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Ava's Adventures

I've only been here less than a year, but I'm doing a good- job of costing my humans a lot of money!!!

When I first came to live with my humans I wasn't spayed or on any heartworm or flea medication so obviously they dove right in and got me spayed and started me on my meds each month. that was just a drop in the bucket compared to what i've cost them since!

Not long after all of those expenses I started getting sick pretty frequently. I'm not sure why, but I was throwing up a few times a day or night. I was also licking the carpet a lot and sometimes nibbling but they didn't notice the nibbling until after all of this. the two may or may not have had any relation, what should I know, i'm a dog. Either way, I was throwing up a lot and they got worried so they took me to the vet. I don't mind the vet, there's lots of smells and new faces that i can make friends with and i love the car ride there. so anybowwow, we went to the vet and they did some tests to see if i was healthy. they came back normal and didn't know what was making me vomit (my humans think it was the carpet, but I think something that taste so good can't possibly be bad) So I had to take some human meds to me me stop vomiting luckily those weren't expensive, but the vet visit was. Test are pricey! After that it all went away, I also stopped eating carpet...but again i think it's a coincidence.

I was doing fine with sicks and hurts for a while but yesterday i broke my long stint and got really sick and scared my humans a whole lot!

My mom and I went for a walk with her dad and my sister Bosco, it was great. Bosco and it jumped and sniffed while we went around the block and once we got inside we both went into the living room to lie down. mom went and sat on the couch to do some homework. a few minutes later Bosco and I heard grandma pull up and went to the door to say hello. Mom let grandma in and bosco went to say hi. I decided to go sit down cause I suddenly didn't feel very well. grandma noticed and thought it was strange since i'm usually very excited when people come home. she said something to mom and mom looked over and saw me trying to lie down and said that I was just tired, but then she looked again and noticed that I did look funny. grandma yelled to grandpa that something was wrong and mom ran over to me to try to help. all I wanted to do was lie down but I couldn't get my legs to move right and when mom called my name I couldn't move my head right to look at her. they thought I was choking so mom tried to calm me while grandpa tried to open my mouth to get something out. he had a hard time opening my mouth because I had it clamped shut very tightly. I wasn't choking and I was very scared. I was shaking a bit and looked confused and scared i'm sure, my tail was even between my legs. during all that grandma called the emergency vet who told them to bring me in but grandma got mad because they were 25 miles awy from us! grandpa got very angry and upset because he was worried that I wouldn't make it if I was choking. Mom was crying and very scared. suddenly she picked me up and ran outside without shoes on (silly mom) and jumped in the car with me and grandpa soon followed yelling to grandma to grab shoes for mom. as soon as we were all in the car grandpa sped to the vet. I was still holding my mouth shut and shaking but i was breathing ok . after a couple minutes i calmed down a bit and decided to take a nap on moms lap. by the time we got to the vet I was just fine and wanted to run around but mom wouldn't let me because i didn't have a collar or leash on so the vet got me a new leash and we went inside the room. she checked me out and tried to listen to my heart but i was too curious to sit still and i started sniffing around and snorting like i always do when i sniff. they decided to do more tests and took me back to a room to draw some blood, i didn't mind that either and was very good. then we waited in the small room to get the results back, i was getting very bored so mom played tug of war with the leash with me to keep me entertained. I love tug of war! I always win.

eventually the tests came back and were fine but the vet said it sounded like I had a seizure! wow! I don't remember eating anything to hurt me and mom doesn't remember seeing me get into anything either so it could be epilepsy. the vet sent me home and put me on 24hr watch and so far it's been 24hrs and no more seizures so I might be ok. I'm still a little scared though and feel bad for scaring my humans so much. I hope i'm not sick so I don't make them sad and worried about me.

anybowwow, wish me luck!!

snugs and licks,
Ava