Recent content by lumiina

I'll be praying for Checkers too. How scary! I'm so glad you caught it early. I didn't know about that, so will definitely keep that in mind when my girl turns five. One of our vets does happen to have an ultrasound. Checkers is so beautiful.

My sheltie got her stitches out today! I am so relieved. I really feel like if I didn't take action, I could've lost her. I am so grateful, and happy she's alive, and doing well :)

Just an update, my sheltie's back to her normal, playful, mischievous self! Her incision is healing nicely, and she had her first poop today since the surgery! She's eating dog food soaked up in water, and drinking water normally. I've been trying out keeping her on a leash around me, instead...

Back from the vet! So it turns out the thread that was used to sew her up commonly gives dogs a reaction. They used an ultrasound and found her lymph node was inflamed, not the intestine. So that's good! We were given antibiotics to give to her via shots, and liquid dog food to feed through a...

So today we went to the vet again, and the vet noticed my sheltie's stomach was swelled, and inflamed, with some liquid coming out. She said she might have to be re-operated on. It might be that the intestine wasn't stitched together well, or that the intestine is sticking to the wall, or...

That is exactly whay my sheltie is like. Although she listens to us to drop things outside (perhaps because she's on her leash, so she can't run from us), when she's at home and gets something like a slipper she won't drop it and runs away with it unless we grab something tasty to trade for it...

So my sheltie is back from the vet, and the surgery went smoothly! She's not fully awake from the anesthesia yet. We got to bring her home, but will be back so she can get an IV for a few days before she's ready to eat, and drink again. I'm so thankful for the smooth surgery, and hope recovery...

Thank you everyone for your prayers, and warm thoughts. The vet we went to did confirm the obstruction, but could not do the surgery until tomorrow. So we went back to the other vet who can do it today, and asked him to do the surgery, so he agreed. She is in surgery right now, and I pray it...

We called the vet this morning, and he insisted that there's no obstruction, and won't do a surgery. He says her intestine is just inflamed, and that she was throwing up because we gave her water, even though we gave her none (She refused water. I only started giving her ice chips from 3am, when...

Please pray for my sheltie. She has an intestinal obstruction. We live in the countryside of Japan, and there are no 24/7 emergency vets where we live. We've visited two vets in the past two days, and at the end of today were told she doesn't need a surgery, and the obstruction could pass, so we...