**** Possible emergency for Nova

[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! 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.

[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. I feel a little silly now.

Still glad she's ok, though!

[.sarah]

lol, sorry guys!

[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!!! 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.