09/29/2025
As many of you may have seen/heard Forrest went to the emergency vet yesterday and was hospitalized overnight for a possible intestinal blockage. I am very happy to say he was released today around 1 and is back to himself.
Yesterday morning he slept a lot longer than normal and when we got him out of bed in the morning we noticed he had thrown up bile. My girlfriend had spent the night and stayed outside with him while I cleaned that up and he threw up quite a bit more bile. I thought it might be hunger pukes because he did sleep in quite a bit. I offered him food, but he wasn't interested in the food. I tried a few things, with little luck, but got a little in him, which he threw up shortly after. He was still interested in his toys, but nowhere near as much as normal, and he was definitely just not my monster puppy, so we took him to the vet. While waiting there, we went a little back and forth on if we had made the right decision, but after we were in a room and he threw up again, we knew we made the right choice. The X-rays showed that he did have something in his intestines, but they couldn't tell what, and it didn't have all the normal signs of a blockage, so they suggested hospitalizing him for 12-24 hours for observation and fluids. While he was hospitalized, he began improving, and the X-ray rechecks that night showed the object was moving and not creating a full blockage. At around noon today, they called to let me know he was drinking and eating without showing signs of nausea, and he was good to go home. My amazing girlfriend was able to get him as I was at work, and he was back to himself. When she brought him to work to pick me up, he ran straight to me and was very excited to say hi to everyone again. He definitely has his energy back, we are currently doing several smaller meals, but he seems to also have his appetite back. I couldn't be more happy to have my little gremlin back. Thank you to everyone who helped and checked on me, it is very appreciated.
