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<DIV>we have gone through a big scare here this week, my Annie started
throwing up a large amount of blood early Sunday morning 3:00 AM, I
thought maybe it was from her retching, she went back to bed after I gave
her a tums and she actually wanted breakfast at 7:30 AM , so I fed
her, sometime around 11:45 AM she threw up again , only this time is was
dark brown and looked like coffee grounds, I decided to take her into the
emergency vet at noon, and we sat, and sat, and sat some more, Annie was
panting, pacing and I was a nervous wreck, felt like I was going to
have an aneursym, and I was getting more upset by the minute, the vet finally
came in and said Annie has a fever 102.7 and said they were going to do a series
of X-Rays, that took another hour, vet came back in and said, nothing showed up
on the x_rays and Annie was NOT bloating, and they thought maybe she "might
" " or could possibly " have an ulcer that is how they were going to
treat her, put her on Carafate and Cerenia for vomiting, no more vomiting the
rest of the day and Monday we went back to our regular vet who suggest a scope
procedure, we made an appointment with Dr. Jen at Sylvania vet for Thursday, in
The meantime, all of Annie blood work came back normal, even her clotting
time I was also in touch with Sandy Gaston through this whole process and
just let me say, Sandy is a life saver, not only for my Annie but also for me,
that is what Sandy does, she not only cares about your Basset, but she
also cares about ( you ) she kept me calm and walked me through
everything, Dr. Jen called me on Wednesday and talked to me for over a
half an hour and with all of Annies, test, X_Rays and Blood work and
what I told her Sandy had said, Dr. Jen didn't think Annie needed to
be scoped, we will continue the stomach coating meds for two more weeks, but
Annie is doing good, eating normal, and pooping normal, Once again, a
million times isn't enough, Thank You Sandy !</DIV>
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<DIV>My pupster 15 months now ( Hannah ) is literally a slob, this dog,
drools more and slimes more things in my house than you can imagine, and she
does everything but swim in her drinking bowl , it is more like a mouth wash to
her, and she leaves floaters and dirt and sinkers in her bowl and my
refined lady Annie refuses to drink after her, Annie goes over to the bowl looks
at it, looks at me or Bill and will whine until we change the water. I am in the
process of training wild child Hannah to let Annie drink ( first ) after
meals I make Hannah sit and wait until Annie is done drinking, if looks could
kill, I would drop dead ! Hannah gives me that stupid doo dah basset look, "
like really " Annie takes LONGGGGGG drinks and then se will stop, Hannah
goes in for the swim and Annie starts drinking again, I know she is doing this
on purpose , Annie will then walk past Hannah as if to say " Ok stupid,
it's your turn</DIV>
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<DIV>I am ready for fall weather, so very hot this summer</DIV>
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<DIV>Marlene, Annie and wild child Hannah </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>