Happy birthday, gjunell. And a belated RIP.

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She was aware enough this time to recognize me, and though she was in no state to show any enthusiasm she did relax and her heart rate reduced once she was aware of me. I stayed with her a while to get my own feeling about how she was, and weighed that with the information from the vets as I comforted her. She'd started seeping fluids into her ( Read more... )

This morning's call from the hospital seems to confirm that it wasn't just a temporary setback, but rather a steady downhill. She's a strong girl, but I think her age is catching up to her and she's just getting tired now. I'm about to head in to make a final assessment of her condition. 99% sure I'll be going to say goodbye. Sorry girl. We ( Read more... )

Another visit tonight. Despite reduced pain meds, she was just as unconscious as last night, barring three instances where raised her head slightly and opened her eyes. She was so out of it from the drugs that she didn't seem to acknowledge anything around her, and soon settled back into unconsciousness ( Read more... )

Short version of the update is that she has shown some improvement since yesterday, but not as fast as they'd like to see, and there are still things which could go wrong with recovery. So guarded optimism at this point ( Read more... )

Dog update: Just got off the phone with her surgeon. 15% of her stomach was necrotized, which which is little enough that she can theoretically survive. But she'd also been in shock long enough to cause real concern, and there's problems with blood seepage which isn't coagulating properly. Right now her chances for survival are upgraded to a ( Read more... )

Twisted stomachs are apparently not much fun. Elder pooch is in emergency surgery with poor projected chance of survival. Nothing I can do at this point but wait for the phone call.

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