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09-18-2006, 06:47 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: OP, Fl
Posts: 614
| Please think happy thoughts for Moose I haven't been able to get on in a while. Still fighting the state and trying to get back on my feet but I want to ask you to pray and send happy thoughts to moose and maybe some my way. She is progressing well in Service Dog Class and everyone I meet gets to hear she is my guardian angle, so I am not in the best form this morning. I had to leave moose at the vets this morning. Fri. my mom and moose and I went to the mall and she barfed on the way there. Sat. she didn't want to eat too much. I gave her 1 1/2 valium to calm her so I could groom her, but seemed to have no effect. I kept her food in my room over night and she ate but left some behind. Sunday we drove to St. Augustine, Fl about an hour from where we live. She seemed fine was liking the walk and the smells of different stores even helped me pick out 3 dress for the job I hope to get sooner or later. We did some target practice to get her use to the feel of putting her paws and different surfaces, register area. basket, ect. She would get a little bit of a treat, about 30 mins after her last treat, we were in a store and I had to pick her up and race out, she was getting ready to barf. Got outside just in time and there went the treats. My parents and lil bear and moose and I had early dinner in an outside area, gave moose a tiny bite of saltine she barfed it up and water. Came home, she would eat her food. Mixed in a little oatmeal and warm water and gave her just a tiny amount and everytime she barfed it up. I left it out last night, and woke up to about 6 barf areas apparently she wanted to eat but couldn't keep it down. I was making her rice and broiled chicken this am, gave her clean water with a pinch of Gatorade, I was eating on the sofa she drank a bit and then laid down and barfed and then stood up and barfed. I am so nervous. The last time I left a pet at the vet due to being sick it was at that office and she died on the table(my bunny) through no fault on the vet. I feel like I am spiraling down, I took my meds, mom has me filling out paper work for her, I have some crafts to finish and a fiddler crab habitat to get ready. But I am still panicked. My bank account is going fast, the state is doing nothing to compensate me for their harassment, I have a money market account which thankfully I can transfer some into my checking account to pay my bills, and now with moose and the vet who knows how much that will be. I am feeling like I am going to have another nervous breakdown I will keep you all posted. Michelle
__________________ Michelle, Lil Bear Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237669, Moose (SDIT) Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237662 |
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09-18-2006, 07:24 AM | #2 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| Hi Michelle, I'm so sorry little Moose is sick. Maybe it's just a flare-up that will be easily solved by withholding food for awhile. I'll be saying prayers for you and little Moose and hoping everything works out well.
__________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel |
09-18-2006, 07:44 AM | #3 |
Luv My Butterflies Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Big Easy
Posts: 2,083
| Prayers are on the way! |
09-18-2006, 09:15 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ontario
Posts: 70
| Best Wishes For Moose Kia and I both hope that Moose is just undergoing a slight indigestive trouble; we will keep you in our thoughts. If you have time-and energy-email me. ps; a few photos to cheer you up |
09-18-2006, 09:22 AM | #5 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| I will be praying for you both
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
10-11-2006, 06:53 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: OP, Fl
Posts: 614
| Sorry it has taken me a while to reply....Moose says thanks Kia for the pictures. Well moose was released that some afternoon from the vets and I was less than thrilled with their handling of it all. I told the vet I had given valium to moose so I could shave her and she said nothing about that, though I think that is what made her sick. When I picked moose up the vet was standing in the waiting room talking to another person. She told me they took blood to do an entire workup on moose and a bile acid test they would be back the next day and she would call. The bill bowled me over, I was charged for a full office visit eventhough we tool up no office. They use to do half charge if you left your pup. Supposly they gave her IV fluids all day yet I saw no sign of it(ie. swollen area where iv was placed) The vet said moose had tapeworms, which I question since moose gets frontline every month on the dot and goes on her service dog outings so where did the flea come from, plus I had seen no signs of tapeworms before that day so I am still iffy on that one. Vet didn't call next day, actually no one there did even to see how moose was, on Wed I called them and was told that the vet who was working on that day was not allowed to give test results to anyone, oh and I had to tell them moose was doing a little better. Called thurs afternoon, no report they don't think. Finally I got the vet on the phone Thurs afternoon and she started into rattling off vet terms, felt like I needed cliff notes. From what I gathered, the bile acid test was 7 when moose fasted and 72 I think after they made her ate, the vet said 27 was in the normal range. She then started into I need to take her to UF vet school and get moose ultrasound and xrays and more blood work and biopsies. I asked could the results be from the stomach issue, she said maybe, then before I hung up the phone she goes o how is moose!!! So I started asking about different vets, one cause with me still not able to work I needed a lower cost place and 2 I wanted a second opinion. So wouldn't you know the low cost clinic by my house, on of the vet's is a guy I have known since elementary school. He took my mom and I on a look at the clinic and sat and caught up with us. So went to the other vert to get the girls records and they gave me the hardest time and I finally said look I was denied unemployment, I have no money comming in, and my DRs. want me to be either not working or part time for 6 months, I am poor. Embarrassed myself but think they felt a bit bad too. So moose is doing good, eating canadiae and no tummy issues, we are going to get a second opinion from the other vet and just incase I am trying to figure out what type of flea control to switch moose to just incase the frontline top spot isn't working on her. On my side last week had judical phone call with unemployment on Tues..very unpleasant and then Wed. a deposition hearing with the Fl DEP law enforcement about my grievance with my bosses and their single handily making me have a nervous breakdown. Heard from unemployment, apparently jumped the right hoops and will get back pay and pay from the first sun in sept. till I get a full time job. Moose is doing great in training and lil bear has even learned a thing or two and has been helping mom, by alerting her on days mom is going to have a bad migraine or a TIA. So Lil Bear has moose's old vest but has to stay in her bag since she would forget her job if she was allowed to walk that and she's small. So moose is getting her new vest and patches. Sorry so long, any suggestions on flea control would be great, going to do a search on yorkietalk about it too. Hope to get service dog pictures soon. and Of course Halloween, the girls can't wait to show off their costumes.
__________________ Michelle, Lil Bear Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237669, Moose (SDIT) Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237662 |
10-11-2006, 08:03 AM | #7 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| Sounds like everything is looking up. Keep us updated if you can.
__________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel |
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