You hear stories about rebellious teenagers and terrible two year olds…but at our house…nothing is on the normal side. My troubled child is our adorable schnauzer “Maisy”.
Maisy has always been a very curious creature…snooping into everything that she can possibly get her nose into. She also is well known for eating just about anything…including toothpicks and straight pins!
Well last night in true Maisy form…she ripped into two bags of water softener salt in the garage…and proceeded to feast on it like we never feed the poor pooch!
Needless to say, we ended up in the doggy emergency room. They immediately induced vomiting to empty her stomach. Then they gave her another shot to stop the vomiting and gave her a charcoal something or other to absorb any poison that still may have been in her system. She then had to spend the night hooked up to an IV.
Apparently, salt overdose is a very dangerous thing…the Dr. said that if her body absorbed it all it could cause kidney failure and or brain swelling that would cause seizures.
I called early this morning to see how she did during the night. The nurse said that she was doing well, but that Maisy had made it well known that she didn’t enjoy being in kennel alone all night. She was very vocal about it. So they had to sedate her. This didn’t surprise me one bit.
Anyway, Maisy is home this morning…a little lethargic…but alive!
