Sick little doggy

Bella gave us quite the scare this week!  On Monday night Brian came home from work and couldn't find her in the backyard.  He looked everywhere and found her laying down behind a bush in the corner.  She wasn't moving and wasn't responding to him at all.  We rushed her to the vet and they started doing tests right away.

It was determined that she had  Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis (HGE).  It is a bacterial buildup in the the intestines and comes on very suddenly.  Because Bella got so sick, so quickly, her body went into shock and she became septic.  After a night at ER, we thought she was getting better but then her heart started acting up so she spent the next two days in the Intensive Care unit on heart monitors, two iv's and a heating pad because she couldn't maintain her body temperature.

After three days, we were able to take her back home.  Since we had to work, Oma came to the rescue and took Bella home with her.  She was able to recuperate at Oma's house and is now back to her old self again; running around the house and being a silly girl.