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Originally Posted by isevilla Everyone should be really careful with these passing out episodes.
Id like to share what happened to my sisters puppy just two weeks ago...
My sister had a barely 1 yr old chiuaua male. She had come home from work about 1am or so and was letting her two dogs out for their pee break. She called in the two dogs and only one of them came near the door. When she went outside to check on the other she said he was wobbling and then just passed out and dropped to the ground. She picked him up and tried to revive him (dont know exactly how) but she got him to wake up. She rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet where they found him to have some pennies in his stomach along with a rather large piece of what they thought to be metal of some sort. Turns out that he had vomitted the day before and my sister found around 5 pennies in the vomit. The vet also told her that his blood cell count was extremely low and that they didnt think he was going to make it. They recommended surgery asap but couldnt guarantee that he would survive even after it. He would have also needed blood and other things. So they gave her the option to go with the surgery, take him home and let him go on his own, or put him to sleep right there and then. My sister was heartbroken and couldnt stand the thought of having him home sufferring nor going through a surgery and other things and still not make it. As hard as the decision was for her she opted for him to get put to sleep. She held him in her arms while they gave him the injection/iv and he then closed his eyes and was gone.
The diagnosis was that he was dying of lead poisioning and also some other chemical or substance that the pennies and that piece of steel or whatever the foreign object was. When I saw the Xray the foreign object was about the size of a medium egg and oval in shape.
It was so sad how this happened all of a sudden and you wouldnt expect something like this to happen. This dog was a terrific dog and was a favorite with all of our children as he was so kind and loving esp with my baby. We will really miss Milo. May Milo rest in peace and not suffer anymore.
This has me so paranoid with my new puppy that I dont allow her to eat or play with anything off the floor unless its one of her toys. I sweep often as I also have a 1 yr old that spills and drops everything on the floor.
You just never know these days and better to be safe than sorry.
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I'm about to cry just reading that. Poor Milo. Just the thought of having your baby in your arms while he wonders off to the rainbow bridge
For the OP, I have no idea what could be wrong, maybe she's just tired? I hope everything's OK. Keep us posted!