I have a poorly girly today. Last evening OH and I went to a B/D party for about 3 hours, all girlies fine when we left, came home about 11.30 as I was off to a show today so needed to be sensible!! to find Merlot collapsed on the floor, very hot and in great apin. I thought it may have been a torsion but when I got her to stand no sign of that but obvious high temp and she had rigors and could not stand for longer than a moment, she just collapsed and was shuddering...I thought she was dying in front of my eyes.  Sods law we had both had a drink so I pounded on a neigbours door and he took us to the vet. We scanned her for a poss pyo..not that, no sign of gastric problem but her chest is rattly it appears she has Pneumonia. She has a temp of 105 and so started IV ABX and pain relief, I (slept) on the floor next to her all night (What was left of it) It was 4am before she stoped shaking and this morning as a little better but still a very ill girl. Back to vet today for more ABX and P/R temp now 104 and able to stand a little.  She is usually such a lively happy girl and it is awfull to see her so ill, please give her a though today. Thanks...in typical dog style when OH went to take the others out for a walk she struggled to her feet and looked hopefull, bless her.
Aileen

Oh dear poor girl. All paws and fingers crossed she makes a quick and full recovery x

Oh Sh*t!!!! Poor Merlot and poor you having to see her like this and not be able to do anything more than you are..

Oh heck these dogs really do put us through this. What brings this on in a dog? Is it the same as in a human?

Please keep us updated of her progress and if you need anything Aileen, anything at all i'm at the end of the phone and also off tomorrow if you need to me to come down to you xxx

Fingers and paws crossed here for Merlot and a complete speedy recovery

Thanks Sue. I am sure she will be fine with rest and ABX she will not eat at all, I am cooking her some chicken and rice.
Aileen

what a worry, hope all is well.

Poor love, hope she's better soon, I have Bronchitis at present so know all about rattly chest!!  Fingers crossed for her.

Lorna xx

Oh my gosh, what an awfull thing that must have been, to find her collapsed like that :(

Best wishes for Merlot, I hope she makes a speedy recovery.

What a frightening thing to come home to.

Sending positive vibes and wishing your girl a fast recovery.

How awful for you. Hope your girl is feeling better today,the antibiotics usually take a day to kick in so she should begin to feel better soon.

Kind Regards

Ahh bless you and her hope all is fine XX

16 paws and everything crossed here for you both.

Thanks for your good wishes. Merlot has just eaten some chicken and rice and is looking a little better so hopefully we have turned the corner.
Aileen

Hope everything continues to improve.

Fingers and paws crossed here for a swift recovery.

hope she continues to improve,poor lass.

Oh dear -what a scare!! Everything crossed here for a speedy recovery!

Sorry about your poor girl.............
Glad to think she may be on the mend though.
Karen

oh Aileen what a shock you both must have had. So pleased she is in recovery..bless.

How's Merl doing today? X

Quick update for you all. Merlot is bouncing back like a good 'un today. Vet at 11.30 and hopefully good news. She is a different dog today. Whoopie!!
Aileen

Very glad it is good news, They like to keep us on our toes!

Just seen this - fab news - go Merlot :)

what a worry for you though!

Only just caught up with thwis thread and just wanted to add my best wishes and delight to hear that Merlot is doing so well.

Just caught up - good news she is feeling better today. Hope she bounces back to normal soon - they do like to scare us don't they?

So glad she's feeling better, hope she continues to improve.

L.

> Merlot is bouncing back like a good 'un today

Great news :)

are hope she feels better soon, bernese hugs x x x

Brilliant news! So pleased to hear Merlot is feeling better.

poor all of you! what a shock to come home to, but it sounds like she is making short work of her recovery if she's hoping to get out with her gang. Big hug for her and a tot of something strong in coffee for you I think :)! 

Thanks for all your good wishes for Merl. Have had a long chat with My vet today about what caused it and we seem to have reached an explanation.

On Sat we had a lovely walk by the river and Merl found a nice big dinasaur (Big Knuckle bone...bovine!) bone in the river which she carried about for 5 mins as they do!!! My vet seems to think it had some spoores on it which aggravated her lungs and being bactierial as opposed to viral they got a hold very fast. These things do by all accounts ? They set up a huge infection and her temperature shot up to 105 in a matter of hours, hence the rigors and collapse. Beth (Vet) thinks that if we had gone to bed as usuall at 11pm (We did not get home till later) the temp would have continued to rise and she would have very soon started fitting and if so we could have had a very different outcome... (I am soo pleased we came home early...if there had been no show on Sunday we may have been out a lot later) Because we shot off immediatly to the vet and they got a huge dose of IV anti-biotics into her it stopped the bactieria dead and so she recovered very fast. She has just had the all clear from Beth lungs back to normal and temp back to normal. It could all have been so much different. the angels were watching over her on Sat night. Glad it was not Granny Pepsi who found the bone...she is 9 on Sat and obviously not so fit as her daughter

So the moral of the story DO NOT  PICK UP MANKY BONES GIRLS...Please!

Dogs 'eh...who'd av'em ???

Aileen

Thank goodness you came home when you did--and as for the manky bones, I was watching my youngest dog playing with a friend's welshie the other week. They were tearing about the field with something I couldn't identify in her mouth. It looked like a clothes peg, quite brightly coloured...until they came running up to show off the find, and we discovered it was a duck's foot. At the time we didn't think that much of it and just took it off them, but I won't be so complacent next time.

I,ve just seen this so glad Merlot is feeling better what a horrible shock for you both.
Sharon x

>> So the moral of the story DO NOT  PICK UP MANKY BONES GIRLS...Please!

Thanks for the heads up, not something that I would of thought of, well doubt many if any of of us would of.

Thank you to those wonderful angels above that kept Merl in safe hands.. Thankfully she is back to her old self again..:-) Deep sigh of relief from this end of the country..

So glad she's better now.

Just like kids - they scare us half to death and bounce back like rubber balls !

Pleased to hear Merlot is now back to her old self.

Goodness they do put us through the mill don't they ?

I was ill yesterday and missed this is she ok now??

100% Thanks.
Aileen

Phew, so glad to hear she is better, that must have been scary!

I too have only just caught up with this thread...........glad to hear things are going in the right direction
xx

I too have only just caught up with this thread...........glad to hear things are going in the right direction
xx

Me too, pleased she is better now x