One Sick Puppy

In my last post, I shared how life's been a bit crazy around here lately. Well, the chaos continues. Millie has been fairly sick the past couple of weeks, which has had me in a little bit of a frenzy.

A couple of weeks ago, Millie started throwing up for no apparent reason. I didn't think too much of it at first because she likes to eat anything she can get her paws on, and of course this can make her sick. But when she didn't stop after quite a few episodes in 2 days, I took her to the vet. We took away all food and water to try to let her little tummy settle (though I could hear her poor little stomach growling) and she got an anti-vomiting injection from the vet. She improved and all went back to normal.

Then a couple of days later, the same pattern emerged. I thought about what she could possibly have eaten that made her sick such as a houseplant, about whether or not she had perhaps picked up a stomach bug of some kind at daycare, or as the vet pointed out, whether or not she could have possible eaten something non-digestible and it was now stuck in her intestines. The vet did an x-ray and there was good news. Nothing stuck inside, therefore no drastic surgery fixes. She got another injection, was given the medication Cerenia to help with her nausea and vomiting, and appeared to get better.

As she took the Cerenia I noticed she stopped throwing up but started to have severe diarrhea constantly, so you could tell something still wasn't quite right. I took her off of the Cerenia and the diarrhea finally stopped.

Then today, the vomiting began AGAIN. At this stage, after 3 whole weeks of this cycle, should I be concerned that perhaps there's something more going on here? She acts like she feels great still, tail up, smile on her face (yes, Millie definitely has a recognizable smile). Her regular vet doesn't know what's going on. Would you consider going to a specialist or is it possible she just has a weak stomach?

Poor Millie.