Originally Posted by Britster  So got up Saturday morning, went to breakfast with my step-dad and sister, ran a few errands. Got home around 1PM and saw two throw up piles in the living room - thought it was odd, as Jackson rarely pukes or has any sort of accident while I'm not home. But he seemed okay and was all excited and jumping up and down because I was home.
Took him outside to potty, he was chowing down on grass. He always eats grass but he never eats THAT much so I knew his stomach was hurting. He did poop and it was solid. Came back inside, and he puked three more small times but there was nothing in it except the long pieces of grass he had just eaten. It was just clear liquid-y substance along with grass in all 3 'piles'.
He did it again, same thing, probably around 4pm. I went out to dinner with my mom around 5:30, because he was acting fine (I never leave him when he's sick usually)... came back, I'd say around 7pm. Gave him a piece of chicken (he hadn't eaten anything else all day) and 10 minutes later, he threw it back up along with grass and more just white clear 'foam' looking stuff.
Then around 1am, took him outside, he again puked but I couldn't see what it looked like as it was so dark. 4am, he again threw up just clear white liquid, just looked like spit, in two separate 'piles'. He was not 'hacking' but more, like, regurgitating.
So basically, Friday from around 3pm-10pm, we had a family cookout at my uncles house and I think he ate terrible. Scratch that, I know he ate terrible! I know for a fact that a piece of a chocolate cupcake dropped on the floor but it was not a huge amount and I ran over and before I could -- he got to it. It wasn't much so I didn't fret at the time, he had gotten a small piece of chocolate before by accident and nothing happened. I also know he had few pieces of the sausage from topping of a pizza (my aunt gave him a few pieces and then I saw and told her he had enough, in a nice way) and honestly, who knows if he grabbed anything else with all those kids there. I watched him 99% of the time but I just don't know if he was slipped any other kind of food. Plus the pool was also a salt water pool and his head got dunked all the way under and I am wondering if the salt water is causing such upset stomach as well. Do you think it's just a combination of everything?
Does this sound like a case of pancreatitis? I feel awful because, yes, I've always given Jackson bits of people food w/ no problems and I give him really small amounts (and nothing too fatty - it's usually only ever meat, or a noodle here and there, etc) but I really should tell other people not to feed him. Plus I'm sure the accidental piece of a chocolate cupcake did him in.
He has a vet appt. at 2pm. He has not puked since 5am but I did not get any sleep last night. He also has been drinking lots of water with my encouragement so I feel confident that he's been staying fairly hydrated. He has not eaten anything since Friday evening. Friday night was fine, also, and he slept the entire night with no problems until 10am.
Any advice is appreciated. Good vibes, too. |