Roxie wasn’t released until one
o’clock the next day. She was in the animal hospital over 24 hours and came home
after she was deemed healthy and out of medical danger. She began eating solid
food and drinking water on her own sometime in the middle of the night during her hospital stay. We will
never know what caused her condition. The veterinarian release papers maintain
the Hemorrahagic Gastroenteritis diagnosis, after ruling out any other major
illness including blockages in her digestive tract and poisoning.
My instructions were to continue
giving her small amounts of a bland diet several times a day. Since her
hospitalization, I have restricted her exercise and access to doggie “junk”
food. When she first got home her diet consisted of one part boiled burger,
chicken, or cottage cheese mixed with two parts rice. I was additionally
instructed to slowly introduce kibble into her diet. I decided to give her a
low fat kibble that is for sale only at our local high end pet food store.
Two weeks have passed since Roxie’s
illness, and she is thriving. She has lost about two pounds, and I am working
to help her regain her weight. She and I are back to taking our daily walk, but
I’m not taking either of my dogs to the dog park anymore. I can’t get over the
idea that the use of reclaimed drinking and irrigation water may have caused
this problem. Many thanks to the veterinarians and nurses at SAGE Emergency
Veterinary Clinic. I truly believe they saved her life.
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