Thanks so much for
clarifying what's going on and for not getting snarky with my judgemental
rant! :-)

To be honest that wasn't such a rant, as far as I was concerned. It was
a genuine well stated expression of opinion--and a good opinion, too.

Update on the medical problem: she is still doing both things and I
spotted a streak of blood in some of the diarrhea, so I collected a
sample and have an appointment in 2 hours with the evening vet. It'll
be fun going there with a toddler and a Great Dane on the train instead
of dinner time, but so it goes.

I'm sorry to hear that she's not improving. I'd say that trip to the vet is
a really good idea. Please let us know how that turns out.

Well, we're back. It is simple but severe viral gastroenteritis--no
emergency but good I took her in today so we could start with the meds
before she starts getting dehydrated or undernourished (unlike many
Danes she does not pig out and is always nice and slim, so a couple of
days of not eating well show right up). She's getting... let's see..
metoclopramide hydrochloride for the vomiting and finidiar for the
runs. He said to start her off with plain pasta when she wants to eat,
so I'll put some on now in case she wants it tonight.

We had a miracle happen on the way there. I had barely gone two blocks
when I ran into one of her very best friends in the world, Nanoek the
three-month-old Labrador, and her owner. He is a VERY nice man who
listened to the whole story, rushed us all over to his house another
block away, discussed things with his girlfriend, and drove me and
Saskia to the vet while Walter stayed with his girlfriend, a pre-school
teacher, and got to play with their unbelievably friendly dwarf Angora
rabbit and color in pictures (well, scribble on them--he'll be 2 next
month).

Saskia found the whole thing very stressful, but the park lies between
their house and ours and Nanoek hadn't had a run yet, so Saskia did get
to work that stress off by dangling a puppy from her cheek by its teeth
and spinning around a lot before falling over and waving her legs
around--a very fun game. Walter was up way past his bedtime and to my
surprise doesn't like samosas (dinner), but some leftover rice and a
Curious George story put everything right and he's asleep. My husband
couldn't just watch him or take Saskers because he's been in bed for
two days with a particularly bad migraine, poor man.

Now I need my own dinner and a shower, and then here's hoping these
pills mean I'm not up every two hours again cleaning up dog vomit and
going out into the street to let her have the runs! It's 9 p.m. over
here, for the curious. That makes it noon in California--don't know
about other places.

--Katrina

"ReturnOfSaskia" wrote in
oups.com:

here's hoping these
pills mean I'm not up every two hours again

Here's hoping! Good luck, and I hope Saskia recovers quickly!

--
Catherine
& Zoe the cockerchow
& Queenie the black gold retriever
& Max the Pomeranian
& Rosalie the calico

ReturnOfSaskia wrote:


Well, we're back. It is simple but severe viral gastroenteritis--no
emergency but good I took her in today so we could start with the meds
before she starts getting dehydrated or undernourished

Glad to hear your neighbor was willing to help, your questions
are answered, and Saskia is on the mend. Sounds like a good
day.

Amy Dahl

ReturnOfSaskia wrote:


Well, we're back. It is simple but severe viral gastroenteritis--no
emergency but good I took her in today so we could start with the
meds
before she starts getting dehydrated or undernourished

Glad to hear your neighbor was willing to help, your questions
are answered, and Saskia is on the mend. Sounds like a good
day.

Amy Dahl
Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org

ReturnOfSaskia wrote:


Well, we're back. It is simple but severe viral gastroenteritis--no
emergency but good I took her in today so we could start with the
meds
before she starts getting dehydrated or undernourished

Glad to hear your neighbor was willing to help, your questions
are answered, and Saskia is on the mend. Sounds like a good
day.

Amy Dahl
Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org

ReturnOfSaskia wrote:


Well, we're back. It is simple but severe viral gastroenteritis--no
emergency but good I took her in today so we could start with the
meds
before she starts getting dehydrated or undernourished

Glad to hear your neighbor was willing to help, your questions
are answered, and Saskia is on the mend. Sounds like a good
day.

Amy Dahl
Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org

Glad to hear your neighbor was willing to help, your questions
are answered, and Saskia is on the mend. Sounds like a good
day.


Thanks! Yup, and now she hasn't thrown up since yesterday at 5 (so
about 21 hours ago) and has kept down a bowl of macaroni and egg. She's
still rather listless (except in the park) but she's stretched out
instead of curled up, and doesn't have that Dane "worried frown" as
much now. And the landlady's sweet elderly mother is back from Turkey
so we don't have the Insane One herself living illegally next door
making constant threats and vandalizing her own house anymore. Things
are looking up! Oh, and that stop pad I also posted about a couple of
weeks back healed up just fine.
--Katrina

Saskia has now not thrown up since afternoon-before-yesterday, but
still has the runs. She has been eating gradually increasing amounts of
macaroni and egg but today has completely burned out on that and seems
very tired (which does not surprise me), so I went down to the Saturday
market and talked things over with the fishmonger, who said whiting is
what vets tell him to sell in this case. They were having a special on
it, too--3 kilos for 6 Euros--so I got some and am boiling it up with
rice now. Saskia is acting hungry but gives the macaroni SUCH a
bored-disgusted look.... Anyway the eggs are making her, ummmm, smell
up a room pretty quick, so we will see how the fish and rice treats
her.
--Katrina