Prayers for Bones & Ben

August 14, 2006 It’s 10:30 and I just got home from the hospital an hour ago- I walked in, threw the mail and 6 months worth of my thyroid medication on the chair. I was returning phone calls when I noticed Bones happily eating something – which turned out to be my thyroid medication! I quickly called the emergency vet- they transferred me to the national pet poison control hotline. Finally, after two doses of hydrogen peroxide, I got Bones to throw up! I’ve never been so happy to clean up barf in my whole life! As he’s throwing up I’m going, “Good boy, good dog.” Bones is looking at me like ‘Have you lost your marbles.’ I think I have.
They are keeping Ben another couple of nights. His doctor wants to get to the bottom of this. The nurses there are giving me a reality check telling me I MUST have more help- they can see what a handful Ben is- he takes all my attention- it’s like a little kid you can’t take your eyes off for a minute. The social worker is helping me get more hours of care giving. So that’s good. But man, I could use a break from all this DRAMA! I’m very happy my dog threw up- we’ll know in a couple of days if it’s going to have any long term affect. And hopefully we’ll get to the bottom of what’s going on with Ben. Thanks for your prayers and support. Oh yeah, Ben’s in room 1016 at St. Pete’s- they all remember us- and are amazed at Ben’s progress- and all are worried about me losing my marbles! Love, B