Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 14:04:49 GMT -5
Hey guys... so I type now completely exhausted emotionally and physically, but also feeling very relieved, blessed and lucky.
Apologizing in advanced for the long post... but starting from the beginning, for those who haven't been following on the Facebook page..
Budder is our 7 year old Chihuahua/Collie/100 other dog breeds mutt we adopted at 8 weeks old from the local pound 20 minutes before she was scheduled to be euthanized. Suspected to have a type of doggy autism/aspergers, she is our special girl. 30lbs (overweight, should be more like 21-25) a big ball of gooey love on the inside, but a stubborn, strong willed, protective little firecracker on the outside. She was our families first dog, and she means a lot to many, many people.
So, yesterday morning me and my family went to fire at the gun range. We left with Budder at home doing just fine. Get a call saying she has a "cut" on her neck from my grandmother. So we leave early and head home, having no idea it was so bad. We get home, Budder is standing at the front door waiting for us. Open the door, she's whining and shaking, look down at her neck, blood is pouring down her neck and paws, and you can clearly see her Jugular. Yes, her jugular was visible. And about 1/2 second later I pick her up and run to the car, "Mom, get in we are leaving NOW." She saw it too and jumps in, we turn the hazard lights on and rush as fast as we could (only going like 5-7 over, we aren't insane lol), get to the ER vet clinic, I had been there 3 times before with my ferrets, they are wonderful. We walk in and the assistant at the desk sees her and says, "Oh my God, what's your name, what's her name, age, is she spayed, put her on the scale and lets get her back." The Vet comes in very quickly, "Oh my... that is her jugular that is visible. Multiple wounds.. face, neck, legs. She will need surgery to clean it out, and repair the inside and outside damage."
So, they take her back to surgery, she said the estimated time was 1 hour. 3 hours later she finally get out, comes to talk to us while Budder is still recovering. She said in her 20 years of practice at the ER clinic she had never in her life seen a visible jugular where the animal was still alive. Budder put up one h*ll of a fight, and that she is only alive because of her strong will, and someone or something had been watching over her. Because it was impossible that she was alive, but she was. But given another hour or so and she would've gone into shock, a few more hours she would have either bled out or a day or so later infection would have killed her. We came just in time. It had only been an hour or two and she already had a temp from infection setting in. They gave her a cocktail shot of 2 different antibiotics, an anti inflammatory and a narcotic pain killer, and sent her home with an antibiotic Cephalexin, anti inflammatory and pain killer Rimadyl, and since we have Tramadol ourselves Vet said we could share ours with her, so she takes half of our Tramadol every 8 hours for a few days.
What happened? Your guess is as good as mine. Vet said she was quite sure it was a Coyote attack. Since that week she had 2 other dogs come in from a Coyote attack. Our 29lb Chihuahua mix went up against a Coyote. And she WON. That's my girl.
It was a very tough night, she woke me up every half hour by licking at her stitches, and having to give her 3 different pills, 2 twice a day and one 3 times a day, hand feeding her canned food and water, having to carry her everywhere, make sure she doesn't try to jump, run, stretch, strain, lick, etc. But, none of that matters. She is more than worth it. Budder would no doubt die for one of us, it may sound crazy but this dog is different than others... she is truly extraordinary. We suspect she has Waardenburg's syndrome or something similar. All the Vets say something definitely is going on with her mentally, but nobody knows what. She is odd, extremely intelligent. Too smart for her own good, and so very loving and loyal to her family.
So that has been my weekend... life definitely never stops for your convenience huh? lol.
But, Budder is doing good. She has an appetite, she is eating, drinking, perked up a little this morning wanting to jump off the bed and explore the house, but have to keep her still until the stitches are taken out. She goes back to the ER vet in 2 weeks to have them taken out. No charge so that's good. Probably because the bill we left with was $600.. yikes. It actually was a very good price for all they did, but in our financial situation... lets just say the fuzzums better not get sick for a few months lol.
Here are the before and after pictures.
THESE ARE GRAPHIC. IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH OR ARE FAINT OF HEART I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT LOOK AT THEM.
How we found her-
Once we got to the Vet, getting a closer look... there's her jugular-
Right after surgery-
Neck wound, 3 layers of muscle sewed under this-
Face wound, stitches inside of her mouth also-
Leg wound, Vet said this one would be the most painful due to where it is-
Once we got home, she was very tired. But recovering nonetheless. -
Sorry for such a long post. I will try and keep this thread updated with recovery pictures and so on.
