My Gidgie Girl, Gidget is very ill Options

[goliath]

Several days ago, my Gidget vomitted during the middle of the night. The next morning she seemed alright after breakfast. She went to work with my hubby like usual, but seemed less lively than usual. On the way home from work she began to get sick from both ends. Later in the evening she refused any food or water, so the next morning we took her to see the vet. She's been on IV fluids, antibotics, and pain meds. The doc says she has pancreatitus that seems to have been triggered by an unknown parasite. This has also caused a heart murmur she didn't have before. Gidget has no control at all over her bowels and as fast as the water runs through her it comes out her other end, mixed with blood. Her condition is weak tonight, but stable. In the morning, my hubby and I are going to see her with the hopes of trying to coax her into eating something so a stool sample can be taken. We've done all we can and the doc has too. The rest is left in God's hands.

My Gidgie girl is the most precious little sweetheart. Her sweeter side never came out until after Goliath passed away, when she mourned for him right along with me for months. When we brought Browser home this last spring, the very best side of Gidget came out that surprised us all. She adopted him as her own and they haven't been separated since the day they met. Browser is looking all over for her and I'm sure she's wondering where we are right now. I called the hospital just before I came on tonight for an update and her condition hasn't changed. I asked if they'd put extra blankies with her because she loves to burrow under the covers. The powerlessness I am feeling right now is almost unbearable because there is nothing more I can do to help her, except pray for her recovery.

Dear friends, please leave your thoughts and prayers for my Gidgie Girl. The last time I posted a topic about her was this last May when she had a tumor in her face. I believe in the power of prayer and know many of you prayed for her then and I am asking you again to do the same. Not for me........but for her. I need to see her run down the stairs again on her two front feet with her back legs hiked up high and make me laugh. I need to see her rough housing with baby brother Browser. I need to see her well and happy again. When I crawl into bed tonight, I know I will miss her grrrrrrrrrr when she is disturbed under the covers. I want that lump under the covers right back where it belongs.

Thank you all for listening. I feel better having typed this out before I lay down to sleep for the night.

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[Furkidlets' Mom]

Oh, Holy Smokes, Beth....this is such awful news! I can well imagine what a mess you're feeling like right now, and I'm so horribly sorry that Gidget, you and your family are going through this awful time.

Will your clinic not let you come and sit with Gidget today, even if it's only on and off so you're not 'in their road'? Perhaps you could ask (or even beg!) them to allow this, telling them that you know she'd do so much better with you there by her side? (they often mistakenly believe, or that's what they claim anyway, that animals do WORSE when they're people are there....bunch of nonsense, that is) I managed to get a few more "visitation rights" from even an ER here (when Emerg. places are notoriously against allowing this) when Sabin was so ill, by pleading with them a bit. And once they saw for themselves that I was able to get him to eat, when they hadn't had ANY luck whatsoever themselves, they let us sit with him & feed him once in awhile through the day. I also got this arrangement, but to the max, at the clinic where Nissa had her extensive dental surgery, even accompanying her right to the operating table until she was anesthetized. It's often just worth asking for whatever you can get.

In any case, my prayers and vibes of healing thoughts will be with Gidget today (and the rest of you, too). If you can at ALL manage it, even if only in spurts, try to create mental pictures in your head of what you'd rather see, imagining your feelings of relief and joy instead. I know this may be impossible for you, but if you can....

And another thing you could do that might help you feel a little less powerless and would definitely help your baby girl is to sit and imagine her in your lap (or wherever is usual for her) and stroke and pat her as if she were right there. Trust me, this isn't mumb-jumbo - they feel your energetic presence with them that way and that, of course, helps them know you're with them. It also can help calm YOU down a bit, so it's good for everything.

We ALL want your little girl to get through this, just as she's done before!!, and we'll all be waiting to hear from you...

Many hugs and much love,
F's Mom