This wouldn't necessarily be abnormal in a dog that just had surgery except that Lucy had bleeding problems before her surgery that could have been life threatening without a plasma transfusion. The only reason they caught the bleeding was because a superficial cut on her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. They decided to run a test to find out if her blood was clotting and that test gave them the news that she was bleeding internally and unable to clot normally. So last night when we saw the bruising getting increasingly worse and her nose beginning to drip again we couldn't help but think the problem had returned. Unfortunately, we were right. Lucy spent the rest of the night and most of today at the hospital for observation and more plasma treatments. Not only is her liver severely damaged but it is beginning to take other organs down with it in an effort to save itself. We really just have this one chance to turn things around because it's either going to work and she'll get better or it's just not.
In the meantime, she's happy to be home and she's alert and responsive. . .
The doctors and lab assistants fell in love with her sweet spirit and obedient attitude. She seemed to know what they were doing and what was expected of her. She knew which bed was hers and which room to go into for her tests. They didn't need to leash her while she was in their care and she always had a tail wag for anyone who stopped to chat.
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