Sandman.

I almost killed my dog saturday.

Woke up with a headache.
Took IBUprofen while still half awake.
Left the bottle on the bathroom counter.
Put Sandman in the bathroom with his bed, his stuffed bear, his bone, a bowl full of food..........and a bottle full of 108 IPUprofen gelcaps.
Went to lunch with Aim and Mel for approx. 2.5 hours.
Came home to an overdosed dog.
Pills all over the bathroom floor.
His face was swollen.
His pupils were huge.
He looked to be 100yrs old.
He swayed as he walked.
His tail still wagged.
I Panicked.
I Tried to breathe on my way to the pet hospital.
Mel sat in the back seat with sandman.
She kept telling me that if I did not slow down we would all die and then there would be no point in going to the emergency pet hospital.
The nurse needed my permission to pump his stomach.
Afterwards, I was told to take sandman outside while we waited on the doctor.
He sat down beside me, looked at me with his droopy swollen eyes, and puked on the sidewalk.
My heart sank.
Mel and Aim sat on the bench outside.
They shared a diet coke, and smoked cigarettes.
Hours passed.
They never thought once of leaving.
Benadryl made the swelling slowly fade.
The doctor finally came to tell us the next step.
He was a hideous old man with no personality.
He didnt pet sandman.
Sandman tried to sniff his crotch while we were listening to the diagnosis.
All three of us blushed.
Option#1: He recommended that Sandman stay at the hospital for 48hrs.
Depending on how many pills he had, his kidneys had the possibility of shutting down.
Then he would die.
$653.23 total.
Option#2: Take a chance...go home...and pray.
He said "off the books" that "In his experience," the number of dogs that survived an IBUProfen overdoce surpassed the number of dogs that didnt.
I felt a little better. A little.
I took Option#2.
For many reasons, but mainly because I had a gut feeling.
I had a peace about option#2.
Now, 48hrs later, Sandman is still with us.
He is peeing regularly so his kidney's must be ok.
He even looks at me while he's got his leck cocked with a humiliated look on his face.
He wants privacy.
I dont care.
I've never been so happy to watch a dog pee in my life.