This week has been entirely devoted to Napoleon. On Saturday morning he started vomiting and by Saturday evening he was still getting sick and was so uncomfortable and restless that I was afraid he would suffer dehydration if we didn't do something for him. I ended up taking him to a 24-hour emergency vet in State College that night. He stayed there Saturday and Sunday night on IV fluids but after bloodwork and an ultrasound they still didn't know what was wrong and he was still vomiting (despite the anti-nausea medication he was on). On Monday morning the emergency vet office closed and we had to transfer him to a local vet. I took him to a vet in Warriors Mark where they took x-rays, did more bloodwork, and tried several medications for severe gastritis but Napoleon was still no better. We finally decided on Wednesday that our only option was to do an exploratory surgery to see what was wrong. I was so afraid at that point that they would find cancer or something that we couldn't fix and that I was saying goodbye.
There aren't words for my relief when the vet called during surgery to tell me what they found - a piece of CORNCOB!!!! My perpetually hungry little dog had eaten a piece of corncob that had become lodged in his small intestine creating a blockage. They removed the obstruction along with several inches of intestine that was almost perforated.
After two more nights at the vet, Napoleon started eating again and was able to come home today (after a total of six nights at the vet!).
Napoleon was an early Christmas present for me in October nine years ago. I guess after paying the vet bills this October he is an early Christmas present again!
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To add insult to injury they had to shave his belly.
My poor baby!! |
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