On Monday 1 September 2009 both our dogs Lucy and Annie went to the Vets and had their annual booster injections. They were given the usual routine examination and had no problems. I even joked to the receptionist as I was leaving "Happy Christmas" thinking that I would not be back until next years booster was due.
Tuesday evening at about 1930 whilst we were all sitting in the living room, Annie was suddenly sick on the carpet. We noticed blood in the vomit. She was about to vomit again and so I took her out into the garden where this time she had very runny diahorrea which was also full of blood. Not knowing what was the best thing to do - the Vets closed at 1830 hrs, Gail checked our Vets website and found that there is an out of hours "All night service" also it was just a few minutes walk away from our house, Northside Vets, at the Island by Asda.
We telephoned North side Vets who asked us to come straight round. Annie was diagnosed as having Hemorrhagic-GastroEnteritis she was kept overnight and placed on a drip. I had to collect her before they closed at 0800 hrs and transfer her to our vets in Aldridge. She remained there until 1800 hrs. Fortunately the Police Force were very understanding and let me take a day off (should have been working a late shift.) Annie was then allowed back home with several lots of medication lasting about 10 days. She was now full recovered.
Monday 21 September 2009 and suddenly it was back again, blood in runny poo. She was only eating grass and not her food. We kept an eye on her overnight but in the morning she still had very runny diarrhoea which looked mostly to be blood. I took her back to the vets who again placed her onto a drip. They rang at dinner time to say she had perked up and appeared bright again. I collected her at 1800hrs. but was asked to collect a poo sample.
Wednesday morning and back to the vet to have the cannula removed. I was told it would be between 2 days and 2 weeks before the results would be back from the lab.