My Doggie Saw Tut Tut aka Jolly Swaggy

The whole house is so quiet and calm, without the usual, tiny ring sound from my dog's collar. It is such a sad scene where his bowl of unfinished food and a whole bottle full of clean water stands at the usual spot when the master is not around.

My family members are quiet today. Mum feeling as guilty, worried and sad. Dad feels helpless, sat quietly on the sofa, not uttering a single word for fear he might trigger the tears in my mum. I just, don't know what should i do. There is nothing to do suddenly, except to sit and wait, watching the clock ticking away. The whole household, is peaceful, gloomy and silent.

Everything happened so fast, that i do not have time to actually sit down and decide what is good for him and what is not. I am practically lost and worried, just like a child's mother worrying her child who is in an emergency situation.

Friday, when i came home from the lecture, i found Ah Tut lying on the floor, just at the door. He was quiet, unlike the usual jumping and scratching the door, he just lie on the floor, look at me and then put his head down again. I thought he was just being emotional on that day, so i just leave him alone, until my mum approached me and asked me to open his mouth to check for something which is not supposed to be in his mouth.

"Not supposed to be in his mouth? What do you mean?" was my 1st reaction, and my mum told me everything. He had just swallowed a sewing NEEDLE, about 4-5cm length. I was more than shocked, and i went straight at my dog, open his mouth as big as i can force him too look up and down, left and right in his mouth and then start sweeping his mouth with my finger. If it was on normal days, i would be scared to do so, he might BITE my finger off, but i just couldn't care that day. Let him bite me if he wants, I am going to to find the needle out. The needle can finish him off.

Sadly, no needle was found. I tried looking and sweeping few times, i even go to a deeper extent of putting a single finger into his throat to make him vomit. But, NO. No needle fell off. Then i told my mum to start sweeping the floor, in case she is wrong, the needle didn't fell into his throat but onto the floor.

While she was sweeping, she told me the whole story, guiltily.

" Grandpa was throwing tantrum about his pillow again. So, i took 2 pillows and put them on the chair with a roll of thread and a needle poking onto the thread. Then, i realize i didn't bring the scissors along, so i went back to the study room and when i got back, the roll of thread is in Ah Tut's mouth. I chased him, get back the thread, but the needle is not on the thread anymore. I saw he is chewing something in his mouth, so i open his mouth and found the needle stuck on his hard palate. I tried to remove it, but it was a difficult task and when i finally managed to remove the needle, Ah tut Swallow at the same moment and the needle just go down with his saliver. "

Then, maybe to relieved her guiltiness, she tried to blame all this on my grandpa then onto my dog....and no one else. I didn't say anything about blaming. It is not the time to blame but to try get the needle out. I was still hoping that he did not swallow the needle, so i decided to do an experiment. I try to make him bark by holding his favourite vitagen bottle high up so that he couldn't reach it. And yes, he bark, with a weird wuff....instead of wow wow wow and woff woff woff. A deeper, weirder bark as though something was stuck at his throat. Before i think of anything to do to him, he swallow again, and his bark returns to normal. -sigh-, i seems that i made things worst. So i took a lot of evening prim rose oil and forced it down my dog's throat, hoping he might feel nauseate and throw up. But, no, he didn't throw at all.

Maybe you would think why wouldn't i bring him to the Vet immediately? I can't, not that i don't want to. I have a grandpa at home and someone need to look after him every single minute. Then, the vet's clinic is in taipan, a place where there is only 0.01% of chance you can find a parking space. So, my mum and i have no choice but to wait till my dad come back from JB.

It was already 8pm when we finally go out to search for a vet but none of them were open. We even went to a pet shop whom we bought him, but the shop owner gave us more worry than calm. She said " the dog is going to die, no dog survives when he swallow such a thing and my mum starts to feel so sad and tears were almost trickling down her cheeks. So, we brought him back and yesterday night, for the 1st time in his whole life, my dog slept with me for fear he might feel pain at night and none of my family members know about it.

My dog woke me up with a weird smell this morning. A "pee" smell. I woke and found there were 2 patches of wet patch on my bed and yes, he peed on my bed. OMG. Not only my bed,my comforter, my bolster, all dipped in his urine, which is so much smellier than human's. He was extremely active, dare to bark at me when i look at him, as though trying to defend himself in a court. He even runs around when i tried to chase him. Everything looks fine. My decision of bringing him to a vet for an X Ray is starting to fade away.

But, my mum put her foot down and brought him to the vet which then told us to go to a place call "Healing Room" (i like the name) to get an X Ray done. It wasn't an easy task to take an X ray since he tried to fought my arms and another worker's arm. I never seen him struggle that much, till both his eyes are so red as though we coloured his eyes red. After a while, the X ray came out and to my horror, something which i do not want to admit although i know it should be.............the needle is RIGHT IN HIS STOMACH.

