Around the same time we lost Grandma, Sibley was fighting RSV. It was a rough few weeks of breathing treatments twice a day. She was pitiful. :( I guess the good news was that we made it to 6 months before having to go see the doctor for any reason other than well baby checkup a and shots.
In other Sibley news, she's up to 18 pounds and is sitting up all by herself now! That was exciting. She started doing it the weekend before Christmas, which was perfect timing. She's so very close to crawling now I think it will happen any day.
Christmas was busy, but Derek and I were able to sneak in an overnight trip to New Orleans while my parents babysat. It was a quick getaway but a lot of fun!
Sibley was SUCH a trooper over the holidays. We dragged her all kinds of places, and she was the sweetest thing. I took the whole week off work, and I'm glad I did. It was a good break for us to be home together.
Another reason I'm glad I was home was Bentley. We picked him up Thursday after boarding him for a few nights, and all was well. Then Friday he just wasn't right. He wasn't eating or drinking, was dry heaving, drooling, and shaking. He would hide under the deck and didn't want to come out. I took him back to the vet, and they did an X-ray and found that his stomach had twisted. I had JUST watched Marley and Me the night before, and this had happened in the movie.
We had to take him to the emergency animal clinic for surgery right away or he would not have made it through the night. It was a scary few hours, but he made it out like a champ and is now doing well with his recovery at home. Bless his heart. It wasn't his time just yet. He still has several good years of being chased by Sibley!
The vet said it happens a lot in bigger dogs when they eat or drink too fast. The stomach can bloat and then (like a balloon that you use for balloon animals) get completely twisted if they even lay the wrong way. Thankfully the surgery he had will now prevent that from happening again.
Phew, what a crazy few weeks! 2013 was a memorable year with the birth of my child and the death of my grandmother. It's hard to compartmentalize my feelings about it except to say bittersweet. We look very forward to this bright new year.
Happy 2014, friends!
