A Trip to the Pet ER

This morning we made an unscheduled trip to the Pet ER. Yesterday Pearl wasn't feeling well but she was still walking. This morning when weren't woken up at 6:00 am for the unusual Saturday morning quickie walk, we went out to check on Pearl. Doug had put her blankey on the floor since she was unable to jump on the couch last night. She hadn't moved from last night. She was pretty much out of it. She couldn't walk. When Doug would stand her up she'd take a step and fall down. So we called our usual vet Dr. O'Connor. She never goes any where and is usually there on Saturdays. But as luck would have it, she was out of town today. So the vet tech. there suggested we take her to the Pet ER.

They did blood work first and didn't find anything wrong. Then they did x-rays. We believe that while walking on the beach with Doug on Thursday afternoon that she injured her shoulder. Doug said she turned around quickly to chase a dog, forgetting that she was still on her leash. She tripped on her leash and tumbled to the ground. She continued her walk so he didn't think much about it. Then he took her to Petco for a bath. After that she seemed to be feeling bad Thursday night. She is not eating much and won't drink.

The vet has put her on some pain medication and an anti-inflammatory. They gave her a shot to try to hydrate her. They wanted to keep her over night but we felt she would be more comfortable here. Besides at this point we have already spent $500 on her. They wanted another $500 to keep her 24 hours to do the same thing we are doing at home. On Monday we will take her to O'Connors.

So as of this moment she is lying on her blankey on the floor conked out. If we go outside she raises her head to watch us. We knew yesterday when we tried to take her to her favorite dog park, that something must be wrong. When Pearl doesn't want to run with the big dogs, there's something wrong.

The photo is one of Pearl's x-rays.

We'll keep everyone updated on the blog. The trip is still planned. The vet thinks she will recover on her own. She has had other injuries before and recovered. So say a little prayer for Pearl. God loves animals too.