I've been pretty much MIA on the internets and My blog as of late. Apologies all around... But here's why. And take notes!!!
Our little girl trixie came down with what we though was a little cold, or bacterial infection last week. She had runny eyes, and was acting a little sluggish. She wasn't eating her food much, and was all around a little bit of a sad sack. She went to the vet on wednesday to get checked out, and we got some meds for her to take to clear up the issue.
Fast foward to Sunday night. Nothing had gotten better, and things were only looking worse.. Trix had become pretty sluggish, sleeping most of the day, not moving too much. She was drinking regularly, but wouldnt even look at food when we tried to feed her. Laying around trembling, and her heavy breathing wasn't looking too promising in my eyes.
Joe got her an appointment for Monday afternoon. After some bloodwork and x-ray's, Trixie was digagnosed with Pyometra. What's that? Let me tell you...
After a dog's heat cycle, they can get an infected uterus. Puss beings to biuld up and if it can get out (thats an open pyometra) it will most likley slowly drain out of the dog slowly. But in Trixies case it was a closed pyometra, and the puss was just building up inside. This can be extremley dangerous, as the bacteria starts to flow inside of them.
After a trip to the vet today - extracting her internal lady parts - We have her back. Now it's just making sure we keep up on her recovery.
This is a note to everyone. Please, if you don't have any plans on breeding your dogs or cats, get them spayed. I wouldn't want anyone to deal with the same situation.. Or even worse.
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