Maika Lee

It's been a rough week for me. Maika Lee is my dog whom I had since she was 6 weeks old and she's 10 now. She's infamous for eating the kids socks but has always managed to pass it. We have sock mines in the backyard to prove it. So when we saw that she ate a towel, I didn't feel alarmed because I expected her to pass it like the rest. This was not the case. Maika stopped eating which has never happened. She was becoming more lethargic and she was throwing up food. Having worked for a vet, I knew what this meant and one evening Jimmy and I had to decide what to do because we were in no position to fork over thousands of dollars for surgery. I took my girl to the vet only to have them confirm what I already knew and I couldn't let my girl die so I bit the bullet and had them take care of her.

It was a good thing I did what I did because the towel's threads were going down the intestines but the towel was not which was causing an accordion affect on her intestines which Dr. B referred to as accordion pleating. If the string got any tighter it could have cut threw her intestines and I may not have Maika Lee anymore. But I do and I know she misses us as much as we miss her right now as she's getting better at the hospital.

My sick pup even has a ICU/SICK sign on her cage... Sad

Dr. B shows me what he took out of her stomach and intestines. It was a towel and sock and lots of grass. I knew she was eating it after she stopped eating food to make her throw up but it wasn't helping much. Hopefully I'll be able to pick her up tomorrow and have her rest easy in her own bed.