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Originally Posted by SWHouston  yorkietalkjilly,
YES, I didn't mention it, but I did run my finger down her throat to check for an obstruction. 
AND, I visualized the possibility of having to take the same trip you took, save that I was mad that I had left the Truck (a Standard Shift) in the way of my Suburban (Auto-Trans) in the drive way. I don't know how I would have dealt with having to shift and resuscitate at the same time !
I'm kind of chuckling as I think of it right now, but at the time... uoo wow  |
Oh, that's the reason I won't own a stick shift and a have a child or a dog at the same time! You never know when you need that extra hand to keep somebody alive.
With little Jilly, I opened her mouth and saw that big knot filling up her throat opening and could not bring it out. I immediately started breathing in her nostrils gently as I grabbed the landline phone(all I had at the time), dialed with one hand and prayed the vet would answer. When he did and he found I couldn't get the knot out, he suggested I gently try to push in down. I did but it stayed stuck tight! I had the thought then that my Jilly might shortly die right there in the bedroom thanks to a knotted rawhide chew I had given her.
Back then, the nearest ER vet was across Dallas, about15 miles away, so vets covered their own emergencies but I feared Jilly didn't have the time for him to get to his office as he lived further from it than I did. Still, you can do more than you think with one arm while the other is busy holding a dog! Thank God for her own digestive enzymes in her saliva and adrenaline in her body and some extra air and she made it! Still, I'll never know how that air got down past that huge obstruction filling up her throat.
I'm so glad you acted and your baby made it and hope the vet can get things squared away so this never ever happens again.