let us know how it goes! :(

[Lobodeb]

Good luck at the white coats, Nova! I hope it's nothing serious. :(

[RobiLee]

Praying that Nova is ok. {{HUGS}}

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Poor Nova (and you)! I hope she'll be alright :(

[wolfsoul]

If it smells really horrible, I'd be worrited about parvo. :( I hope everything is alright, let us know what the vet says.

[bckrazy]

=( OMG, Nova! Poor girl. I really hope everything is alright!

[.sarah]

Thanks so much everyone for keeping her in your thoughts!

On the way there she vomited in the car. We decided to have blood drawn to check for pancreatitis and any other problem. The vet was in surgery and we had to wait to see her and get the results. While we were waiting Nova got that look on her face like she had to vomit again, and when she did, out came a sock! :eek: She had a blockage!

Bloodwork is normal and other than an upset tummy she's doing fine now. She can eat and drink again in the morning. She's no longer going to be free when we leave the house. Not sure how long it will be before we'll be able to trust her out again.She'd eat a brick if we buttered it for goodness sakes!

We believe the marrow bone actually triggered an upset stomach because it could not pass and is so rich (she ate her meal just fine and kept it down, but vomited it up later tonight after she got the bone). If we hadn't given her that there's a good chance she would have continued trying to digest the sock tonight and it may have required surgery.

Anyway, she's doing good. She's just a Lab who eats everything. :rolleyes: :D

[Lobodeb]

Whew!! I'm so relieved for you. What a terrible scare!

Glad to hear she's doing better.

What was it that she ate that caused the blockage?

[.sarah]

What was it that she ate that caused the blockage?
A sock ;)

[Jessika]

A sock ;)
The first time I read it I thought it said "out came a shock!" so I had to re-read it a few times before I read sock instead of shock LOL

Anyway what a RELIEF!! Earlier this week we had to induce vomiting for Jamie because my roommate left fudge out (2 lbs!) and she jumped on the counter and got into it... rock hard abdomen... pure liquid diarrhea... we induced vomiting with hydrogen peroxide and she threw up so much, our entire back porch was covered in chocolate vomit. After that though she felt totally fine!

Anyway just wanted to share my experience with you and that I know how you're feeling! Its such a relief to find out that everything is OK!!

[Lobodeb]

The first time I read it I thought it said "out came a shock!"

Me too! Only I didn't go back to re-read. :o I feel a little silly now. :p

Still glad she's ok, though!

[.sarah]

lol, sorry guys! :o

[Flatcoatluver]

omg I am so relived!!! Thank God she is ok!

At work we had a choc. lab puppy, that ate a sock and we couldn't figure it out (why he was throwing up so much). We put him outside and for a hour I had to sit with him while we tried to find a vet for him. He finally threw it up and he tried to eat it again!!! :rolleyes: I am not sure why. But long story short. I have never heard of a dog eating a sock, its so big.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I'm so glad to hear that she's ok!

[chocolatepuppy]

Silly Nova, socks go on your feet! I'm glad you're ok, I'm sure you gave your family a quite a scare. ;)

[Kfamr]

That's so weird, I started typing out "She may have a blockage" in my first post but didn't want to scare you too much (incase she couldn't unblock it on her own!) as that's what it sounded like to me.


So glad she's okay now.. silly girl stay out of the laundry!

[Toby's my baby]

Phew! I'm so glad she is ok!! Thank goodness it wasn't anything TOO serious! Silly Nova!

[Ginger's Mom]

Wow, very scary. Hope Nova (and you) are feeling better this morning.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Aww, Nova.
Don't eat socks!
Lily once ate half a bag of M&Ms, and then she puked it up all over me an hour or so later :o.

[dappledoxie]

I'm so glad Nova is ok!

I remember one day Claire was feeling bad and she threw up a couple times, then shortly after she threw up a little toy, it was a toy she had destuffed, that she looved to death, and it was small but it still could've been much worse if she hadn't gotten it up. She didn't throw up near as many times as Nova but I was to the point of taking her to the vet when she got the toy up. Scared me to death! Now I never let her keep a toy, no matter how much she loves it. She'd had that thing for two or three years and I thought it was so strange that she just up and ate it.

[BC_MoM]

What a relief!! I'm so glad Nova's alright! :)

[luvofallhorses]

I'm so glad she is okay! :)

[Chilli]

What a releif!! :D
I'm glad Nova is fine now, that must have been such a scare.

[lute]

a sock! that crazy Nova! i'm glad she's ok!

[Alysser]

Sorry I haven't seen this thread. Thank god she's okay! :eek: A sock? I guess anything is eatable to a dog!

[wolf_Q]

Oh my goodness, that must have been so scary! I'm glad Nova is ok! Nebo ate a sock when he was a puppy, it was a child's sock so not as big though, we didn't know he ate it until he puked it up. :o

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Oh my gosh how scary!!!!!! :eek: :eek: I'm so glad she's feeling better. What a weird thing to eat!

[bckrazy]

I'm SO happy and relieved for you, Sarah! Good wishes on Nova feeling all better, and staying away from yucky inedible stuff :p It's really cool that raw saved her from surgery!