Abbie needs your strongest vibes please

I'm glad you brought her home tonight.  What a nightmare.  (((((hugs)))))

 C'mon Abbie!

 I'm sending the strongest vibes I can; hang in there Abbie!!!!

Me too!  Continued good thoughts to you and Abbie.  Be strong girls.  You would have been a wreck leaving her there overnight.  I would have brought her home too.  We'll be with you during this evening and through the night.  {{hugs}}

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 Just a note that if a full basic panel is done in house, it will show the same vales as a send out blood work will. Most in house labs have the same equipment to do CBCs and all of the values (and many use the same machines) as the labs do.

ONLY if you go to a place big enough to have the right machines -- none of my vets do extensive bloodwork in-house -- they can run a CBC usually but not much more than that -- so maybe we get a quick answer and then send it out at the same time.

I never even think about the fact that some folks go to the biggest vet clinic they can find -- that's never my way and I wasn't saying anything bad about Julie's vet -- but typically in an emergency they're wanting to see what the PCV is and if the liver/kidneys are high.    Her vet may well have had a full panel information.

JEWILEE -- I absoultely think it sounds like everything has been done properly and logically -- didn't mean to imply anything different.  Seeing something like that on an x-ray would lead a vet to think he might be able to just 'see' it inside and when a dog's in that kind of trauma THAT quick it's time to do something.

I, too, am glad you brought her home where you can watch her. 

Bless your heart -- I've been in that place TOO often -- everbuddy's scared, and of course so is Abbie. 

You must be so scared.  I can only imagine how so scary seeing all that blood from your dog must be.  But, I'm glad she's home so she can be watched overnight.  Is there an ER near you in case you need them?  We are sending our strongest vibes. 

I know this will sound weird. . .but did they test for tick diseases.  Willow has a very bad tick disease infection and she was completely vomiting.  It messes with their platelets. 

continued good thoughts for you guys through the night!

We have 2 24 hour clinics near by. Msu and a private clinic. I hate msu and basically refuse to go there anymore. I'm not paying mucho $$$ to see an intern who wants to run every test under the sun just because that's what they've been taught.

I should have asked for a copy of her bloodwork and stuff for tonight though just in case I do have to take her in. Didn't think of that.

I haven't even looked at the bill yet. They said I could take care of it tomorrow. I just told them to do whatever they had to do and signed an estimate that I didn't even look at. So I expect it'll be at least $600+ on the cheap end.

We are still thinking about you and Abbie!!!  Take care!

 I would have been so scared....... I'm praying she pulls through!

I hope you and Abbie manage to get some sleep tonight. I'll be thinking about both of you. I'm so glad that she's home with you.

 Prayers and vibes sent your way.  I know how scary stuff like this can be, but I am also glad she's at home so that she can be under constant care.  I prayer that you guys find out what this is and that she pulls through

It's a shame that MSU has gotten that kind of reputation -- it's really sad.  Uf isn't like that at all.  I was just thinking an ultrasound would show you exactly "where" those round things were.

I'm so glad that she's home for the night.

Julie, don't feel guilty, even for a second, about okaying surgery.  I can assure you that almost anyone here would have done the exact same thing.  I know that I would have..

We're sending "bloody diarrhea free" vibes to Abbie.