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  • Thanks so much everyone! those good thougths/prayers ARE working and we anticipate she'll be home around lunchtime. She will need a bland diet for a while, but we ARE planning for a complete recovery. I'll post again when she's home.

  • That's good news! How scary for the both of you to go through this! Continued good health, and I will think of the both of you often today.

  • Healing thoughts for you all. Scary.

  • Hoping for a quick recovery

  • Okay, she's home now! YEA! She will be on a bland diet for almost a week, but then we can start introducing her normal food. Of course she managed to charm everyone in the place, but I told them I hoped we did NOT see them again. So much for doing soemthing fun with the tax rebate. Oh well. She does need to go to her regular vet for a quick blood test on Monday and maybe later in the week, but at least she gets to sleep in the bed with me tonight!

  • So glad to hear that she is home and recovering!!! That is super news….

  • I am so glad she is home!

  • Wow…glad to read that everything is going to be okay. Best wishes to you guys!

  • thanks everyone! her blood work looked normal on Monday and today we're going from 4 feedings to 3, so that will be sad for her. I'd say she's about 90% or so back to normal. Tuesday, however, Pearl-petual Motion the crazy malinois threw up blood so she spent Tues at our regular vet's for observation. She was normal there - no vomit, no diarrhea. Except I swear she did not recognize me when I picked her up 8 hours later. Anyone else read Simple Dog Goes for a Joy Ride?

    http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
    I really did not write that, but I think Simple dog is a close (very close) relative of Pearl. Pearl's hobbies include spinning, ball chasing and destroying toys.

  • @agilebasenji:

    Except I swear she did not recognize me when I picked her up 8 hours later. Anyone else read Simple Dog Goes for a Joy Ride?

    http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
    I really did not write that, but I think Simple dog is a close (very close) relative of Pearl. Pearl's hobbies include spinning, ball chasing and destroying toys.

    yes! love that blog! and, wow, it must be very trying to live with a dog like that, but hilarious, too!

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