The Pill

Shortly after my second to last post on Lily she got strangely sick.

Yes, more than usual.

She began vomiting the yellow bile that so many dogs tend to vomit occasionally - but this was every hour. This is also different than her normal vomit - which tends to be projectile and offensively smelly. She vomited nearly hourly through the entire night. We were very scared, especially when the vomit started to include blood looking stuff. So we got her into the vet. The Dr. wanted to keep her there over the weekend for observation and to get her on an IV. She hadn't had a drink of water or bite to eat for over 24 hours by the time we got her in.

The poor thing has had such a rough life being abandoned by who know who left to be put down - rescued by our fostering group and then transferred from foster home to foster home then put indefinitely into a boarding situation. Last year we said we would foster her for a weekend when the boarding place got booked up for Thanksgiving.

We couldn't possibly send her back to the perpetual kennel so we decided to keep her long term. She has made such great progress and many of you have gotten over your fear of her. She tries so hard to be good, but she has had a very hard life and finds it difficult to trust people. I don't blame her.

Anyway I hope the news is good on Monday - we miss our "Pill."

PS...the Pill is home and she is feeling better....poor thing.


The red bandage is where she had the IV in her...ohhhhh Doesn't she just melt your heart?

The Vet couldn't find anything specifically that made her sick but she did find a fractured tooth. Poor thing is going to have to go in and have it extracted. No wonder she gets mad at people she's got a tooth that is literally split in half.