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I hope she will be well soon.

nm

Infact, she hadn't touched her food. I checked her toys to see if big chunks were missing that she might have swallowed, but they were fine. (If I plan to leave Pride loose in house while we're not home, I do a quick room-by-room scan to see if there are things that could cause trouble for her. I did this yesterday too.)

I have no idea what went wrong in the afternoon.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Pride.

I hope she gets better soon. I will tell you that my first bully, Abby, had symptoms of acute moaning and abd pain in the middle of the nite one time. I called the vet and took her in in the nite. He was concerned about gastric torsion. It turned out she had gotten in the garbage and eaten coffee grounds. (She eventually threw them up.) This gave her pancreatitis. She stayed for 4 days and had to have lots of fluids. I think I cooked chicken and rice for over a month for her before I could put her back on food. She didn't have a fever, though. I don't think it affected her breathing.

Could she have eaten anything strange?


She sure sounds sick. I hope she gets better soon.

Torsion of the bowel would be more likely, but i dont think that is the case because of the symptoms you said!

Do you think it's possible that she DID aspirate and the abdominal discomfort is from coughing and choking violently while she was alone?

Pride will be in my thoughts all night... I'm sorry you have to go through this...

nm

Tell Ms. Pride I have a deal for her! She gets better within 24 hours or else I will come up there and kiss her right on the nose!!!After eating garlic! So with that in mind she will be running down the road trying to get home in a few hours Prayers will continue. I'm up til 2 am (pacific time) usually gail if you need anything email me!

Pride was hospitalized more times than I care to remember in 2001. The first bout of pneumonia would have killed her had I not been sitting beside her when she collapsed and fell off the bed in January, 2001. She was hospitalized nearly a week, on oxygen and IV antibiotics. And the cycle began. She would go through a round of antibiotics and things would be good for about 3 weeks after the drugs ... then fall apart again. They finally did the lung wash to determine what kind of monster bacteria was evading us. She was suppose to have been on the new drug for 8 weeks, but she started losing strength (couldn't climb stairs or get on the sofa) at the 5th week and I had to make the awful decision to discontinue the drug before it killed her. But 5 weeks on that drug did the trick and she rebounded. Things have been very good for about a year and a half. I guess I got too comfortable.

nm

I hope that by tomorrow she is feeling much better. Why does she have a low immune system. I must have missed the reason.

Gail,

Thanks for the update. Lots of good thoughts and prayers.

Lynn K

Feel better

Will continue to keep you in our thoughts!

KB

Get well soon Pride..you are such a doll:)

Gail,
We're out of town and I have just read about Your sweet Pride.. Will send special bully-prayers for her over the next couple of days.. You will be in my thoughts!!!