scariest day ever

Yesterday was probably one of the scariest days of my life. I was reading when I noticed Maggie (my dog) was acting weird. She went in to the kitchen to get a drink, and then walked back toward our living room. Once she got in to the room, she stopped and puked. She then fell onto her side, rolled over to her back, stayed like that a few seconds, and then rolled to her other side. She was laying completely still and I thought she had a seizure and had died.

I didn't know what to do so I called my mom and she came home from work. By the time mom got home Maggie was up and walking a little bit. We talked for a little while and decided that we needed to get her to the vet. I was very upset because I was afraid that we would get bad news. I could never make the decision to put her down.

When we got to the vet he ran some tests. Turns out she is having right heart failure. Her right heart is huge and is pushing on her right lung. That lung is also full of fluid. The vet put her on fluid pills to empty the lung, and heart medicine to strengthen her heart. The girl working at the front desk told mom that if Maggie responds to the medicine, she'll have at least another two years in her.

I don't know what i'll do when the inevitable finally happens. Maggie is like a child to me. She's more than a pet, she's part of the family. I'm praying that she responds to the medicine, and she is still with us for a long, long time.

No lyric of the day today. Just prayers for Maggie May.