| november
14, 2006 |
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5:55pm
so, this entry is going to be mostly
all about sebastian, as he is sick.
here is what i have written in my LJ about him so far:
Sun, Nov. 12th, 2006 02:03 pm
i'm taking sebastian to the emergency vet.
i'm not taking any chances.
poor little puffin.
Sun, Nov. 12th, 2006 05:18 pm
sebastians' back. they did 2 x rays. everything is ok with him. no more mysterious
pods in his body.
all the vets were totally mystified as to what it was. they said it was definitely
a pod...but they had no idea what kind.
it's all very weird.
i don't have anything like that in my house or growing anywhere near where
i live.
i've never seen anything like it.
totally bizarre. beyond bizarre.
i put it in my freezer in case i ever run into a botantist who can tell me
what in the heck that thing is.
$312 bill.
ouch.
Mon, Nov. 13th, 2006 12:34 pm
he seems better today but still really tired.
he usually greets me when i wake up with much enthusiam.
today, tho, he just remained asleep.
i think he is exhausted.
i think he''ll be fine, but i can't help but worry a bit because he is the
love dog.
he's such a little guy under all that fur!
Tue, Nov. 14th, 2006 12:10 pm
the thing that makes the most sense to me is the thing that was in sebastian
is a Bezoar
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol6n2/kehr.xml
that is what it looks like inside
it.
just brown gush.
i't's mostly found in hooved anaimls but can happen in humans and therefore i would think dogs.
i called my vet today to see what
they thought.
a doctor is going to call me back.
all of yesterday sebastian remained quiet and subdued. he did not even want to play with his favourite toy, which is his favourite thing to do in all the world.
i can't get him to eat. i gave him
a treat last night and he rejected it.
this morning he also did not want it, so i tried a small piece of bread, and
then a really tiny portion of string cheese.
all of these he had no interest in at all :(
he just sits quietly or sleeps and seems very sad.
i might have to take him to the vet
again today.
i worry.
either that or just wait it out today and see if tomorrow he will eat.
i don't know how to afford this. it really sucks.
but what sucks more is that sebastian
seems so miserable.
and i hate seeing my little wookie like this.
i try to comfort him and hold him but he prefers to lay in corners in the dark.
he is alert and everything. he just
seems positivelty depressed and unable to eat.
i don't know if he has even drank any water.
i'm keeping a close eye on him.
this is so nervewracking, my little poofy man.
please send him good thoughts for
wellness.
Tue, Nov. 14th, 2006 05:27 pm
i got sebastian to drink a few laps of water. that makes me feel better about
that.
i tried to give hima few teaspoons of beef broth but he had no interest in
it.
he remains completely listless and depressed. mostly sleeps or stares.
even things which would normally get him really riled up (like me singing
in high tones and then he howls along), he won't even prick up his ears to
it,
but instead after trying for about 1 minute all he could do is make a raspy
sound like he wanted to sing, but didn't even have enough energy to make a
sound.
poor guy.
i talked to my vet and she said if he doesn't start feeling better tomrorrow
to bring him in.
so i have an appointment at 2:30pm for tomorrow.
she didn't seem to be concerned that he was in a life threatening situation
right now, but he stomache is probably just really upset from throwing up
so much and he probably feels nauseous and sore. she said even if he drank
water he would probably just throw it up.
but he did drink about 7 laps of water and so far so good.
i feel so helpless. all i can do is pet him and talk to him in soothing tones
and give him love.
poor poor little muffin man.
my little fluff bucket of love.
things are so quiet here today without
him making "announcements" whenever he hears something in the hallway.
(he is the guardian of the temple, he even sleeps by the door, he is such
a FU dog)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_dog
"Guardian lions, also called Fu Dogs or Foo Dogs, and called Shi in Chinese or Ra shi da, are powerful mythic protectors that have traditionally stood in front of Chinese imperial palaces, emperors' tombs, and government offices..."
my smooshy baby shih tzu poof lion.
no happy lion dances today where the dogs show off their strength and agility for me, a treat i enjoy so much and always clap at the end.
no sounds from sebastian's favourite squeaky toy.
oh good, he's drinking a tiny bit
more water! yay :)
he imagine he must be extremely dehydrated...
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M had to take a cab to work today
because they were sweeping the garage and he didn't get his car out in time
and they wouldn't let him drive his car out of the garage. WTF?
so thankfully, i had a bit of cash on hand because i took it out of the ATM
in case shit starts bouncing because of the vet bills, at lesat i have cash
to still but food and such.
but now that cash is gone, what a drag.
frugality is the name of the game right now.
my mom said she'd send me a cheque for the emergency room vet bill.
but i don't know when it will arrive nor if i can get it into the bank before
things explode.
i really hope i don't have to take sebastian to the vet tomorrow to amke things
worse for me financially, but i will do anything i have to do to make sure
he is ok.
i couldn't live with myself if anything terrible happened to sebastian just
because i was poor.
we've been eating spghetti the last few days, thanks to spaghetti sauce from
M's dad and i had noodles.
i guess it's spaghetti night today, too!
M get's off work at 7, but i don't know how he is going to make it home since
i only had enough cash to get him to work, and not back.
if he takes the bus, it's going to take him a long time to get home with many
transfers.
i feel terrible for him, how stressful.
and it's 32 degrees out. no fun waiting at bus stops.
today i had planned to do a lot of
photographing but that never happened because i am just so exhausted and preoccupied
with my pupster today.
although yesterday i got a lot of loving sex in and that was relieving and
comforting.
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