It’s been a while since I’ve posted. We got busy with Halloween, and I meant to post pictures of the girls in their costumes. Then November came, and I got sick with the bug that has been going around here.
And today … tonight … little Macalester has died.
She vomited her supper while I was out scrapbooking Friday night. I heard about it later when I came home at 1pm. She continued to vomit through the night, and I got her to the vet right away in the morning.
She had emergency surgery late this afternoon. Her intestine had telescoped on itself. This telescoping is what happens when some large breed dogs have a “twisted bowel”. When the gunk was removed, the intestine relaxed. And as sometimes happens with twisted bowel, the twisted portion develops blood clots, which then sometimes dislodge rather than be reabsorbed when the twist is relaxed.
Macalester died at the clinic just after 11 pm. The vet who did the surgery came back to the clinic late to check on her. While he was there, she died. She was four days shy of being 4 months old.
I am just devastated. That little puppy stole my heart with her big kisses and perpetually wagging tail. She really was so very sweet and so attached me. And she was such a pretty puppy, and looked like she would grow into a very handsome Scottie.
The vets are really upset, too. The whole surgery went really well, and since she was so young and so strong, they were hopeful for a full recovery. They also assured us that we got her in as promptly as possible. If we had called Friday night, they would have told us to bring her in Saturday morning — a vomiting dog that is still responsive and alert, like she was, isn’t something that would call immediately for emergency surgery. Plus, the telescoping was taking place already, so the outcome probably would have been the same.
I was really enjoying Macalester’s puppyhood — even the peeing and pooping all over. I was feeling like I was getting over Macalester #1’s death, and I was letting Macalester #2 be herself, not trying to make her be a duplicate of Macalester #1. Now I feel like I’m starting all over again.
If you see a new star in the sky — it will be little Macalester. My cute little Scottie baby.