Jax Sparrow Burke is my little EVERYTHING!!! He goes with me everywhere & is always by my side to say the least he is a mama's boy!! Since we brought him home April 4,2009 when he was just 3 months old we have been in separable. He was there for me the summer of 2009 when we moved out of state & Greg was gone all day working, he cuddles with me & lays on my chest & just brings such a big smile to my face. He for sure was meant to be our little puppy & a part of this family. I honestly do not know what I would do without him.
This last Friday I noticed Jax wasn't feeling to well instead of playing with his toys like usual & barking & playing with Greg when Greg got home from work, he was just very tired & just wanted to cuddle instead of play. he was very attached which he is always attached to me but this was different he had no energy at all. For those of you that own Yorke's or small dogs you know that they are very sensitive to what they eat & what they get into. Jax is a very smart little puppy & knows whats in mama's purse ...CANDY!!! Jax loves candy, unfortunately Candy is bad for Jax. We have had him get sick a couple times from eating it & he would just throw it up. Well we thought this was the case because Friday night when we were sleeping Jax started throwing up chocolate brown looking stuff so since we had been through this before we knew not to let him eat or drink anything for 8 hrs & usually after that hes fine. However Jax kept throwing up & it was consistent. Every hour he was throwing up at least five times & it was ALOT. Sunday morning we decided to take him to the E.R we were both very worried & anytime my Jaxie is sick I get really sad & worried & can't control my crying, I decided to ask for more strength when I prayed for Jax so my crying wouldn't make the situation worse for the three of us. Greg really appreciated that.ha ha
When we arrived at the E.R they took his weight,he is full grown & only weighs 4 pounds but he was down to 3 pounds & the doctor said he was very skinny & his little bones should not be showing like that. I was so confused because he eats tons all the time. The doctor sent us home with some meds to stop the vomiting until We could get in to see Jaxies usual doctor.
So we waited a couple days & the medicine helped but he was still throwing up a little & tired so Wednesday morning Greg told me to call his doctor & see what she had to say, they told me to bring Jax in ASAP. I took him over & they examined him & she said he was very dehydrated & would like to keep him there for the day to re hydrate him & run tests to see what's going on. I didn't want to leave him there but I had to & I had to wait til 5:30 to pick him up. It was thee longest day ever I couldn't go home because if I went home I would just sitt & dwell on it so I kept myself busy. Finally 5:30 rolled around & it was time to go pick up my baby. I got there all excited to see him the ladies knew how anxious I was because I was calling all day checking up on him. They told me they would bring Jax out in a bit but the doctor wanted to talk to me first ,instantly tears came to my eyes I saw all these people getting their dogs to take home & I was the last one left in the room still waiting. I just wanted to see him & hold him & know he was ok.
After a half hour of crying on the phone to Greg & my mom while waiting, the doctor came out. She told me he hadn't thrown up & that he still was very dehydrated & wanted him to come back the next day to get re hydrated some more, she told me they didn't have an ultra sound small enough to see what is going on in his abdoman but she knew for sure there was some kind of infection because there was blood in his urine. She assured me he was ok though & let me take him home for the night with the IV still left in him so they didnt have to stick him with it the next morning, than she told me that when I brought him back in the morning they would have somebody there to take the ultra sound so we can find out what is going on. The whole night greg & I were so confused with how a little 4 pound dog would need two eight hour days of having an iv in him getting hydrated. That night when we brought him home he seemed so much better though he was energetic & fully alert. I didn't want to take him back in yesterday morning but I had to, I remember the ladies saying how cute he is & they may just keep him there (UMM not a good time to joke about that) ha ha. I called all day yesterday to check up on him & they told me he was doing great he had energy & is awake and alert but the tests wouldn't be done til 4 & I could pick him up after 5. All his blood work was fine they just have to figure out whats going on with his urine, but its not fatal.
So after Greg got off work we rushed over to pick up our baby boy. I was so eager & Greg was too. I remember Greg telling me "I will be pist if they make us sitt and wait & have u cry if they don't have him ready to come home " he hates seeing me cry & especially when it's in situations like this. I am glad Greg came with me this time.
Sure enough when we walked in there our baby boy was ....waiting in the nurse's arms for us with a nuzzle on him and two little bandages on his legs. I instantly started crying and ran over to get him . The nurse said "I am assuming Jax belongs to u guys?" Gregs like obviously. I guess he kept biting them with the whole IV situation & was not to happy about it. They took the 3 of us back to a room & the doctor explained that his blood work looks great,he's no longer throwing up, he is fully hydrated ,his stomach is a little sore from throwing up .....& than came the bad news. She proceeded to tell us Jax has a kidney infecion,apparently young male dogs usually don't get these & his kidneys showed up a little abnormal on the ultra sound . They don't know how dogs get kidney infections or why his kidneys are weird, they are assuming its has to do with genetics. But if they can treat this infection within a month there will be no fatal outcome which she is positive the anti biotics will work. She said we have a really good strong little fighter & he is doing fine & will be fine.
We are so happy to have him home safe cuddling with us , he's playing a little but he has had a rough last two days so he is resting. We are so thankful for our little blessing ,he has brough so much joy & happiness into our lives & he is my best friend :)
