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Gah! Why can't they just tell us whats wrong!!
So, DH is OOT & Im losing my mind here!
I left home @ 730 this morning, put Cooper in his Comfy Cone (b/c we think he's licking his penis & then licking a spot on his leg (b/c its in the same spot as the end of his penis)..& then licking that....this has been happening for awhile on & off. I've brought it up to the Vet & she's checked out his leg, I did xrays of his knee to make sure he was healing ok...he was put on anti-biotics b/c the Vet was afraid he might have an infection inside....anyway, all has been fine...w/some occasional bouts of licking of the leg & some limping of that leg....but Ive had him checked by 2 Vets & they both have given him good reports)
I got home @ 515 & Coop greeted me @ the door in his usual excited fashion. I took off his cone & checked his leg, & there was a little spot of clear/bloody fluid coming from the spot on his leg. I let him out & fed him, noting that he hadn't drank any water all day.....which isn't unusual since he had his cone on, & I don't think he realizes that he can drink & eat w/it on.
While I start getting ready to go for a walk, Coop starts walking around the kitchen licking the floor randomly, I get him by me & he's licking & licking his chops, so Im figuring he's going to throw up, so I let him back outside, & he just starts eating snow.
I get him back inside & we go for a quick walk (its bitter cold here) & he darn near runs & pulls me the whole way (which is unlike him. he knows how we walk- heeling) stopping lots to eat snow (again, unlike him). We get home & I get him undressed (jacket & boots) & he just seems off. Then he perks up quick, runs into the LR to get a toy b/c he wants to play. But its short lived. By the time I get my snow-gear off & go into the LR, his demeanor has changed & he's just standing there licking & licking his chops.
I quick grab a blanket & sit down in front of him & he immediately lays down. He's just licking & licking, shaking a little (fear?)...then not, but never pukes. After about a 1/2 hr he rolls onto his side so I can rub his belly....then goes back to licking & licking...trying to lick the carpet...blanket..etc....which I won't let him do.
Its been over an hr & he hasn't thrown up, & the licking is less & less....so I get up & sit on the couch & he jumps up here w/me & snuggles. He's settled a little, but a little drooly....& actually now he's sleeping.
Of course Im quick to think he ate like, salt or something on our walk....but this started before we left.....& I don't think he could have gotten into anything here @ home while I was @ work. 1. b/c he had his cone on & 2, b/c we keep our bedroom & bathroom doors closed.....& our house is pretty dog proof anyways....& he hasn't gotten into anything..besides cardboard...in our house in years!
GAH! Im flipping out! I don't know what to do/think!! I have to work tomorrow & so he'll be alone all day! Well, now Im sure Im coming home at noon to get him & take him back to work to take an xray of his knee & of his stomach (to see if he injested anything??). At last resort I could bring him to work w/me & just kennel him for the morning while I have patients...but I just know he'll whine the whole time!
Dammit! Why can't they just tell us whats wrong! Im so worried 
I know I know, dogs throw up...but mine, really doesn't. Thats what is worrying me so much!! Im sure the knee & the puking symptoms are 2 separate things...but...Ugh! I know, I shouldn't jump to conclusions & I should just watch him for the next 24hrs....
Re: Gah! Why can't they just tell us whats wrong!!
"The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past." - Sylvia Plath