Please say a prayer for Lexi tonight. She may have a possible small intestine obstruction. I just got home from the Emergency Vet and she did not get to come home.
Everything seemed to start late Thursday night. She was acting very odd, hiding, nervous. We thought she was just being freaky about the fire in the fireplace. (she can be an funny little thing) Well, she did not sleep all night, up and down pacing around. About noon on Friday the runny diarrhea started. I had tried a beef Primal raw on Tuesday and she usually has chicken. So that had to be it. I would have been ok with the diarrhea but at 5 pm Friday she vomited food from that morning. Then several more times just watery.
I was afraid of what the night might bring and she was not feeling well at all. You could see in her eyes.
A call to the Emergency Vet and off we went. Blood Tests are good. Xrays show either an enlarged small intestine or large intestine. Apparently it is difficult to know which it could be as they wrap around each other. Depending on which it is could be good or not good.
Anyway, after many cost estimates and discussions on how to proceed. It was decided that she will spend the night on fluid IV with med for her tummy discomfort. A new xray at 6:30 this Sat am to see if the enlarged area is subsiding. I will be making arrangements to pick her up at 8am for a second opinion at a regular vet if surgery is suggested. Wow, I am very tired but cannot sleep thinking about poor Lexi. Could this just be a very expensive gas bubble? I felt so at the mercy of the emergency care vets and their lists of expenses........agggggg. But how could I not leave her to their care? No matter what the cost??? If they give me good news tomorrow they will have earned every cent.
Thanks so much for listening so late! I cannot sleep. (did I say that already?)