The radiologist (funny right? Thinking a dog has radiologist too), advice us to take the needle out as soon as possible before the needle puncture the GIT (gastrointestinal tract), there would be a high risk, but it is better to get the needle out before the GIT got punctured and he develops peritonitis. So, we went back to the Vet and showed him the X Ray. He gave the same advice and leave the decision to my mother and I. To operate or to leave it so hoping that my dog would pass the needle out. But seeing the way the needle lies in the stomach, it has low chance that it can even pass through the sphincter into the intestine.

I really cannot think. Either way is going to kill my dog and i cannot imagine how my life would be if suddenly my dog just die like that, almost the same time as last year, when my brother brought back a little pup and it died too. I just sat there and stared at my dog who still don't know he has create such a big problem and was still jumping up and down scratching me as much as he can.

Finally, mum make a decision to let him have the operation....................."we have no choice" is what she said to me. She is feeling more and more guilty not to say worry and sad. Her hands were shaking while she signed the consent form in which there is a line which has the meaning of "if the dog dies in the mid of operation, no one shall bear the responsibility" (can't remember the exact words). You know, i have always imagine me as a dr. giving out that form to the patient's family member....but not someone else giving that form to me. I can feel exactly what the patient's family members feel now. It is a helpless, nothing can be done, a 50: 50 chance, worried + sad + guilty + feel like crying + lost feel. (so all future dr, do be a bit more considerate next time when you hand them the form. Give them a pat, a hug or a tissue paper okay)

" don't worry, if something goes wrong, we shall give you a call" is what the clerk told my mum before we went home. We were told to come back at 5pm........

Now....

a bit of my dog's pix

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See him smiling away? a very naughty look

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A fear look in him, a just add few effects to make the fear looks clearer...

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Shh~ A tut is trying to be quiet....Cute right?

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Hehehe, another smiling photo of his!!

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Don't kacau, i am trying to taste back what i ate just now

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Wee....WE ARE THE CHAMPION!!

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The most recent pix i took since i have exams. This was taken while he was almost sleeping,
On our way back to KL from Alor Setar
See, his head lying on my pillow
What kind of dog is he?

-sigh- i miss my dog........




















Er..............
Sorry to interrupt you feeling sorry for me, but my dog is not dead yet okay !!! Do not try curse him !!
Yes, indeed, he is alive, now kept in the cage in the vet's clinic. I guess he must be sleeping right now since it is almost bed time for him.

He has a great operation, about 4inch incision at his breast, the vet took out the stomach at 1st and tried to find for the little needle..........you know where they found it at last???? Its in the small intestine. apparently, the needle got through the sphincter and might be able to be passed out in few days time even if he don't under go surgery. Phew. If we knew this earlier.......we won't spent like RM 600 on him !!!!!! Its not cheap okay. X Ray took RM 80 ( i bet no human X ray is that expensive unless it is CT Scan or MRI). And the operation is about RM 500 plus......oh shit, i haven't add the milk powder, the IV infusion, Antibiotic and admission fee. I am so going to starve my stupid dog this month, don't want to give him anything to eat !! Eat GRASS LA !!!! I AM SO BROKE !!!

He is active ( as though he just went for a holiday with the vet.....*hand smack head*) when i went to visit him around 5pm. All of us at home were damn worried........fear against fear that someone would called up and tell us he is dead !! And he is enjoying himself in the clinic?? WTH!!! Anyway, his hand was bandaged to hold the canula (or with his pai kuan (bad behavior in hokkien), he would have scratch the whole thing off in a second......and he is currenly undergoing IV infusion with 5% dextrose plus Normal Saline. haha. He is not given food today NOR tmr.....muahaha...PADAN MUKA !!! No solid food for 3 days, he is going to stuck with milk for 2 days and i am sure he is not going to like it since we give him best dog food at home (abalone and shark fin k...)

Muahahaha ! I am just glad he is fine and the vet is such a nice guy !! Lolz. Even tmr is sunday, he still come back to the clinic purposely to check on him and if tut is okay, he will discharge him (actually tonight can discharge, but my mum don't want...later what if he suddenly has fever or what neh??)

Phew...stupid dog....took more than my pocket money !!! How could he??????????

p/s: will take some of his "glory" photo when he is back....and the x ray too (very cute x ray, totally diff from human)...if i get it back ............oh...and the so rusted needle. Lolz. Can't believe the needle was still new and shinning yesterday.........it is so rusty as though the needle was made 50years ago. Lolz.