Current Events > Had to rush my dog to the emergency vet last night.

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out of nowhere he wasnt breathing well, and it sounded like a reverse sneeze, which has happened before, but this kept going on for 10 or more minutes. I cant recall correctly. We were very much panicked on our way to the hospital.

They kept him overnight and want to do an endoscopy because they keep mentioning they saw something in the x rays.

Right now theyre giving us the option to either keep him there until they find someone to do the endoscopy or take him home, keep an eye on him and make an appt with our regular vet ASAP. Currently leaning towards making the appt as he seems stable now and we dont want him being in the hospital if hed do okay at home. Plus our vet knows his medical history better. The bill is already in the 1000s but luckily we have pet insurance.

I feel really bad for my wife though, we had just come home from a party and she was drunk as fuck. The entire drive to the vet she was panicking about our dog dying in her arms and also dissociating hardcore thinking this was just a nightmare and shed wake up from soon.

Overall a 0/10 experience. Moral of the story is get pet insurance.

Obligatory dog tax
https://imgur.com/a/FqZ69OT
The technician looking after him was kind enough to send us a picture.

JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Do you recommend a pet insurance carrier? Hope all goes well.

Not sure if youd have the same in the states as Im in Canada but PetSecure has never failed us. Theyve covered everything so far, but then again we signed up our dog as soon as we got him as a puppy so there werent any exclusions.

Sorry to hear that. What breed is your pooch?

My coworker recently found out that his six year old dog had some form of olfactory cancer that caused her to be extremely restless, and then she started sneezing blood. Too deep for excision, so the only options are radio/chemo treatment, or euthanasia.

treewojima posted...

Sorry to hear that. What breed is your pooch?

My coworker recently found out that his six year old dog had some form of olfactory cancer that caused her to be extremely restless, and then she started sneezing blood. Too deep for excision, so the only options are radio/chemo treatment, or euthanasia.

Hes a German spitz Klein.

That is really awful, I cant even begin to imagine how hard that has to be. Poor little guy.

HouIe posted...

Hes a German spitz Klein.

That is really awful, I cant even begin to imagine how hard that has to be. Poor little guy.

Lol, that basically means "little spitz" in German; those classes in high school paid off. That breed doesn't seem to have any inherent health issues. Scary, but the endoscopy will help determine what it is. X-rays are just the first step. Good luck!

Yeah, he was really broken up about it. Got the call first thing on a Monday morning too, so it ruined his whole day/week. Some people don't understand that pets are family members, yo

treewojima posted...

Lol, that basically means "little spitz" in German; those classes in high school paid off. That breed doesn't seem to have any inherent health issues. Scary, but the endoscopy will help determine what it is. X-rays are just the first step. Good luck!

Yeah, he was really broken up about it. Got the call first thing on a Monday morning too, so it ruined his whole day/week. Some people don't understand that pets are family members, yo

we just picked him up. He already seems much better. Theyre keeping him on steroids every 12 hours and were calling our regular vet tomorrow.

i definitely get that. My wife has the week off and she was really looking forward to that but now were taking turns staying up all night cause were terrified of something happening while were asleep.
pets are absolutely part of a family. This little guy has made us really happy and we can only hope weve made him just as happy.

I cant calm down completely yet. Im watching him take a nap and still cant fully grasp whatever the fuck happened.
Driving him to the hospital was one of the worst things Ive been through. I honestly thought he was going to die in the car. We were basically saying our goodbyes and telling him how much we loved him. Im not even hungry or tired even though I havent eaten today and got very little sleep.

HouIe posted...

This little guy has made us really happy and we can only hope weve made him just as happy.

Of course man, just know hes happy to always be with you - its why they still perk up even when theyre feeling down, they get this burst of energy of love that comes from the fact that youre showing them love

Hope you find some relief in the fact that the doctors know what theyre doing and prescribed them something to help them out

I know it sucks... ye, definitely fer sure man

Basically you cant afford to look back at this moment, his care comes first like youve been doing - just have that spearhead what you gotta be doing cause those thoughts of before are going to definitely bug ya if you keep thinking about it

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Sorry to hear that TC
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RedJackson posted...

Of course man, just know hes happy to always be with you - its why they still perk up even when theyre feeling down, they get this burst of energy of love that comes from the fact that youre showing them love

Hope you find some relief in the fact that the doctors know what theyre doing and prescribed them something to help them out

Thanks, this really helped. We really do love this chunker. I guess we never really thought we could lose him so soon as hes only 3, so being presented with his possible mortality hit us like a truck. Were really happy to have him back home. The vets really did a good job treating him and keeping us updated.

RedJackson posted...

Basically you cant afford to look back at this moment, his care comes first like youve been doing - just have that spearhead what you gotta be doing cause those thoughts of before are going to definitely bug ya if you keep thinking about it

Of course. My wife is staying up tonight to watch him. Were not taking any chances.