Update on Maggie

Here is Maggie at the vet hooked up to an IV. Doesn't she look so sad?

Last Friday, I took Maggie back to vet for her follow up from having that lump removed. The vet said everything looked great and her pathology came back as a lymph node, and also that there was an infection in one of her mammary glands. That was great news to receive, especially knowing that the vet was worried it could have been something else like cancer.

Well, on Saturday evening, Maggie wouldn't eat and was up throughout the night. She kept trying to throw up, but since she had an empty stomach all she could do was throw up mucous. On Sunday, we went up to Temple Square for the day and left some food for her in case she decided to eat. When we got home her food was gone. We were relieved that she had finally eaten and was acting a little better. Later that night she ate her dinner as well, and all through Monday everything seemed fine. Well, on Monday throughout the night she was up and down again and on Tuesday morning she threw up blood. We got her right back in to the vet and after some blood and stool tests, the Vet told me she had pancreatitis. She told me she needed to keep Maggie for a couple days so she could be hooked up to IV fluids, have steroid and medication injections and wait for the inflammation in her pancreas to go down. She will test her again on Thursday morning and if her levels have come down she can come home. She will probably have to be on a special diet for awhile, but she should recover.

It was so hard to leave the vet yesterday without Maggie. All night long I missed her and worried about her. I kept thinking that she is all alone and scared. What if she's cold? I called the vet first thing this morning and they said that she is responding well, and that I can go see her if I want. I went over on my lunch break and she looked so sad hooked up to that IV. It's hard to see her like that, knowing she doesn't understand what's going on. I sat with her for about 15 minutes before I had to head back to work. They told me no to worry and that she is being a very good little patient. Although it was hard to leave her there again, I know it's best for her. I pray she will get better so she can come home tomorrow. I love her so much, and I don't know what I would do without my little Moo Moo.