Wed 1am
Heading to GVS 
Late last night Gracie kept wanting to go outside, then became very unsettled and just wanted to be close by. Charlie woke me up just after midnight by nudging me with his nose, Gracie was getting sick. Poor girl threw up and her stomach felt tight and bloated. She wanted back outside so I followed her to see if she would get sick again. She just paced, had a little bit of diarrhea then ran back in the house. She went to sip some water but couldn't get settled, she wouldn't even lay down. She looked like she was getting more uncomfortable and now when she moved spots Charlie shifted his spot too. I was hoping that after she threw up it may have gotten out whatever was making her stomach upset, but it seemed not to be the case. I called GVS and they said because of all she's going through with her chemo treatment it was best to bring her in. There's a closer emergency vet clinic, but we went to GVS because I knew they would have access to all her latest WBC info and all of her prescription meds. It was a long night/morning whatever you want to call it at that time....it was probably about 4am when we headed home. Poor Gracie, we rechecked her WBC which seemed to be coming up from what it was a couple of days ago so that was good. They gave her an injection of anti-nausea medication, a pain injection to help her obvious abdominal discomfort, and an injection of subcutaneous fluids (under her skin between her shoulder blades). They weren't sure what started it all, but hoped this would help her over the next several hours. The doctor said within about 6 hours her vomiting should stop, if it didn't improve that we should follow up with the vets the next day. When we got home Gracie started to whine and shake more than she was. I called back to make sure she wasn't having a reaction to the injections, but was told that it was just the pain meds kicking in and making her out of it. I hoped she would start feeling better soon, I laid on the floor by her hoping she would eventually lay down, Charlie stayed right there with us. About 7am Gracie's vomiting started to pick up. By 11am she was still throwing up so we called and talked to Anna, Gracie went back to GVS that afternoon. By the time we went back she was having more trouble with diarrhea too. I felt soooooo bad for her, I just didn't even know what could possibly be left in her little system by this point. They decided she should spend the night on fluids as she was getting dehydrated and they would be able to watch her. They were also trying to get her nausea under control. The vet on that night called a little after 11pm to tell me her WBC was doing okay and that she was getting hydration and would be seen by her oncologist first thing in the morning. Poor sweet Gracie. Charlie was pouting around the house, he didn't want to eat dinner and just kept walking to sniff the dog bed where Gracie likes to lay. UGH!
Going back to GVS 


Gracie feeling lousy
missing Gracie
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