Mommy went to Vietnam with Karin, Steve, and Kevin to adopt Kien, then stayed in NC with them for almost 2 weeks. Meanwhile, Daddy was very busy with his out-of-town clients, then went to NC to meet his new grandson, so Guinny spent most of the month in a villa at his pet hotel. He was bathed and ready to be picked up Monday, June 30, but our flights were delayed. I arrived this morning to bring our boy home to discover that he had had diarrhea Monday night and had begun vomiting. This morning when they went in to him, they discovered that he had vomited all night and needed another going-home bath. Before they brought him out, they told me that he had been losing weight all month. According to their scales, he had lost 3 pounds. Also, the first time Grant picked him up for a weekend at home, they had told him that they had found a worm in Guinny’s stool and suggested that he have a fecal test done. Grant never saw any worms and was too busy for that. He never even mentioned to me that there could be a problem (sigh), as what could I have done from Vietnam or NC?
They did feed him this morning thinking that it was more important for him to have something in his stomach to vomit than to have dry heaves. But I know from Mark, that he recommends NO food or water for 24 hours after vomiting, though I did give him some ice.
As is normal on his first day home, he was a zombie, so there wasn’t an obvious change in behavior other than, when we went outside for potty breaks, he was more subdued than normal. This afternoon, he vomited two more times – both were mucous with blood plus he lost his food. (I knew you would want to know.)
Since today is Canada Day, the vet is unavailable unless we want to pay the big bucks for the Emergency Animal Clinic. We opted to wait after calling Mark, our brilliant nephew veterinarian unless there is a turn for the worse.
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