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Sweetums · 03-27-2007, 09:59 AM

Well, we took Pookie in to be spayed yesterday and when we picked her up at the vet afterward to take her to the ER vet to stay overnight, she was a mess. All hunched over, barely moved, didn't even look at me to acknowledge that mommy was picking her up (and normally she'd be overjoyed and jumping around). They told us she was sick to her stomach and probably wouldn't keep anything down, so we didn't try to give her water or anything by mouth.
We just left her at the ER vet and went back this morning to pick her up.

When we picked her up this morning, she wasn't that much better. She was pretty happy to see us, but she curled up in my arms and whimpered all the way home. She couldn't even make a normal whimpering sound, it was hoarse. They told us that she'd not wanted anything to drink. What a crock! When we got her home, I filled up a syringe with water and a bit of karo syrup in it and she drank that one and two more after it. So she was thirsty poor thing!

I had to leave to go to work, and hubby is home with her. She still has not peed since yesterday, and all she is doing is sleeping and laying on the couch. We put her on her potty pad for a minute and she just started to shake, so we gave up on that pretty quickly. Hubby did get her to eat one piece of her wet food, but that's it so far. She makes gagging sounds when we give her food, so we have the other baby-cereal/baby-meat mixture we may try to give her and see if she can handle it. We are giving her one pain pill every 8 hours or so. She had two injections of pain medication last night at the ER.

This is just the worst! I never thought she'd be feeling this bad the day after. Our cat was no worse for the wear after hers. I don't know what else to try with her. Any suggestions? Can anyone tell me how much Pepto-Bismol to give a 5 lb pup?

03-27-2007, 09:59 AM	#1
Sweetums Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kirkland WA Posts: 431	Sick After Spay! If Only I'd Known How Sick! Well, we took Pookie in to be spayed yesterday and when we picked her up at the vet afterward to take her to the ER vet to stay overnight, she was a mess. All hunched over, barely moved, didn't even look at me to acknowledge that mommy was picking her up (and normally she'd be overjoyed and jumping around). They told us she was sick to her stomach and probably wouldn't keep anything down, so we didn't try to give her water or anything by mouth. We just left her at the ER vet and went back this morning to pick her up. When we picked her up this morning, she wasn't that much better. She was pretty happy to see us, but she curled up in my arms and whimpered all the way home. She couldn't even make a normal whimpering sound, it was hoarse. They told us that she'd not wanted anything to drink. What a crock! When we got her home, I filled up a syringe with water and a bit of karo syrup in it and she drank that one and two more after it. So she was thirsty poor thing! I had to leave to go to work, and hubby is home with her. She still has not peed since yesterday, and all she is doing is sleeping and laying on the couch. We put her on her potty pad for a minute and she just started to shake, so we gave up on that pretty quickly. Hubby did get her to eat one piece of her wet food, but that's it so far. She makes gagging sounds when we give her food, so we have the other baby-cereal/baby-meat mixture we may try to give her and see if she can handle it. We are giving her one pain pill every 8 hours or so. She had two injections of pain medication last night at the ER. This is just the worst! I never thought she'd be feeling this bad the day after. Our cat was no worse for the wear after hers. I don't know what else to try with her. Any suggestions? Can anyone tell me how much Pepto-Bismol to give a 5 lb pup?