Dr called me late this morning. He said her bloodwork came back normal. The radiologist confirmed the obstruction and thought it might be food that Riley cannot pass on her own or something of that nature. "Dietary indiscretion." But she couldn't rule out a foreign object.
Riley has been responding well to the meds and the W/D. She hasn't vomited today and her stools are solid again. Since she is responding well to treatment, we will continue this throughout the weekend to see if her body will process the obstruction on its own. If not, we'll have to give her barium and a series of X-Rays.
It seems she'll come out of this just fine, though. I really do think that it's a combination of the strange food she got into and probably some carpet fiber/hair from her obsessive licking problem.
Let this be a lesson for everyone... don't let your babies eat food they are not accustomed to, especially not crappy department store food. Not only is it of poor quality and full of nasty ingredients, there's a chance your furkid's body won't even be able to process it! I sure hope my friend learns from this situation as well and respects my decision to keep my girl kenneled when I'm not around. At least I was able to educate her on nutrition, and she ordered a bag of high quality food (Life 4 K9) for her two dogs.
__________________ My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dogs think I am.  Mommy to Penny and Riley. |