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oh my god, an episode of e-vet interns, "things pets swollow", helped save my dog! what do you all think?

ok, so last night mom and i where having some ribs for supper and my mom thaught that as long as we watched her, we would quickly get the bone part away from her. well when mom went to grab it the dog picked it up and swolled it whole. so i am like to my mom "what do we do? she just swolled it!" and she thaught we could waight till morning. but something did not feel right 2 me. so i went in to my vet mode ( i am not a vet yet. planing on being one). i am certified in pet 1st aid. so i went to get all my e- vet books. thats when i remembered the episode of e-vet interns and rem. the case on the dog that ate 18 pigs ears. i rem. the side effects they listed and how serious i could be. so i told mom "MOM WE HAVE TO CALL THE EMERGENCY VET HOSPITAL NOW!" because they only have a 2 hr time window before something happens. sure enough they said to bring her in and they injucted her with some malimorephine(can't spell) and she threw it all up. what do you all think of wat i did? was it good?
the vet did actually tell me that it was good that wer got her in! and i got to keep the x-rays!:)

Public Comments

1. Absolutely WONDERFUL! I am impressed and so happy for you! Good Job!

2. wow :-O

your going to be a realy good vet someday!!!

:)

3. That was very good!

4. Bravo! You not only stayed calm but did the absoultly right thing!

Good job young lady!

5. You're lucky it all worked out well. Good work!!

6. Congratulations on your fine work saving your dog! It's great that you had learned the hazards of swallowing bones and knew how important it was to get professional help for your dog quickly.

If you want to learn more potentially life saving information, a great resource is the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center's web site: http://www.aspca.org/apcc . It includes information on hazards that many people don't know about. For example, it has an article on raisins and grapes, which many people give to their dogs as treats but which can kill dogs. I've learned a lot from the web site that isn't in any of the reference books I keep at home.