Marlin would certainly appreciate some PT prayers; he has heard that they DO work! (If you don't know what happened, please check Post #1)

He is just not a happy bichon at this time. He IS doing better since an emergency vet visit at noon today -- a SUNDAY!!

Marlin would not eat or drink at all after his dental surgery on Friday. He was "supposed" to start drinking and eating baby food sometime on Saturday. Nope. He would take 3 or 4 laps from the water dish, yelp on the last one and walk away.

He was also "supposed" to have his pain meds and his antibiotics morning and evening. I have a pill popper (pill syringe). After trying and giving him a rest, I finally got the Saturday morning dose in him -- at 10:30 AM. Saturday evening came and went with no success getting any pills in him. Sunday morning same thing. And he got to the point that he would freeze up, start growling and tuck his chin in the moment I entered the room. Every 7 or 8 hours he was going out and peeing. I don't know WHERE it was coming from, he wasn't taking anything IN! (Yeah, I did know, he was getting dehydrated.) So I knew I had to call the vet for guidance. Without the pain meds, he was going to get worse and worse!

So they had me take him in. This was another vet in the practice, not the vet who did the dental work. He checked the mouth, said it all looks good, healing up and only one small area still bleeding a little bit. Took Marlin's temp, no fever. Then the vet tech took the leash and they walked Marlin to the back. They were going to give him a Metacam shot (pain relief for 2 or 3 days), his pills, and some subq fluids. So I am waiting in the exam room, and hear all this yelping and howling and I thought, "oh no! Poor doggie!" A few moments later, the 3 of them (vet, vet tech and Marlin) come walking back down the hallway. Another vet tech is coming behind carrying a bunch of stuff.

Marlin refused to enter the room in the back! ALL that fuss was trying to walk him in the room! It is the same room where he had the surgery on Friday. (His surgery lasted a bit over 2 hours) While they could have picked him up and carried him in, the vet decided there was no point stressing him (and all of them) and they should just haul everything they needed down to the exam room and do it all in there. So that is what they did.

Back home an hour later, he looked MUCH better, that pain relief really makes a big difference. His face wasn't so drawn and tight. Then he ate a jar of baby food. OH JOY! I waited 2 hours and gave him 2 more jars. Didn't want to over do it on that empty, empty stomach and have him get sick.

This evening, I took him to an open air POPS concert. It did him good to come with the group (yes I took all 4 dogs). So I think we are back on track. He still has a way to go to feeling well, but he does feel better. (Still need to get his pills in him tonight. )

Sorry this is so long. It is so tragic that he has to go through this, and it upsets me as well. Sharing a trouble does make it seem a bit less. Thanks for reading.