I mentioned on another thread about a nightmare I had a few days ago . I had a nightmare that I had come home and Cookie was passed out on the kitchen floor and we rushed him to the hospital and were pulled over my police for speeding on the way to the hospital...
Well today everything seemed fine.I stepped out for 10 min to go to an ATM and come right back home. On the way back home my 14 yr old calls me to tell me that Cookie was on the floor and would not move. She kept talking to him but his eyes were half closed.My heart started pounding and I asked her more questions. I told her to try and keep him awake that I was like 3 min away. Then I was like 3 blocks away and my daughter calls me again frantic telling me that Cookie was slumped over and stopped breathing and then a few seconds later he would take a deep breath ,my husband got on the phone and he was was flipping out so I immediately called the Emergency Hospital and let them know the symptoms. I was walking through the door still talking to the Hospital and they had me check his gums but I could not notice if they were pink enough or too pale. I was totally panicked and I kept thinking to myself " Please,not like my dream,please.." We live 10 miles away from the hospital which usually takes us about 18 minutes to get there. My husband was driving and crying and I had Cookie in my arms and he was just slumped over my hands. I kept telling him " No Cookie, stay awake! You can't leave me yet, I won't let you baby!" He would try to open his eyes and then he just passed out. I put his chest against my ear to listen for a heartbeat and it sounded faint.I was forcing Karo Syrupall over his gums while we were on our way there. My husband ran red lights and was driving 70 MPH on a 35 MPH road. We got there in about 6 minutes and it seemed forever. The nurse took him right away .Another girl walks up to me and explains their CPR paperwork and I needed to sign if Iwanted them to resucitate him,if I wanted life support and other things. I could barely sign the papers . They brought him to me like 5 min later and he was alert again. I was in shock. They drew blood and everything was normal except for his liver enzymes. They are suppose to be 10-100 and his were 670. The vet told me this is most likely due to his Microvascular Dysplasia. That has been under control for months now with a low protein diet.
The vet said that everything pointed to a seizure. Also my 9 yr old told me that when Cookie was closing his eyes that she carried him and was talking to him to wake up and she said that he did Diarreah right in her arms. So this sounds like a seizure and he lost his body functions. I have never gone through something like this but I felt like my heart was breaking. My husband just broke down at the hospital and couldnt stop crying. They told me to monitor him for 24 hrs and call my vet to check him out. He suggested two medicines that can just be ordered monthly which help the liver function better and it's something I can give him indefinately if I wanted.It helps with the liver cells to keep them alive and reginerate etc...
Right now he's on my lap taking a nap. This is the first time I have felt that I was really going to lose him. I know that I would not be able to handle this. I kept telling my husband " I can't lose him , I don't want to love another dog"
The vet said there was another Yorkie there with shunt problems in very serious condition. Please say a prayer for that little yorkie. For now Cookie is not leaving my site.
Genie, Cookie & Lola