R&R

Just a few days away for refreshing and restoration... communion with God, silence, meditation, reflection, centering...
Thankful

The most prayed-for dog in the world?!

Somebody is definitely feeling better and that is Honey! It's hard to keep a tough little terrier down, especially when half the world is praying for him.
Honey had an obstructed bowel with a bone fragment (from a bone he shouldn't have been able to break), then became dehydrated so he wouldn't eat or drink. A day in the animal hospital last Saturday on an IV drip started his road to recovery.
Today we went for a nice walk and afterwards he played with my mom's dog, Bridget. Now, both of them are snoozling.
Thank you for your prayers and for caring for a wee lil westie like HoneyBoy!

Poor Honey

So sorry to share that Honey is quite ill again....
It seems he tackled a recreational bone (think big beef femur) with typical terrier gusto and broke off a peach-pit sized piece which became lodged in his intestinal tract.
Wednesday morning he started vomiting and then had diarrhea
He passed the bone bit naturally on Thursday morning (at the vets office) but had been vomiting and diarrhea so much that he became quite dehydrated. They gave him subcutaneous fluids and we all expected him to perk right up but he was still in some pain.
Went in at the end of the day Thursday for an xray and saw a bone shard (looked like a round toothpick, halved) up around his pylorus (where the stomach empties into the intestine). It still hasn't come through and Honey continues to fast himself.
Tomorrow morning I'll take him in for another xray to see what's happening. If it hasn't passed by then it may mean surgery to remove it.
In the meantime, he is drinking but not eating - except for licking yogurt off my finger. I've also decided to help his rehydration by administering pedialyte via a medicine dropper in his mouth. In addition, the vet gave me some pain medication.
It's heart-breaking for me to see him refuse food. Even at his worst during the hepatitis episode last summer, he never once refused food. This leads me to believe that his body instincts are telling him that it would be bad to eat right now.
He weighed in at a measly 12lbs yesterday at the vets... and he'd finally gotten back to an acceptable 15lbs just a week ago. Much of that must have been fluids, but he still looks so skinny.
His vitals are stable and, other than sleeping alot and not eating, he seems alert enough.
Please pray with us to see this pass!
Poor lil guy has had more than his fair share of troubles and I feel rather miserable, if I'm honest.
Thanks for your support and prayers.
Blessings,
Belinda and Honey in Minnesota