This is a bit of a story-
My husband and I went to Hawaii almost 2 weeks ago with the plan to be there through the 15th. The min we got off the plane, he got sick. 3 Emergency room trips, an admission and a medevac back home. He is still in the hospital, they are trying to figure out what's wrong. Heart and kidney failure.
I had a neighbor taking care of my dogs ( a lab, 2 min pins, and 1 yorkie), He was also feeding my chickens. Everytime I talked to him he was positive and all was well. The yorkie- Maggie- is dog aggressive and is cared for separately from the others. The dog sitter knows this and agreed to care for her this way.
The scene when I walked into the house at 6 am after 3 days without sleep including a very stressful flight home, was almost more then I can describe. All 4 dogs were loose in the house. ( they are kenneled or restricted to specific areas when I am not home) together.
When they saw me, the fight was on. I quickly stopped it and looked around. Poop everywhere, Turkey platter of liquid poop in the middle of the living room, poop on the furniture, the floors, the walls, the ceiling... what wasn't pooped on was peed on.
They hit my pantry hard- door should have been closed- 25 lbs uncooked rice, 10 lbs cake mix, marshmallows, gal of peanut butter and much more. If they could reach it, it was ate. and pooped. and spread around the house under the piles of poop.
The lab and 1 min pin were sent outside. Maggie into her kennel. Koko ( min pin 2) was missing. A quick walk outside, revealed dead chickens. The pet sitter thought the chickens would enjoy being loose, I guess. Of course the dogs went after them. Final count 6 dead birds.
Back inside to look for Koko. I called and heard her crying. She was hunched up, shaking and panting hard. In a lot of pain. Directly to the ER Vet.
$2500 later and one night, it has been determined that she has a ruptured disk in her neck with soft tissue damage from being bit. She is my smallest dog at 6 lbs and 4 lbs lighter then Maggie the yorkie. They have her sedated as well as on Tramadol and Pred.
I called my regular vet and have an appointment to see her in the morning. Koko is being released to me under strict, minimal movement instructions. I am trying to set up an area for her as the ER vet says this will last at least 6 weeks.
Suggestions?
Information about a blown disk in the neck?
To top it off, the dogsitter didn't notice a thing wrong. He did discover an ear problem with the lab. Took him to the vet for surgery. Didn't take the prescribed meds for him or take him back for follow up to have the drain removed. And I have to go pay that bill as well. His appointment is also tomorrow, but not at the same time as Koko. Maggie has 2 puncture wounds, so she has a vet bill as well. I guess Lani- min pin 1 just cheered then on. no injuries.
Im trying to clean up the house so I can go to bed. No place to sit, much less sleep that didn't have piles of liquid poop on it. Including my bed.
The husband is in ICU going through a bunch of tests, so at least he is in safe hands.
Can you imagine if I had returned on the 15th instead of the 7th?