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[DobieLover]

We're sitting in the waiting room at Cornell Small Animal Hospital. Bella got into a long dead squirrel yesterday before I realized what she had.
When I got up this morning at 6, I found two piles of diarrhea on the runner rug. Started her on Imodium. She still ran like a race horse when we took them out. She started to really go down hill around 7. I put her out at least a dozen times between 8 and 10. Decided the trip to Ithaca was up on deck when she produced this.

I think she did another in the car on the way here. She was miserable when we left then dragged me out of the car when we got here.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh what had been fed to the squirrel little vodka down here throat will make her lot's better

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is made.
Bright, cold and sunny here this morning.
I hope Bella is recovering DL.

 

[N F C]

Good morning everyone, thanks for the coffee Shad.

@DobieLover hope Bella is better today!

 

[aart]

she produced this.

YIKES!
Scary.
Hope she's OK.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Good Morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee Shad.

I hope Bella is feeling better soon @DobieLover

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks Shad. How is Bella?

 

[aart]

Worried abut @DobieLover and Bella.
Hopefully they are all sleeping it off.


Still dealing with floor fear...SMH.
All but one went out on their own, they need to eat...
....and I'm not moving the feeder outside.
I did spread some more hay over the shiny new shavings.

 

[sourland]

Worried abut @DobieLover and Bella.

Me too. That bloody stool was very concerning to me.

 

[DobieLover]

Bella and I are resting. We didn't get back from the hospital until 2:30 in the morning.

When you get there, they come collect your dog and take her back to the exam area then a student doctor calls you once they get her vitals taken. I was called about 30 minutes after they took her. During the intake interview, I could hear her barking her head off... in tandem; through the door behind me and through the phone at my ear. I asked if that was her and the student said it was, that she's not happy about being in a kennel.
She carried on with the barking for at least 15 minutes straight before switching over to howling. I was cheering her on as I figured the bigger nuisance she made of herself, the quicker they'd process her.
The non-student Doctor called to get more information on Bella's background and we both decided that X-rays weren't really needed as I'm 99.5% sure she didn't ingest a foreign body. She only lapped some of the rotted flesh from it.
Blood work showed she was just dehydrated and everything else looked good.
No pain on abdominal palpitation.
No fever.
They gave her sub-Q fluids, an antiemtic and sent her home with 7 days of Clavamox. When they brought her out to me, the technician was dragged across the room and once Bella reached me she jumped up and slammed me against the counter she was so glad to get back to me. She looked like Quasimodo with her lump. Looks like they gave her an entire liter.
I gave her about a tablespoon of carrot soup mixed with about the same amount of boiled chicken and rice with her first Clavamox dose in it when we got home. She kept that down and by 3:00 we were all in bed.
She got up at some point and hit the kitchen runner again. Managed to flip over the corner of the extra large puppy pad I'd laid there. That was disappointing.
Then she nailed the entry rug when I was feeding the flock. That rug is going in the trash.
The vet warned me that she expects the bloody diarrhea to continue for 24 to 48 hours.
I'm only giving Bella enough food today to get her second dose of Clamamox down tonight. Tomorrow, I'll start to give her a bit more food in small portions throughout the day.
She is now resting in front of the stove.