[yorkietalkjilly]

We slept in this morning and I only woke once in the night. Checked on Tibbe and he was sleeping, respirations about 75, ears/belly not hot, he aroused when I touched him but lay back down and seemed to go back to sleep. I eyeballed his gums and they looked okay, pink but not like when he's active and are brighter so I lay back down and slept.

He's very remote and detached this morning, just lying about. His vitals ok, tummy feel pliant and soft. He's pee'd twice, I hand-fed him 1 1/2 T. softened Hill's I/D GI(which he's been on since last June/July until that brief change to the Low Fat version) at 8:45 am and about 10:00 am, had another 1/4 t. of the mixture licked from my finger. If I say "the garbage truck is coming!" he will get up and actually jump to back of couch and into window sill it backs into and bark once or twice and then lie right back down. He's drunk at least 1/4 cup water since I brought him home from the vet last night despite IV fluids. He apparently never drinks or pees at the vet as when he comes home, he's so thirsty and pees for 30 seconds at a time! I think the medication also dries him out and maybe his liver disease, too.

The vet had called in Metronidazole yesterday to a compounding pharmacy that was to call me for payment details but they didn't. Since they didn't call, I figured he'd changed his mind about giving that drug so the pharmacy was closed when I picked Tibbe up at the vet last night! I should have called during the day but my brain wasn't functioning at all and I just didn't think beyond thinking the vet decided against that. Anyway, it is ready this morning and I'm going to go get it as soon as I'm sure Tibbe's not going to get nauseated or have diarrhea from his food. Vet also sent Metoclopramide Syrup for N&V home with us last night but so far, Tibbe hasn't seemed to need any.

Every time he got up last night I was scared he would start in rubbing/scratching/wallowing nonstop but he never did but once and that seemed a normal belly scratch for a couple of seconds. Hopefully, that awful itching has gone.

I have to call and schedule his test today when I get back from the pharmacy and give Tibbs his first dose and then we're just going to hang together and hopefully things will go well. I'm afraid to even look at the size effects of Metronidazole but will later just in case. I need a YorkieTalk Library refresher course on canine CPR and other things like that today so I'll do that, too.

I just sneezed again and Tibbe looked right at me, ears perked up, like he always does. That's a good sign.

Thank you all again for all these strong and comforting words.