The new bloodwork indicated that her white count is going down. That is a
good thing. But her red count has dropped, too, which means she is losing
blood and is slightly anemic. He said that he walked her outside, observed
the diarrhea and it is full of blood. Her colon is apparently bleeding from
where I pulled that string out. She got a good dose of B vitamins, iron,
and antibiotics, as well as a shot of Reglan (to help the nausea) and some
liquid medication to coat her tummy and intestinal track and help the
diarrhea. I gave her an injection of Reglan this morning, and forced her to
swallow about 20cc of the anti-diarrheal medication. He said at any sign of
change in her behavior or continued digestive problems, I am to call him,
right away, and he will meet me at his office (they are closed on
Thursdays). Otherwise, she will go back tomorrow and spend the day so that he can observe her. I pushed him about her recovery and I never did get a real strong "oh, she'll be fine in no time". I gather this is pretty
serious, but that is why it is so important for me not to wait if I see
anything getting worse.
Lilly is much less enthusiastic this morning. She is sleeping and did ask
to go outside around 5:45 this morning for a little while. She wasn't
interested in eating this morning, so I didn't push her. She had a little
bit of boiled potato last night and some bread and she did digest all of
that because when she threw up overnight, I didn't see any of that come
back. They did tell me, this morning, that the iron and vitamins probably
gave her a little boost, yesterday, and made her feel better, thus her
enthusiasm last night.
Patsy (the vet tech) called me this morning around 8:15 and said Dr.
Robinson had already called her to see how Lilly was doing. He woke her up!
Ha Ha! I'm glad he cares enough to follow up that early and he knew I would
call Patsy if I had any problems. We'll continue to watch her closely, as
he said we had to do, and if anything changes, I'll call them right away. I
went to the office and got my stuff and brought it home so I wouldn't have
to stay there. I may have to go back for an hour or so this afternoon, but
I hope not.
He does not believe that any of that string (or whatever it was) is left in her system, since we got such a big piece when she did pass it. And I asked if there was any possibility that her intestines had been perforated by this "thing" and he said "absolutely not" as she would be "down" in a much worse way if her body was being contaminated. Whew! I guess that is the bit of good news I have to report today.
I'll keep you posted. Thanks so much for the prayers.
Logan
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