Ok so it is Monday morning at 6:17am. Winnie (6 months old) has not been allowed to "eat" anything since Saturday at about 8pm. This is not my idea mind you..... these are the instructions from the SFVS Internist.
Yesterday morning she seemed really hungry so I called the SFVS people and asked if I could give her Nutri-cal. I was (still am) worried aboutr giving her broth as instructed because of the onions. I was told that I could give her 1 tablespoon of Nutrical so at about 8am ish she had 1 T in a Kong which she thoroughly enjoyed. We then hung out for a while, took a nice stroll around the 'hood and waited for Deirdre. D and C came over about 12:30 and we went done to the Seal Point park dog runs in San Mateo. The crowd was kind of lame so we packed up and went over to Foster City dog run. Winnie ran and played for a while but no potty breaks. As we were packing to leave I walked her in some grass and she finally peed.
Winnie rode in her crate in the way back and did very well. We dropped Clancy off at his house and then got a cup of coffee. When we got back to our house Winnie threw-up bile. Poor thing is HUNGRY. We arrived 30 minutes early for our tech appointment. I asked them again if I was really supposed to be withholding food for this long. They ended up putting me in a room with Dr. Stewart. I do quite enjoy him and he loved my Poodle lapel pin. He said that she has a lot of gas in her tummy which probably explains why we could hear it rumble. He said to offer her chicken broth (best w/o onion), apple juice or gateraid. He also said I could offer her plain jello if it seemed really important. In order to get the best results out of these contrast films he really wants her intestines empty. It isn't that I want them to find something but I really hope that I am NOT putting her through this (and paying $1500.00) for no reason.
They gave poor Winnie fluids and a "warm water" enema before we left. She seemed to be find and it certainly did clear out her system. She was really mellow and slept most of last night.
Bummer was when she woke me up at 5:30am this morning. I assumed, wrongly, that she was in a big hurry to get out and pee because of the fluids but no she wanted to eat grass. You are not supposed to offer water the morning of procedures generally... I did offer her a tablespoon of broth but she wasn't interested. When I took her out she was attempting to eat grass. I had to put her on leash so that I could prevent it as that is the type of thing that they are attempting to avoid.
MY POOR WINNIE PUP.
I feel just awful for her........
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