For The Love Of Sydney

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     Pyometra is a uterine infection, most commonly known as a disease of the unaltered female dog.  Considered a serious and life threatening condition that must be treated quickly and aggressively.  I try to understand because, I'm half asleep.   He tells me again, it's life threatening.  My heart sank and my eyes began to water, I started to cry as if I'd just lost one of my children.  All I could whimper was one word, no. 

     She has all the signs and it can be confused with a blockage, the only difference is the infection coming out of her, I think we might be in trouble.  A simple blood test on Thursday could have told us what was going on with her.  The infection is getting worse, we've lost four days.  My husband put his arms around me as we sobbed with Sydney resting on her bed beside our feet.  Suddenly she picked up her weak head and let out a quite sigh, it slowly dropped down on the soft pillow.  

     Monday morning 7:30 I called the vet's office,  I said one word, Pyometra we think she has Pyometra.  The doctor was not in today and we were advised to take her elsewhere.  I told her fine and hung up the phone.  It felt like I had just been punched in the stomach, it hurt so bad.  But we had to move quickly to save our girl.  So I called a few other vets in our area.  By 10:30 we were on on way to a new vet, one who had never seen Sydney before one that was willing to take her in on such short notice.  

     We walked in with poor little Sid, walking very slow, her head down and she just looked so sick.  We think she has Pyometra we told the lady behind the desk and we explained why.  They took her in within 5 minutes of walking through the front door.  Sydney had, had a rough weekend and it showed in her actions, in her face.  We explained to the doctor the whole story.  Today 5 days later she weighed in at 64 pounds. She had lost almost 4 pounds.  He ordered a blood test and 15 minutes later he came back and said, "You were right, she has Pyometra.  Her blood levels are three times higher then they should be, we need to get her on antibiotics.  I'll give her a shot today to get her going and I'll give her something to sooth her stomach, this might help her eat.  Then start her on the pill antibiotics tomorrow morning. Bring her back if she gets worse."