Update on Roxy

She might have 9 lives!
On June 13th, I blogged about Roxy being sick. It was an awful 2 days to follow. Roxy went to the vet and we received a lot of bad news. Enough to make me think that we were going to have to put down the poor pug.
However she is a fighter. One night at the vet on an IV drip of antibiotics and some other not fun procedures she was doing MUCH better. I could have kissed the vet when he told me she should recover fine and would be coming home! Our Roxy is now on a heart medication and continuing her seizure meds that she has been on since February. Lucky for us she takes the pills daily with no problem.
We love our little fighter!

Roxy is sick

I am not sure how parents do it with their children when they are sick or hurt.
I am so worried because Roxy is sick again. She doesn't seem to have had another seizure. Instead she seems to be physically sick and not wanting to move. I noticed on Friday she was acting strange and Saturday she seemed better. By the time we got home last night, she was worse and this morning no better. I was going to taker her to emergency vet, but decided that seeing her normal vet tomorrow would be better. I am sitting with her on our couch and she is cuddling up next to me.
She is sleeping right now. I am hoping that they can help her.

My little girl - Roxy

Meet Roxy!

Roxy is our Pug or rather Puggle that we have had for 3 years. Roxy was a previously owned by 2 other people and could not find the right home. The girl who owned her before us had another small dog and decided that she didn't want Roxy after 6 months. We agreed to take her and she was dropped off a few days later at our house, no leash, bowl, food or toys. It was sad because we knew that she hasn't had a 'real' home till she came to us.

Roxy is a truly busy, fun loving dog. She is quick to play and run around. She likes to taunt the dogs on the neighboring fences, and is really good with other people around. She spins in circles when she needs to go out, and expects a cookie when she comes in.We have become VERY attached to her. She is spoiled and loved!

Monday night, Roxy scared the living day lights out of me and had what I later found out was a seizure. She has never had one (that we know of) before this and it was terrifying. After about 30 minutes she returned to her normal self and left me in a state of panic and shock. I took her to the Vet on Tuesday and was asked to leave her for 4 hours for testing. During that time, I hung out at my mom's house and was nervous and sad. When Greg and I picked her up we learned that she has an enlarged heart as well as a mass in between her stomach and intestines. We had to wait until today for blood test results. Luckily those results came out fine! She is otherwise healthy and will be on seizure medication for the time being daily.

So far she is OK, and I am happy - Although I am still nervous of the "what if 's ". I don't know how people with children do it! This almost made me crazy worrying about her!

Roxy