Thursday, September 17, 2009

Our Little Trooper

I am happy to report that Sol is doing so much better this morning. When we picked her up last night she was completely zoned out. She had no reaction to seeing us, on the ride home she did not move an inch and when you looked into her sweet little eyes she just looked blank. When we got home, we set her up in her favorite puff ball bed and she got some must needed rest.

I would have been happy to let her stay in that bed all night, but I had no idea when the last time she went potty was. So, we let her snooze until about 8pm and at that time we thought we better take her out to try and go potty.

I scooped her up and we took her out front. I walked over to to the edge of the driveway and tried to stand her up in the grass, but she refused to stand up. She would not straighten her back legs, so when I tried to stand her up she would sit and then within 5 seconds she would just fall over. So, I picked her back up and put her in the puff ball bed and she snoozed a bit more.

Around 9pm, I was thinking that she must really need to go potty now, so we went back outside. Same result as when I took her out at 8pm. While she was laying there, we offered her a tiny bit of baby food. The vet said to offer her a tiny bit of food in the evening and see what she does. Plus, we had to give her two pills and hiding them in her food would get that task done quickly.

She was laying there with the food bowl at her feet, looking interested in yummy baby food, but also looking like eating is so much work - "I will need to move my head about 3 inches to get to the bowl." So I grabbed a spoon and that did the trick. So there we were laying in the middle of the driveway and I am feeding her baby food off of a spoon and Benjamin, Henry & Luna are standing at the door feeling ever so neglected because I never spoon feed them in the driveway.

After she ate, she resumed sleeping in the puff ball bed. At 11pm, all the pugs went out for their final potty of the night and once again, Sol would not stand up. So we were headed off to bed and Sol had not gone potty all night. I was a little worried about that and wondered what she was going to do in the middle of the night when she realized she had to go.

We put the puff ball bed in her normal sleeping spot on the bed thinking that if she did have a potty accident that the dog bed would be the only bed affected. Plus, she was very content sleeping in the puffy bed, so we didn't want to change things up.

She fell back asleep fast and about 2:30am I wake up to her panting. When I sit up to get a look at her she squirms to sit up too. At this point, I am thinking she surely has to go potty. So I scoop her up and take her outside and wouldn't you know she can walk! She stumbles around in the grass and finally goes potty. I bring her back in, put her in her bed and pet her a little bit and I can tell by looking at her eyes that she is feeling a ton better. Not a 100%, but much, much, much better. She has that Solsey look in her eyes again.

We all fall back asleep and around 3:30am she is panting again and looking a little restless. I pet her a bit, but she is not settling back down. I offer her some water, but she is not interested. I'm pretty sure at this point she is hungry. So off we go to the kitchen and I sit her down on the rug so I can get everyone's food ready and she comes running over to me doing her feed me now bark. I was so happy to hear that bark. She was tickled pink to be eating and this time no spoon was required.

After she ate, I took her out to try and go potty once again. I took her out front thinking she would go potty at the edge of the driveway and I would be able to see what she was doing better. I didn't put her on a leash because it was 3:30 in the morning and I kind just expected her to sit down or stand at the door to go back in.

Out we go and there goes Sol trotting down the driveway with me right next to her. I am pretty sure I know where she is going, a little spot at the end of the driveway, but she passes right by it and is on her way across the street like she does when she goes on a walk. Here it is at 3:30 in the morning and Sol is feeling like she wants to go on a walk. As tired as I was, I was so very happy because in the few hours since we had gone to bed, Sol was feeling and looking so much better!

Once we all settled in bed again, everyone slept soundly until it was time to get up for work today. Right now, Sol is sleeping in her normal spot in my office and while she is sore & tired, she is doing much better than she was last night. It is amazing what a few hours of sleep can do!