Since I posted about making soap that didn’t do exactly as I wanted and there is a back story on why I had time to make soap today…. here goes…..
I’ve been on PTO for a week. We were all set for a week long cruise, and I really set us up for a nice week - upgraded to a mini-suite, got the upgrade package for drinks and even got us the weeks worth of spa access since it was a cruise on the Pacific Northwest coast and expected to be cold (West Coast Cold, I know lol). Mom was all set to babysit Doodle, the dog in my pic - who is basically the love of our life since our kids are grown and gone and no grandkids and you can only hang out with and spoil the neighbors kids so much without becoming Crazy Auntie instead of just Auntie…..
So a few days before my vaca starts, guess who starts barfing, yup - Doodle. Multiple times a day. Off to the vet we go… try Prilosec. Nope doesn’t help, still barfing, and now she’s got the funky poops and she’s lethargic. So the vet says if she’s not better have your mom bring her back while you’re away. Well, she doesn’t get better and she’s barfing something awful and sick, so could we really leave her when she’s sick, and could we leave my mom with a sick dog? You guessed it, Nope.
Lesson learned - buy the vacation insurance. I didn’t… so even knowing that, we just couldn’t go.
Now it’s been a week with sick ol’ Doodle, so let’s do lab work - and that comes back that pretty unremarkable. Maybe she’s recovering from pancreatitis? Or drank some funky water out of a planter in the backyard?
I have to call the vet again tomorrow, we had a good 36 hours without barfing, but then she did last night and again today, and this isn’t just a bit of sick, like full on everything in her tummy and more sick. I’ve made her chicken and rice, some broth with some tiny beef bits, plain chicken - she’s a bit more spunky but still we can tell she doesn’t feel herself. I got some bone broth and plain chicken to try tonight.
I have to say, this was not the vaca plan… “wash the dog bed, wash the dog blanket, clean up barf, repeat”. The money lost on the vaca sucks, but DH and I agree it was the right call.
I’ve done a few soapy and bath&body things but it’s not the same as sippin mimosas in the spa lol.
So send good thoughts for Doodle to get well soon, please.
I’ve been on PTO for a week. We were all set for a week long cruise, and I really set us up for a nice week - upgraded to a mini-suite, got the upgrade package for drinks and even got us the weeks worth of spa access since it was a cruise on the Pacific Northwest coast and expected to be cold (West Coast Cold, I know lol). Mom was all set to babysit Doodle, the dog in my pic - who is basically the love of our life since our kids are grown and gone and no grandkids and you can only hang out with and spoil the neighbors kids so much without becoming Crazy Auntie instead of just Auntie…..
So a few days before my vaca starts, guess who starts barfing, yup - Doodle. Multiple times a day. Off to the vet we go… try Prilosec. Nope doesn’t help, still barfing, and now she’s got the funky poops and she’s lethargic. So the vet says if she’s not better have your mom bring her back while you’re away. Well, she doesn’t get better and she’s barfing something awful and sick, so could we really leave her when she’s sick, and could we leave my mom with a sick dog? You guessed it, Nope.
Lesson learned - buy the vacation insurance. I didn’t… so even knowing that, we just couldn’t go.
Now it’s been a week with sick ol’ Doodle, so let’s do lab work - and that comes back that pretty unremarkable. Maybe she’s recovering from pancreatitis? Or drank some funky water out of a planter in the backyard?
I have to call the vet again tomorrow, we had a good 36 hours without barfing, but then she did last night and again today, and this isn’t just a bit of sick, like full on everything in her tummy and more sick. I’ve made her chicken and rice, some broth with some tiny beef bits, plain chicken - she’s a bit more spunky but still we can tell she doesn’t feel herself. I got some bone broth and plain chicken to try tonight.
I have to say, this was not the vaca plan… “wash the dog bed, wash the dog blanket, clean up barf, repeat”. The money lost on the vaca sucks, but DH and I agree it was the right call.
I’ve done a few soapy and bath&body things but it’s not the same as sippin mimosas in the spa lol.
So send good thoughts for Doodle to get well soon, please.
I hope she is feeling better soon. Too bad about your cruise - it sounds so wonderful. But you wouldn't have enjoyed it worrying about your fur baby. I don't know if this is something in your area, but for the last couple of weeks there have been reports on the local news here about canine flu. They are recommending not taking dogs to the dog parks and basically quarantining (isolating?) dogs from exposure to other dogs. The humane society has suspended adoptions for at least a couple of weeks to be sure all the dogs are healthy. Just a thought.
