One Sick Puppy

The last few nights WF and I have been worried sick about our dog Harry. He has been really sick and last night we gave in and took him to the animal hospital. On Tuesday during dinner we gave him a bone to chomp on while we were eating so he would not beg while we had guests over. Shortly after he started to have massive amounts of gas and diarrhea we thought maybe he got into something and it would run it's course (turns out it was the bone). Then he proceeded to have an accident in the house, which he never does. Then Wednesday night he threw up all over our bed trying to wake us up to take him outside. We felt so bad for him. WF took him out and he pooped everywhere and got sick again. So we decided if something else happened we would take him to the doctor. Well yesterday WF called me to tell me he had another accident in the house and there was blood in the poop. So he immediately took him to the hospital.

Turns out Harry had irritated his colon from all of the pooping from the bone that made him sick. He was in a lot of pain and he could not hold food down because he had thrown up so much. He is now on three medications on special dog food and is under a watch by the doctor. I was so worried about the little guy last night. We held him and snuggled him all night. He seems to be doing better. We are hoping he starts to get better later today. So very sad.

If this is what it is like to be a parent we are for sure holding off. Too much stress.