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Re: Tia (Maria!), Mastiff x DOB ?04
An update on Tia from Karen, one of our volunteer walkers, today:
Darling Tia - a day of high drama today!
Tia was found collapsed in her kennel this morning. Luckily the kennel staff acted fast and Amy carried her to her car and sped her to our vets. I diverted straight to the vets on the way back from dropping Tara off. When I arrived things were looking bleak and the vet didn't really expect that she could pulthrough. After speaking to the vet and liasing with Dee on the phone, I went to sit with her in her crate. She gave me a tail wag and tried to tell me all about it. Slowly as we waited she started to recover the colour in her eys, gums and nails. When the tests results came back, much to everybody's amazement, they were clear.
Something happened to lower her blood pressure to dangerous levels - perhaps a shock of some kind or perhaps poisoning of some kind, like eating a frog. She was thoroughly checked over and her spleen was fine too.
We stayed at vets for some time to check that she wasn't going to relapse again and she even ate a whole bowl of food. On her return to the kennels she was given such a rapturous welcome by everybody as nobody thought they would see her again and everybody who has met her just loves her to bits.
I cannot tell you how hard it was to leave her there tonight :cry: She is crying out for a home and really needs it now. She is such a wonderful dog and many tears were shed for her today - nobody wanted to lose her :cry:
She is going back to vets again on Tuesday for a follow up.
I can't put into words what it was like today.
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