What A Difference A Night Makes

Or from the jaws of devastation to miracle recovery

Thought I would be posting a Rainbow Bridge message for our GSD Abbie today, she collapsed last night & was unable to get up, very laboured breathing & looking very ill, she managed to get up(will power I think)& get back into the house to await the vet.

The Vet & nurse were lovely & she got two shots of antibiotics & Metacam as the vet's opinion it was the heat & pain from artritis etc(she's 11 years old & a very big girl)her heart & colour was fine.

After a sleepless night, she got up on her own at 1.50 this morning & went for a drink & a wee & came back in & nudged me for something to eat-half asleep I gave her a cream sponge split which was swallowed in a second & she went back to sleep

This morning she is back to almost normal asking for her breakfast & scoffing it with relish & even nicking Rjj's Kong

I'm always amazed at the speed our special furbabies recover & thank goodness they do :smt049 :smt049 :smt049 My dad would have been devastated if he had lost her too soon :smt052

I'm posting this just to show that our special friends can amaze us with their strength & will to live

So glad it was good news.

Hi Joedee very pleased to hear Abbie is ok ..
What was the cause of the problem?

Cream sponge split? PMSL
Delighted recovery is imminent

The vet thought it was the heat & a very painful flare up of Arthritis(she's a rescue so has never been X rayed so could have HD & arthritis)

She barked at the paperboy today & been blagging titbits off my dad all day Definitely on the way back to normal

i am so glad she is o.k animals are truly amazing
love the cream sponge split,definately a good medicine

Poor thing.. dogs can be amazingly resilient, I had almost given up hope for Amy when she started to have serious problems last spring but we have a reprieve

I hope Abbie continues to improve...

cream sponge splits to be prescribed immediately to all poorly dogs Glad to hear she is OK again.

thank goodness the cream sponge did the trick

Awww,so very pleased that shes ok