 Barked: Fri Jul 10, '09 4:49pm PST |
 | |  | | We had a very, very old am staf who boarded with us all the time. He had been with us for two weeks (his longest stay), and everything was fine. His owners picked him up at noon, he was all bouncy and happy and the old man went out the door with the dog. After the woman finished paying, she went out and ran back in the door and said Zeke was dying. I went out, he was down flat with a seizure. His gums were completely white and I was sure it was the end. I held him and comforted the owners and suddenly realized he was moving his head in a more controlled manner. He was still pure white and couldn't stand. The vet is right next door to us so the owners and my assistant took him right up there and I called ahead. My assistant carried him into an exam room, set him on the floor and he jumped up and started checking out the room. They left without even seeing the vet (?), and came back down to our kennel. For some reason I grabbed a handful of Tiny Tots treats. The dog gobbled them all up and we watched his color go from gray to almost normal pink. My theory is that because the owners bring his own food and didn't bring any for the last day he was hypoglycemic, which caused the seizure. He hadn't eaten since 8 am the morning before. Although the dog recovered fully before he was even all the way home they did have to have him euthanized about 3 weeks later. Sadly, the owners were actually hoping he would pass away while he was boarding. (Not in a bad way, they didn't want to have to make a decision to have him euthanized which I did understand.) I was doing everything I possibly could so that wouldn't happen!!!!!!! Got quite a few more gray hairs that day!!!!! |  |  | |  |
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