houndlove
Posted : 10/27/2006 8:37:56 AM
Thank you, everyone. It means so much to me. I'm just so depleted and sad right now. I feel like an emotional raisin.
Marlowe on the outside seems to be doing fine. He's not in pain, so no matter what happens at least I have that comfort. I had to pick him up from the emergency clinic this morning and take him to our usual vet to be "babysat" for the day until the e-clinic opens again tonight and stays open for the whole weekend. The vet will keep him on heavy I.V. fluids and pepcid for the day.
He will most likely be at the e-clinic through tomorrow night or Sunday, depending on his progress. I don't really know that much right now, but I do know that this is very, very serious and even if he does pull through, chances are that he'll have impaired kidney function for the rest of his life.
I did get to spend some quality time with him this morning though, in between when the e-clinic closed and our vet opened. We just hung out at home for a half an hour, snuggled on the bed, and Marlowe made it quite clear to me that he's hungry, which always makes him cranky. He got to greet n sniff with Conrad and then we all just took a load off for a bit and listened to the radio. Really, his outward appearance is of a totally normal, happy, if hungry, dog. It was nice to just hang out with him.
I'll keep everyone posted on his progress. Thank you all so much, again. I keep thinking that surely I shouldn't have any tears left in me to cry, but they just keep coming.