The Dog Saga Continues

(This is Julie just as she was starting to feel better)

Leave it to us to get the one that's gonna be a pain in the butt. A week ago (a week after we got her) Julie basically stopped eating and kept going hypoglycemic. Long story short, we took her to the doctor and she had worms and some over abundance of some sort of bacteria in her system. Bottom line? She had a tummy ache, so she wasn't eating, so she was getting hypoglycemic. For those that have never seen a small dog that is hypo, it's SCARY. They cannot move. She couldn't stand up or anything. Anyway, we gave her something called nutra-cal and it brought her out of it, but she's been into and out of it pretty bad the past week. We had resorted to force feeding her by syringe. She's eating a little on her own, but we still have to monitor her to see that she IS eating and make her eat if she's not eating enough. Joy!

Welllll... the worm medicine gave her diarrhea. Seriously, this dog was going every 30 minutes. It was soooo nasty. Nay, nasty isn't good enough - it was completely and utterly disgusting. For those that don't know, I have a sensitive tummy, I can barely change a kid's diaper (even my own) much less mess with dog poop. Vomit is completely out of the question - if Tom isn't home then I'm so screwed. I honestly did not know that such a small dog could poop so much and still live. I was very worried about her Wednesday and part of Thursday. I thought there was a good chance we were going to lose her, she was just so sick.

She started looking better on Thursday and ate a little on her own. Yesterday (Friday) she ate mostly on her own, but we have to sit right there and encourage and prod her. She has a follow up appointment on Monday, so we an address the eating issues then. For now, we are going to keep doing exactly what we were doing and hope she eats. (She had her first solid poop in 6 days this morning - yes, I'm actually sharing this because my life has revolved around my dog's shit for the past week, you get to share my joy). She hasn't been hypo in over 24 hours.

She weighed 1lb 3oz when we brought her home, she was down to 1lb on Monday at the vet. If she is at least 1lb on Monday, I'll be happy, she's so tiny!

Here's a pic from before she got sick -- we forgot to put her in her indoor run and caught her snuggled up with Cassie (who was sleeping on the floor in Jamie's room). Little sneaks!