Surgery for 10 and a Half Year Old Pug

When Sebastian was really down, we put sardines canned in olive oil, in the blender, then put it in a plastic syringe and injected it slowly into the side of his mouth. Even though he wouldn't otherwise eat, he swallowed this as it triggered the swallowing response. It got him through the worst of his sickness.

But Ruby is a lot older than he was at the time. So, I don't know. I just know that the nutrients in sardines and the oils worked a miracle.
 
The vet called again and advised that Ruby has not thrown up again. She said that when she took Ruby for a walk around her property that when she turned to go back to the house that Ruby wanted to walk a bit more. She said that she did have a seizure and that it was not a big one where they lose bladder and bow control just that she got stiff and stared off and when she came do she just kind of sat there like what the huh. She said that she thought that Ruby's blood sugar might be low so she checked her blood and it was still high at 500 so she gave her more insulin. She said she just sits there like she was last night all tired and dopey. She did enjoy being petted by Dr. C and Dr. C had a lot of talks with her.

Also her stomach is getting fuller again than it was this morning.

This seizure stuff is very concerning, thinking Monday or Tuesday may be it unless there is a huge turn around.
 
April said:
This seizure stuff is very concerning, thinking Monday or Tuesday may be it unless there is a huge turn around.
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Yes, seizures are usually the sign the liver is failing. Glucose still at 500 is alarming and it cannot stay much longer at this level without serious consequences.

Hang in there April.
 
I am sorry to hear about Ruby, April.
This is beautiful, by the way.
I told her that I loved her more than anything, thanked her for all of her love and choice to spend her life with me and for all of the joy she had given me and that while it would break my heart to see her go, that I would love for her to stay... that I did not want to interfere in her journey if she needed to go. I told her to do what is best for herself not for me.
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I'll keep you and her in my thoughts :hug:
 
Thank you everyone.

I just back from visiting Ruby at the vet's house. When I came in she got up, wagged her tail and was happy to see me even though she was drugged up. She does look a lot better than I imagined she would. Still did not look good but better than I thought. I brought her stuffed bear Jorge that she has had since she was 8 weeks old that she always sleeps with its paw in her mouth and her blankie after I washed it. I also brought her mini-tennis ball which she perked up at.

She said that Ruby only vomited one quarter size drop of blood and she will be checking her blood sugar tonite. She did not have anymore seizures so far. I asked her if she thought her liver was failing she said it could be but the blood tests tomorrow when the office opens up will be very telling and give us more to go on. I asked her what was causing the blood in her stomach. She said it could be a tumor in the lining that will bleed then stop or the pancreatic enzymes eating away at her stomach or, etc. and again said the blood work will be very interesting and telling to see tomorrow so we can see what we are dealing with here. She really wishes that she would stabilize with the pancreas and such since the diabetes is treatable.

Ruby was in a crate with the door open in the mud room off of the main living area so she was in a quiet space but still connected to what was going on in the house. She had made friends with the vet's two dogs but when I came and sat down with Ruby, Ruby got all tough and protective of me and stood up and barked at them and told them to get out! So that was encouraging :) Rude to her host doggies but encouraging nonetheless.

The vet said that when Ruby had the seizure that she thought she was going, that that was it but it only lasted about 45 seconds and she came out of it.
 
kudos to your vet for being so dedicated, I am waiting for the blood test results too
 
You and Ruby are in my thoughts, April. Your relationship is very touching. Please keep us updated and take care of yourself, as well.
 
SeekinTruth said:
You and Ruby are in my thoughts, April. Your relationship is very touching. Please keep us updated and take care of yourself, as well.
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Same here, April. Thinking of you two. Ruby has a very great mom and she knows it. :hug: :hug2:
 
It was quite a challenge to get bloodwork today. The power went out on the Peninsula at around 9AM. The battery on the lab machine had a little bit of juice left so they tried to run the blood on it. It worked then ran out of power with only three minutes to go. The power came on about 45 minutes later and they ran it. Her proteins plummeted and her white blood cells were 49,000. Her blood sugar was 458. The pancreatic enzymes had gone down to 400 which was way less but when it plummets like that when it has been high while it seems positive it usually means that the pancreas has shut down. Her stomach was filled with fluid, it was huge. There was a bunch of other stuff the vet said about the bloodwork but I knew it was time after I heard that so was just kind of tuning it out. She looked a lot worse than yesterday that even before the bloodwork came back I knew we would have to help her out of her body. The vet said it was the right thing to do and was glad that I chose that option instead of choosing to try prednisone even though it does not work with diabetes. She said that she just did not want to give up on her until we got the bloodwork back but now that we knew that it was the best choice and that is what she would do if it was her dog.

So we helped her out of her body at around Noon today. I am having an individual cremation done so I can get her ashes back. I won't keep the ashes so as to not trap her soul here and will release her into the surf like I did with Charlie so that she can be anywhere and everywhere.

I think Ruby fought to stay very hard for me but her body just would not work. Even today in such horrible shape that she was in, when I came to her kennel, she sat up and was ready to go and would not lay down and just struggled to remain in a sitting position even thought she was in pain inspite of the pain medication and was panting. I gave her the talk again about going to the light like I explained before and gave her a lot of love.

It is almost 4PM here and it just started snowing here which is unusual for this time of year most especially since we had some sunny days last week. It is Ruby's goodbye.

Thank you so much everyone for the support, information, hugs and love. It means a lot.
 
Here is a recent photo of her here in Oysterville.

_http://www.flickr.com/photos/29872775@N03/6616316541/
 
April said:
Thank you so much everyone for the support, information, hugs and love. It means a lot.
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~hug~ - Ruby was and is a very lucky dog to have a human like you.
 
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