08.09.08
Beamer Goes to the Vet ER
On Friday afternoon, I went out to feed the dogs. While I was getting ready to put the dog bowls down, Beamer barfed in the kennel… YUCK! After barfing, he walked out of the kennel and barfed again… double YUCK! I cleaned up the barf and fed the dogs. Koko and Irwin scarfed their food, as usual, but Beamer just sniffed his food so I took it away. Other than that, he seemed okay. This wasn’t the first time that he had barfed, or the first time that he refused to eat, so we didn’t think much of it.
We went out to Wahiawa to watch the Olympic opening ceremony and didn’t get home until late Friday night. When we got home, only Koko and Irwin greeted us at the door. We figured that Beamer was around somewhere so I went to get their food ready. As I was opening the sliding door, I noticed that Beamer was still MIA… then I saw him lying by the gate. This was really not like Beamer at all… he’s usually waiting at the sliding door, ready to play.
We put Koko and Irwin in the kennel and went to check on Beamer, who was still just lying there, looking at us. Again, this was very strange behavior for Beamer. We called him over to us and it took him awhile to get up… it took a lot of coaxing to get him to walk over to us. He was very lethargic, but seemed to be walking alright… maybe a little bit wobbly.
Pearl City Veterinary Clinic (where we usually take our dogs) just merged with VCA Family Animal Hospital… luckily, VCA offers 24-hour vet services so we decided to give them a call. We made the decision to take him into the clinic because he REALLY didn’t seem like himself. We’re usually not ones to over-react when it comes to our dogs, so needless to say, we were pretty worried about the big guy.
Long story short… the vet ran some bloodwork on Beamer and found a few abnormalities. They felt it was best to keep him overnight and run more tests on him. We asked if we could see him before we left and they told us they would bring him out to see us. We waited for awhile in the waiting room… eventually, a vet tech came out to get us. Apparently, Beamer wasn’t feeling well enough to get up and make the trip so we went in the back to see him. Talk about a SAD sight… our big guy was just laying in the kennel with his head resting on his paws. He had just enough energy to lift his head when we opened the kennel gate… he didn’t even wag his tail for us. 
We’re crossing our fingers that everything will turn out OK for Beamer… Irwin was very disturbed that Beamer didn’t come home with us. He was even more concerned when I locked them up in the kennel for bedtime… he kept looking towards the gate, trying to find his buddy.
We know that Logan is looking out for Beamer!