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I don't think he did. I only got there towards the end of the consultation. He did say that her stomach felt fine though. The main concern that we had when we took her in was the leg issue
Dan said that he heard a big bang and went in to find her flopped with her head on the bookcase. She wouldnt move so he lifted her a little and she dragged her back legs and then lay back down. He got her up again and she was still dragging them. She was also breathing really heavily. Dan isn't a worrier like me so I knew it was bad as soon as I picked up the voicemail. There isn't anything in that room that she can jump on so it's unlikely that she's hurt herself but not impossible.
I gave her some infacol, tummy rubs and some CC about an hour ago and she got much worse. She just sat all hunched up in a corner with her eyes half shut. I rang the vet back and double checked that they give her tummy a good feel and asked if I was ok to give emeprid too. They ok'd it so about half an hour ago I gave her some more tummy rubs and the emeprid. I rang Dan and updated him and then I went upstairs to find a bigger syringe for feeding. I came back downstairs and went into the kitchen to get Henry a treat and she followed me. I gave her some and she ate them!
I feel so relieved. She's hopping about now and periscoping. Half an hour ago she was sat hunched in a corner refusing all food and drink. She knows how to scare her mummy. It feels like the longest 4 hours of my life. I'm still very worried about the legs though and I will be carrying on with the Panacur regardless. She's always walked with her back legs a little so I think that we might get her an XRAY done to be sure there isn't any issues there.
She's being so curious now, gonna get on the floor and cuddle her for a few hours!
Honestly, I thought that we had a Billy situation here. I've been in pieces
