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This morning we woke up to a very sick dog. We had noticed over the last 2 days that he was having diahhrea. (Sorry if that is TMI for my squeemish crowd.) But this morning it was severe. He was passing BLOOD. I knew for certain this could NOT be a good thing. I called the vet in a near panic...what was I supposed to tell Laura?
Was this FATAL?? Would we have to put our pooch down??
I begged the receptionist to let me bring Starbuck in ASAP. I woke Laura up and told her we needed to get Starbuck to the Vet. We took him outside and hosed him off (I will spare you the details, but just know there was a reason!) and we "diapered" him with a towel and took off for the vet's office.I was truly prepared for the worse case scenario. I had been praying the whole way as I drove white-knuckled to the vet. Dear God, please let Starbuck be okay!!! And God, please dont let this vet bill be too expensive!!
The vet checked the stool sample we brought in. He looked a bit amused as he came back in and started questioning us if anything had changed in our routine over the last week. We started thinking through any ideas of what may have changed when Laura said, "I dont know, I was at camp all week." The vet looked at the dog, looked at Laura...asked me how the dog did while Laura was gone. I told him the dog seemed to just mope around the house. It was as though he knew she was gone. He sort of giggled and said he thought he knew what the problem was.
He assured us the stool sample was bacteria free, parasite free, and there was no cause of concern of there being a disease. He said "What we have here is a classic case of tummy troubles caused by separation anxiety!"
The social worker inside me just shook my head. You have GOT to be kidding me!! He went on to explain that sometimes when pets get upset they get tummy troubles like humans do. And on accasion they worry themselves sick! A stress related illness in our pup!! He gave Starbuck a steroid shot and sent us home with anti-diahhrea meds.
Once home, Starbuck has been sitting quietly at Laura's feet all morning. He has watched her every move. Even now he is watching her crochet...firmly planted at her feet.
As I was driving home I was thinking back on the old chorus:As a deer panteth for the water
so my soul longeth after Thee.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship you...
And I just know that someday the story of Laura and Starbuck will end up in one of Brad's sermon illustrations of how our hearts should be longing after God! You have to admit....that will preach!! Now, I just need to find out if Discovery Camp has accomodations for pets next year! LOL!! What's the dog to do without his girl??
3 comments:
Dawn, I hope this will comfort you in knowing that our dog went through the same thing once when I got mad at him. The more I scolded him the worse he got. Finally the vet said that he was just stressed from making me mad and all he needed was a little make up time. Sure enough when I made up with him he settled down and the carpet cleaner could go back into the closset. Good story. Blessings, stan
I know it's not funny, but I TOLD mom that Starbuck needed "puppy prozac"!! Love, Tami
When we moved out of our little house and into an even littler apartment when we were building our new home... our dog promptly got very sick. I was worried about her, but I was very stressed about the carpet in the apartment! We had to start blocking the dog into the kitchen so the mess would not be staining the carpet!
The scariest though was the $350 accident she had a few months ago. She survived, but our budget is shot after that!
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