Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Thanks for those de-bunking websites - a neighbour is touting it around here and pushed video and tape and brochure at me and asked for my opinion. Haven't 'enjoyed' either video or tape yet, for reasons below. I shoulda looked on the net myself, I guess, but I'm not thinking very clearly this week. Thanks so much for the help - I needed it at this time. I can find reasons on those webpages (other than quackery, which of course I knew it was) to decline interest. The possibility of destroying sea life living in the cast-off coral is a goodie and so is the health dangers of heavy metals. (I would normally just blow someone off who did this on me over something so foolish, but she has been a good friend to us, especially this last week when we have been in crisis.) Short version of crisis - things come in threes - strictly OT. Madé, one of our two beagles, started uncontrollable vomiting followed a couple of days later vomiting and passing digested blood. Many emergency vet visits and tests, x-rays, etc. later it has been decided she has either pancreatitis or she has a bleeding tummy from ingesting some toxin or a foreign body that she later passed in her stool. The two vets at the clinic disagree, you see. She's no longer bleeding, is on meds, and going off them a bit at a time, and she is quite active again. Anyone on this list who has dogs know about this???? In the midst of the above saga, I learned of the death of my elderly father and had to travel to my wheelchair-bound mother's side and deal with the usual things and a few more. Meanwhile, my credit card number had a great time in North and South Carolina unknown to me and fraud in the nature of two and three thousand dollars was committed. I know these things are not of equal weight, but I am sleep-deprived, frazzled, somewhat crazy, etc., even a bit more than usual ;=) The Coral Calcium thingie just seemed one thing too much to be asked to cope with. So sorry - but hope this makes sense. So thanks again for your help - much appreciated. What a wonderful group to come to my rescue like that! Best pat -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. " - Immanuel Kant * " I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. " - Abraham Lincoln * " There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. " - Franz Fanon ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 hi pat, i'm very sorry to hear about your dog one of my dogs died years ago by drinking anti-freeze that had leaked from our car engine onto the garage floor. anti-freeze supposedly tastes like kool-aid unless you get the special more expensive kind that tastes bad (this is outrageous, i think they should just make the tasty anti-freeze illegal). anyway, i don't remember her exact symptoms, just that she was just lying around and her eyes were bulging out and towards the end she was really emaciated. at first the vet had no clue what was wrong with her, but we figured it out when we saw the spill in the gargae. but we caught it too late for any kind of treatment my dog never got any better, on the way to bringing her to the vet to be euthanized she died. so, i would say the fact that your dog is active again is a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 dear pat, so sorry to hear of your father's passing and of the credit card number theft and of your beagle's sickness. how stressful. my thoughts are with you. susie --- Sant & Brown <santbrown wrote: > Short version of crisis - things come in threes - > strictly OT. > > Madé, one of our two beagles, started uncontrollable > vomiting followed a > couple of days later vomiting and passing digested > blood. Many emergency > vet visits and tests, x-rays, etc. later it has been > decided she has > either pancreatitis or she has a bleeding tummy from > ingesting some > toxin or a foreign body that she later passed in her > stool. The two vets > at the clinic disagree, you see. She's no longer > bleeding, is on meds, > and going off them a bit at a time, and she is quite > active again. > Anyone on this list who has dogs know about this???? > > In the midst of the above saga, I learned of the > death of my elderly > father and had to travel to my wheelchair-bound > mother's side and deal > with the usual things and a few more. Meanwhile, my > credit card number > had a great time in North and South Carolina unknown > to me and fraud in > the nature of two and three thousand dollars was > committed. > > I know these things are not of equal weight, but I > am sleep-deprived, > frazzled, somewhat crazy, etc., even a bit more > than usual ;=) The > Coral Calcium thingie just seemed one thing too much > to be asked to cope > with. So sorry - but hope this makes sense. So > thanks again for your > help - much appreciated. What a wonderful group to > come to my rescue > like that! > > Best > pat SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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