haleyandmark
Boxer Insane
First off, let me start by saying this has been a terribly long past couple of weeks ... between my grandma's death, my friends, Mark, school, and work, I'm about to go out of my mind!
Something is not at all okay with our baby girl Asia. Since this weekend was my grandma's funeral, my entire family was there, and their dogs too. Asia ran around with my Aunt Jane's crazy chocolate lab, Molly, all weekend long. Asia is a big bundle of energy but even Molly wore her out. Needless to say, she has been sleeping since we got home.
This morning, Mark was walking out of the apartment to go to work and Asia's best friend (who she hasn't seen in awhile), Josie, was outside. Asia got up real quick and Josie ran into our apartment and they began playing. Asia was growling a lot and I was thinking maybe she was just tired. So, they went outside and were playing just fine. All of a sudden, Josie swatted Asia (she is a Boxer, too) and Asia fell on her side and didn't get up. ((I was inside, Mark was outside, when all this was happenning but I ran outside as soon as I saw her laying on the ground)). Mark was trying to lift her up and she was just like jelly. Her eyes were open but she looked confused and she wouldn't stand up - like her whole body was numb or something - and she urinated while on her side. We eventuelly got her up and ran inside to check her.
She wobbled inside and instead of drinking water (like normal), she went and layed down on her pillow ... I checked her gums and they were ghost white!
I got her in my car and ran over to our vet's office. They were so nice, they got me in right away. The vet checked her over and said it didn't sound like a seizure. I asked if it could have been from her getting in to anything and he told me No because they wouldn't explain why her gums went white. His prognosis (which isn't based on any facts as of yet) is that it is heart related.
He told me this could be the first of a series of events, or we may never see this happen again. I wondered if it could have just been from exhaustion? Everything I named he told me that couldn't be it because it wouldn't have caused her gums to go white.
So, she is still at the vets. I have nothing to do but sit here and wait. They are going to do two chest films and call me and we'll go from there. I just called them (she hasn't been there but for like 20 minutes) and told them that if they find anything seriously wrong, call me and tell me what they are going to do because I will do ANYTHING to keep her healthy!
Does anyone know what this could have been other than heart problems? Is that what it sounds like? Does anyone else have any other stories that could help me out with what I'm dealing with?
This is so hard - she's only a little over a year and a half old. If something happens to her, Mark and I will be absolutely devastated. I know it sounds crazy but she's like a child to us. Not the kind of child that we buy clothes for (except for cute sweaters during the winter:rolleyes: ), but the type of child that you start to miss when you're gone for a few hours or all day.
Anyway, the vet's office will be calling me at 2 to let me know what the X Rays showed, if anything, then I will be picking her up soon thereafter, hopefully.
Send us some get well wishes and healing vibes because we are in dire need of those right about now! :(
Something is not at all okay with our baby girl Asia. Since this weekend was my grandma's funeral, my entire family was there, and their dogs too. Asia ran around with my Aunt Jane's crazy chocolate lab, Molly, all weekend long. Asia is a big bundle of energy but even Molly wore her out. Needless to say, she has been sleeping since we got home.
This morning, Mark was walking out of the apartment to go to work and Asia's best friend (who she hasn't seen in awhile), Josie, was outside. Asia got up real quick and Josie ran into our apartment and they began playing. Asia was growling a lot and I was thinking maybe she was just tired. So, they went outside and were playing just fine. All of a sudden, Josie swatted Asia (she is a Boxer, too) and Asia fell on her side and didn't get up. ((I was inside, Mark was outside, when all this was happenning but I ran outside as soon as I saw her laying on the ground)). Mark was trying to lift her up and she was just like jelly. Her eyes were open but she looked confused and she wouldn't stand up - like her whole body was numb or something - and she urinated while on her side. We eventuelly got her up and ran inside to check her.
She wobbled inside and instead of drinking water (like normal), she went and layed down on her pillow ... I checked her gums and they were ghost white!
I got her in my car and ran over to our vet's office. They were so nice, they got me in right away. The vet checked her over and said it didn't sound like a seizure. I asked if it could have been from her getting in to anything and he told me No because they wouldn't explain why her gums went white. His prognosis (which isn't based on any facts as of yet) is that it is heart related.
He told me this could be the first of a series of events, or we may never see this happen again. I wondered if it could have just been from exhaustion? Everything I named he told me that couldn't be it because it wouldn't have caused her gums to go white.
So, she is still at the vets. I have nothing to do but sit here and wait. They are going to do two chest films and call me and we'll go from there. I just called them (she hasn't been there but for like 20 minutes) and told them that if they find anything seriously wrong, call me and tell me what they are going to do because I will do ANYTHING to keep her healthy!
Does anyone know what this could have been other than heart problems? Is that what it sounds like? Does anyone else have any other stories that could help me out with what I'm dealing with?
This is so hard - she's only a little over a year and a half old. If something happens to her, Mark and I will be absolutely devastated. I know it sounds crazy but she's like a child to us. Not the kind of child that we buy clothes for (except for cute sweaters during the winter:rolleyes: ), but the type of child that you start to miss when you're gone for a few hours or all day.
Anyway, the vet's office will be calling me at 2 to let me know what the X Rays showed, if anything, then I will be picking her up soon thereafter, hopefully.
Send us some get well wishes and healing vibes because we are in dire need of those right about now! :(
