Bulldogs World

Originally his appt w the bulldog specialist was scheduled for Saturday....I called this morning and rescheduled for 2:40 today.....the vet is about 2 hours away. I came home from work at noon to round him up and take him to the vet....had him kenneled ion the main floor (coolest part of house & yes the AC is on) and found him in respiratory distress.

He had just vomited a large white foamy/ watery barf and his tongue was blue. I quickly squirted some lemon juice down his throat and picked the 70 lb dog up and threw him in my car. I called my local vet and was told he was out until 2 and referred to another local vet that was on call and actually closer to me (although, I do not go to her because I don't feel she is very skilled). Desperate and scared I rushed to her office - she was at lunch!!!

Her Vet assistant helped me and I ended up directing her until the vet arrived....everything took forever. We got him on oxygen, they took his temp (at my directive because he felt really hot to me) - he was hotter than the thermometer could read >106! We iced his groin and arm pits and put a cool towel over him. She gave him a mild sedative and IV fluids.

Miraculously after 2 hrs his temp was down and they felt he was stable enough to transport. The rescue wanted me to take him to their local vet >2 hrs away since they have a 24 emergency center. We drove like crazy down there....he was doing pretty good, until we were 10 miles away, he got up.....walked in a circle...lied back down and rolled over to his side and stopped breathing.

I flew out of my seat and tried to give him CPR and I had him struggling to stay with me for a few minutes then he surrendered.

I'm so sad...we were soo close to getting him help. Shame on his previous owners for not disclosing his true health issues - when they called to surrender they told the rescue that he was healthy, just getting old.

I only had you for less than 48 hours Tyson, I'm sorry I wasn't ale to save you. I hope you know you were loved.