If you don't know Beatrice, here she is.
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| don't tell V I was on the sofa |
The sickness stopped but her appetite did not return. Unusual again as she is known for her insatiable hunger.
A trip to the vet revealed a foreign object was stuck in her intestine. She needed to be cut open and have it removed or die. (sorry to be so dramatic but that is how it happened)
The vet said there was a possibility she may not make it but this was her best chance. Beatrice gave me a sad sorry look as she was carried away to the operating theatre (goodbye my dear mama- goodbye my beloved half-pug).
The call to prayer was put out over face book. Malas were clutched, candles were lit, rosary beads were rotated. Scotland was on it's knees.
I sobbed and waited for the phone to ring.
Good news. She was alive! A large piece of red rubber had been removed (part of an 'indestructible' kong) and her intestine was healing nicely. A further phone call to the nurse in the evening revealed that she was making a 'remarkable recovery' and was having a spot of dinner!
She came home the next afternoon (not on the bus by herself- I went and got her)
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| working the gaga look. |
She was put on a special recovery diet for a week and as soon as the collar was off she was pretty much back to normal.
After having had the equivalent of a months worth of colonic irrigation I thought I'd put her on a high end (crap free) dog food. Her system was as pure as a puppy's so why not keep it that way.
She was five this week but it's as if she has revisited her puppyhood. She is springing about all over the place like a little lamb. Her radical detox has given her an amazing new lust for life. Good nutrition in a pure system is a powerful medicine.
They say dogs are like their owners or is it the other way around? Anyway I am envious of Bea's incredible energy. My five day radical detox starts today. Not sure about the colonic part though (I haven't eaten any plastic recently...)
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