Bit worried about Poppy

[MellowYellow]

Poor Pops had a choking/coughing fit this morning, that had me worried enough to be on the doorstep at the vet's when they opened at 08:00... Vet's first thought was that she might have been stung in the throat by a wasp, but there was no sight of a sting... It seems like she may have laryngitis, and the vet gave her a cortisone injection, and antibiotics to treat the infection. Poor little love, she is feeling very sorry for herself.

 

[Aitch]

Poor Poppy and poor you. These dogs love to worry us don't they? I hope she gets well soon.

 

[snowbunny]

Oh no, poor Pops!
I hope she's feeling back to normal soon x

 

[Atemas]

Hope she is feeling better quickly

 

[Charlie]

Poor lady, hope you feel better soon Poppy xx

 

[Jacqui-S]

Poor thing.
I remember Lilly had a funny coughing thing not long before one of our holidays and we wondered if she was developing kennel cough. She didn't but had a chokey-cough on and off for a couple of days then it went.
I hope she is okay Karen, and no other consequences.

 

[Boogie]

Get well soon Poppy

 

[Joy]

I hope she's better soon.

 

[Selina27]

Poor poppy,, really hope she's better soon

 

[MellowYellow]

This was one of the videos I took this morning to show the vet:

Poppy gasping / choking

Of course by the time we got to the vets she was fine, so I was very glad to have the couple of short clips to show her.

 

[HAH]

Oh poor Poppy, that’s pretty distressing for you- how quick thinking to get a video. Hope the injection clears things up x

 

[MellowYellow]

Oh poor Poppy, that’s pretty distressing for you- how quick thinking to get a video. Hope the injection clears things up x

I wasn't completely sure whether she was having a fit or not... and this coughing/gasping/choking went on for several minutes.

As is so often the way, there is in retrospect a funny side to all this... I called the vet and told them I had a bit of an emergency; that Poppy was having trouble breathing. The vet was just about to go into surgery, but as I only live a couple of minutes away she told me to bring her straight in. Naturally, as soon as we got in the car she was fine and breathing normally, and she trotted into the vets looking the picture of health, past the poor Great Dane who was waiting to be operated on... I was extremely thankful I had thought to take the video clip so I could explain why I had been so worried!

 

[HAH]

This must be such a common scenario for vets! (And doctors, and mechanics, and plumbers, etc etc) Completely sympathise with the relief of having evidence And sooo much better to have it that way round than a fast downhill. Hoping Poppy’s recovery continues swiftly bless her x

 

[kateincornwall]

Oh bless her , I hope she feels much better soon , and yes , like children they improve the moment we step into the Vets , poor love xxxx

 

[SwampDonkey]

Poor girl hope she's ok soon.

 

[Lisa]

Poor girl. Hope the meds do the trick!

 

[Plum's mum]

Poor Poppy, hope she's better soon.

(In the days before we filmed stuff on our phones I recorded my then baby son barking like a seal. When we got to GP he wasn't "barking" so GP dismissed me but when I played the recording he diagnosed croup. Never heard anything like it before.)

 

[Naya]

Poor girl. Hope the meds help and it was a one off ?

 

[Oberon]

Hope she’s right as rain soon!

 

[snowbunny]

That looks very much like something that Willow does once in a blue moon. I always thought of it as what people call "reverse sneezing". It upsets her at the time, she seems to be having difficulty catching her breath and it sounds just like that. It can last a couple of minutes and then she's fine afterwards. I rub her tummy and throat if it happens. I have no idea if it helps, but she seems to appreciate the touch anyway.

 

[JES72]

Get well soon Poppy.