Knocking Wood Doesn’t Work

Now Gromit’s sick. He went to doggy daycare yesterday and came home completely exhausted as usual, but during the night he vomited at least 10 times and one of them had a hard piece of plastic in it. This morning he did his thing outside but then wouldn’t come in, opting instead to hide under the deck stairs in the 18 degree weather. I had to drag him by his collar to get him back in the warm house. He could also barely walk on one of his hind legs.

Off to the vet we went, who said his rear paw was rubbed raw from running around all day. (That’s a fun sentence to say aloud.) When I told him about the plastic he took x-rays and saw that there’s a lot more of it in his tummy. He suggested we leave him there so they can give him IV fluids and antibiotics. We’re taking a wait-and-see approach, but the vet said he had only until tomorrow morning to get it out or he’d want to do surgery to remove it.

We’re tired of running to the doctor and vet. Just for kicks, here’s a list of our recent visits (14 trips in less than four weeks):

12/25 – Alex to ER, Bradley to the emergency vet
12/26 – Alex
12/31 – Bradley
1/6 – Alex, Bradley
1/8 – Alex and Claire
1/9 – Claire, Bradley
1/11 – Claire to ER
1/12 – Claire
1/14 – Claire and Alex (well-check visits – actually scheduled far in advance)
1/19 – Bradley
1/21 – Gromit