Sweet Donna showed up at our place Thursday with a tray of enchiladas and a box full of chocolate-creamy-peanut bars. She flew here. Part of the reason I love her.
We went out to dinner that night, leaving the box of brownies closed and on the kitchen table. I'm sure you're beginning to see the writing on the wall.
Two hours later we arrive home to a happy puppy ... and notice that the box that was on the table is now on the floor ... and half gone. We then notice that Henry is not walking so much as he is WADDLING. He was SO FAT. His stomach was sticking out to the side an extra two inches, out the bottom an extra inch and was rock hard.
So of course I begin freaking out because of the sheer volume of fatty people food he has just eaten plus the fact that it is chocolate, which we all know is very bad for dogs. I got on the phone with the doggie ER (because of COURSE it's after hours so now we can't go to our regular vet) and they say we need to bring him in immediately.
At the ER they gave him an injection to make him puke and kept him there puking for two hours before we could have him back. He seemed happy as a little clam afterwards! So that apparently got all of the chocolate out of his system. But not the nuts!!! Sorry if this is too graphic ... yesterday was the day of puking up PILES of nuts. It was ridiculous. After seeing that, we actually concluded that he probably ate a lot more than we thought he did. My dog is a glutton.
He's better today. Still not eating regular food, and still throwing up a bit, but not a big fatty anymore, and alive which is all I care about in the end (that's what I tell myself to think about instead of our hospital bill). So that's our tale of the week. Matt wanted me to post a picture of the pile of peanut puke, but I'm not sure that's in good taste.
No pun intended.
2 comments:
yikes!!! i'm so glad he's ok!!!! i'm curious how he got on the table in the first place....he doesn't normally do that, does he?
Oh my. Henry Henry Henry. I am 50% surprised & entertained and 50% saddened -- saddened mostly because of your vet bill :-) Henry is a fighter and of course will bounce back from this like a champ. The budget is probably the biggest loser in this event. But hey, it made a great blog post! Wish I could've seen him! And I hope Donna was able to make some more goodies while she was there :-) We miss you guys! Good luck with finals!
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