From: "Glenn Meadows" 

On the feeding poison, I agree.  Both of these Choc. Labs were the greatest
dogs, very gentle, playful, and super intelligent.  There are some really
mean people out there.  Both dogs were properly fenced in, NEVER ran loose,
always had plenty of food/water.  She has a dog door in the kitchen, so the
dogs can come/go to the outside as they like, and stay out of the heat when
she's not home.

If Spencer survives, I'd be concerned that whoever did this, might do it again.

And this just in from her...

just talked with the vet.

actually not great news. he said she is improving in some areas, but it
still is very. very critical with her and there are some areas where she
has gotten worse. my mind is a whirl so i'm not even sure what he said at
this point, other than i recall him mentioning her internal bleeding - with
the doses of vit.K he's been giving her she is now clotting within 7
minutes - he said that has greatly improved since yesterday - normal is 5,
she was 30. On her own, her blood will not clot for at least a month he
said, so she will need to remain on vitK for a long time...

what he's now really concerned about is her red blood cell count and the
amount of oxygen in it. those numbers are incredibly low. he's doing all he
can to help that, taking more tests, taking xrays soon...... she is not so
bad that she needs a blood transfusion yet though. he wants to be
optimistic in that she is slightly improving, but he said quite honestly
her condition is very poor. Tonight and tomorrow are going to be very
critical for her... so please just keep her in your prayers..... she needs
it!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you,

t


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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:42a06b97{at}w3.nls.net...
> How could someone feed someone else's pet rat poison, that's just plain
> sick.
>
> I don't like dogs, but I sure as heck wouldn't kill them.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:42a06780{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Today's good news.
>>
>> Good Morning Glenn,
>>
>> (and yes, it is a good morning!)
>>
>> I don't have everyone's email here at home, so please pass the good news
>> on to them and let everyone know how thankful I am for all the support,
>> prayer and understanding Spencer and I have received thru this horrible
>> horrible ordeal!
>>
>> Anyway, the latest:Last night the vet allowed me to take Spencer home
>> because he had gotten her stabilized (and no one was going to be there
>> anyway, so taking her home was better than taking her to the emergency
>> clinic for the night again, as long as she remained stabilized.) I am
>> soooo darn proud of my Spencer Dog! She did really great last night!!!!!
>> She is just such a trooper and really hanging in there and fighting
>> this!She got a LOT of rest and was happy to be home. I stayed with her in
>> the den all night keeping a close eye on her. She rested fairly
>> comfortably all night, just getting up for a bathroom break a few times,
>> to which there was NO blood!!!!! She drank her water, wanted to gobble
>> down milk bones and was perkier than the day before!
>>
>> Got her to the vet first thing this morning - he's going to hook her up
>> to IV again, give her all her vitamins, antibiotics, etc. And just keep a
>> close eye on her all day... followed up with a few repeat blood tests and
>> whatnot. We're still waiting on several results, which should come within
>> the next few days. Basically the doctor is convinced someone
>> intentionally fed her (and Stormy) rat poison. I was able to catch
>> Spencer in time (we hope) but, God Bless my little Stormy, she didn't
>> have such luck.  Anyway, I really truly believe Spencer is going to pull
>> thru this...
>>
>> It's obvious she's not feeling well, but she's going to be back to her
>> normal wiggly self soon, I just know it!!! God, I am just soooooo
>> relieved - even though I know she's not out of the woods yet because the
>> doc said the poison could still be effecting her... but, all signs show
>> that she's going to improve, so that is what i'm going to believe
>> in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Her recovery is going to be quite long and extensive, but at this point,
>> I'm just thrilled to be able to speak of 'recovery!' Please let everyone
>> know that my big chocolate moose is really doing well!
>>
>> I will keep you posted as the day goes by on her condition and any
>> further news!!!!
>>
>> Thank you for all your thoughts and concern, I have to believe that all
>> the support she has thru friends and prayer is a big factor in all
>> this!!!!
>>
>> T
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>> news:429f411a{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I really hope they have that dog isolated.....
>>>
>>> - Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>>> news:429f3db9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Don't know, just got this update from her:
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> I just spoke with the vet...
>>>>
>>>> my poor spencer. her condition is stabilized for now,
but... that isn't
>>>> necessarily a good thing considering they can't stop her
bleeding. they
>>>> can't get her blood to clot. my vet is talking to the vet
that worked
>>>> on stormy and both are more confused than ever - they have
never seen
>>>> anything like this - it's almost like an ebola virus or something.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think i have long with her, so i will have to head
to the vet
>>>> soon again. I am just sick... so incredibly sick. those sweet little
>>>> girls didn't deserve this!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, they'll do some serious invsetigation on this to find the
>>>> cause...
>>>>
>>>> Asian Bird Flu?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Glenn M.
>>>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>>>> news:ktbu91p15p10t7bkqg0vc9f8677l9f84pn{at}4ax.com...
>>>>> Assuming it's not an unusual virus or bacteria, the
next thing that
>>>>> comes
>>>>> to mind is accidental ingestion of rat
poison/warfarin/extreme blood
>>>>> thinner.   If they ate the same dog food, could the dog food be
>>>>> contaminated?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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