Our Maggie Mae is Sick
May. 17th | Posted by Nicky
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Poor Maggie – she wasn’t eating Sunday and then she starting panting and stretching every few minutes. Her abdomen was obviously in a lot of pain.
I took her into emergency, leaving Huey to put the kids to bed. She’s not really supposed to do that, but no harm done, and she didn’t mind. Anyway, I made the vet give her ever blood test, urine test etc under the sun. When her bloodwork came back he thought the machine was wrong, because her platelets were so low. But it turns out the machine was right, and her clotting was terrible.
Our poor baby has a severely enlarged spleen at the moment. She’s terribly uncomfortable. We started her on meds yesterday after an ultrasound discovered the size of her spleen. But the meds make her drink and pee endlessly. She woke me up to let her out 6 times last night, and there was still a big pool of pee on the floor by the backdoor in the morning.
So I taught her to use the cat door in the screen door today.. a little smoked salmon can teach a dog to do anything. Maggie’s been running in and out of the door to pee every half hour. We’re going to let her go in and out of the door tonight, as well as take her water away just before bed. So hopefully that will minimize my sleeplessness.
But keep her in your thoughts – she’s still very sick and only her appetite has shown signs of recovery. Let’s hope those meds kick in, and in a few more days, she’s feeling better. She’s very fragile right now, since her blood doesn’t clot. We are supposed to be camping next weekend and she was going to be in the kennel. IF she’s not feeling substantively better, we’ll have to figure something else out. Oh well – she’s family, and family is always top priority.
Aw! I will definitely send all the good vibes I’ve got to your girl! Having a sick pet is never fun/easy, and it’s compounded by the fact that they can’t talk and tell you what they need/how they feel.
She’s lucky to have parents like you, who are dedicated to making sure she gets better.
Poor Maggie! Put your vet to work! It is so hard when they can’t tell you what is wrong. Poor little Georgie is losing weight, but all the tests are coming back ok. Sigh….these little creatures really have a way of worming into your heart…
I hope your little girl gets on the mend quickly. It’s so hard when a fur baby is sick!
Oh, poor thing. Hope she is feeling better soon. Our cats and dog are our family too, and I understand how hard it is when a furry family member is sick.
Poor Maggie! She’s such a doll, I hate to think of her feeling bad! Have the girls give her a (gentle) hug from Auntie Ena <3
Thanks guys – she has me so worried!!! I haven’t slept for 2 nights.