After a really long night, we finally got in with the vet this morning. He thinks she has tonsillitis. His exact phrase was that her throat was "redder than meat." I guess her throat is so swollen that when she swallows anything (including water...even her own saliva!) she ultimately ends up gagging herself, which therefore makes her vomit.
He gave her a shot, and a couple of pills. And for the next few days, I get to give her some liquid medicine with a syringe (the little kid version of amoxicillin --bright pink!). I also have to attempt to get her to swallow a pill once a day for the next five days. And, I get to feed her soft food (think gruel) with a syringe 2-3 times daily until she will eat it without the syringe. Then, I have to wean her back onto solid dog food.
The plus side: She's only thrown up 3 times today. WOOHOO!
It's almost like I have a child....
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Welcome to motherhood! It's funny, when I read your last post I thought to myself, "I have a gazillion syringes in my house" but I didn't have any way to get them to you.
Becks, it's just a preview. :-)
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