Apologizing in advanced for the long post... but starting from the beginning, for those who haven't been following on the Facebook page..
Budder is our 7 year old Chihuahua/Collie/100 other dog breeds mutt we adopted at 8 weeks old from the local pound 20 minutes before she was scheduled to be euthanized. Suspected to have a type of doggy autism/aspergers, she is our special girl. 30lbs (overweight, should be more like 21-25) a big ball of gooey love on the inside, but a stubborn, strong willed, protective little firecracker on the outside. She was our families first dog, and she means a lot to many, many people.
So, yesterday morning me and my family went to fire at the gun range. We left with Budder at home doing just fine. Get a call saying she has a "cut" on her neck from my grandmother. So we leave early and head home, having no idea it was so bad. We get home, Budder is standing at the front door waiting for us. Open the door, she's whining and shaking, look down at her neck, blood is pouring down her neck and paws, and you can clearly see her Jugular. Yes, her jugular was visible. And about 1/2 second later I pick her up and run to the car, "Mom, get in we are leaving NOW." She saw it too and jumps in, we turn the hazard lights on and rush as fast as we could (only going like 5-7 over, we aren't insane lol), get to the ER vet clinic, I had been there 3 times before with my ferrets, they are wonderful. We walk in and the assistant at the desk sees her and says, "Oh my God, what's your name, what's her name, age, is she spayed, put her on the scale and lets get her back." The Vet comes in very quickly, "Oh my... that is her jugular that is visible. Multiple wounds.. face, neck, legs. She will need surgery to clean it out, and repair the inside and outside damage."
So, they take her back to surgery, she said the estimated time was 1 hour. 3 hours later she finally get out, comes to talk to us while Budder is still recovering. She said in her 20 years of practice at the ER clinic she had never in her life seen a visible jugular where the animal was still alive. Budder put up one h*ll of a fight, and that she is only alive because of her strong will, and someone or something had been watching over her. Because it was impossible that she was alive, but she was. But given another hour or so and she would've gone into shock, a few more hours she would have either bled out or a day or so later infection would have killed her. We came just in time. It had only been an hour or two and she already had a temp from infection setting in. They gave her a cocktail shot of 2 different antibiotics, an anti inflammatory and a narcotic pain killer, and sent her home with an antibiotic Cephalexin, anti inflammatory and pain killer Rimadyl, and since we have Tramadol ourselves Vet said we could share ours with her, so she takes half of our Tramadol every 8 hours for a few days.
What happened? Your guess is as good as mine. Vet said she was quite sure it was a Coyote attack. Since that week she had 2 other dogs come in from a Coyote attack. Our 29lb Chihuahua mix went up against a Coyote. And she WON. That's my girl.
It was a very tough night, she woke me up every half hour by licking at her stitches, and having to give her 3 different pills, 2 twice a day and one 3 times a day, hand feeding her canned food and water, having to carry her everywhere, make sure she doesn't try to jump, run, stretch, strain, lick, etc. But, none of that matters. She is more than worth it. Budder would no doubt die for one of us, it may sound crazy but this dog is different than others... she is truly extraordinary. We suspect she has Waardenburg's syndrome or something similar. All the Vets say something definitely is going on with her mentally, but nobody knows what. She is odd, extremely intelligent. Too smart for her own good, and so very loving and loyal to her family.
So that has been my weekend... life definitely never stops for your convenience huh? lol.
But, Budder is doing good. She has an appetite, she is eating, drinking, perked up a little this morning wanting to jump off the bed and explore the house, but have to keep her still until the stitches are taken out. She goes back to the ER vet in 2 weeks to have them taken out. No charge so that's good. Probably because the bill we left with was $600.. yikes. It actually was a very good price for all they did, but in our financial situation... lets just say the fuzzums better not get sick for a few months lol.
Here are the before and after pictures.
THESE ARE GRAPHIC. IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH OR ARE FAINT OF HEART I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT LOOK AT THEM.
How we found her-
Once we got to the Vet, getting a closer look... there's her jugular-
Right after surgery-
Neck wound, 3 layers of muscle sewed under this-
Face wound, stitches inside of her mouth also-
Leg wound, Vet said this one would be the most painful due to where it is-
Once we got home, she was very tired. But recovering nonetheless. -
Sorry for such a long post. I will try and keep this thread updated with recovery pictures and so on.