Tuesday night I was in the kitchen making dinner when I heard a loud hack sound in the living room.
I went in there to see what it as and Kaylee was looking at me really strangely. When I spoke to her she just sat there.... no tail wagging or head tilting.... so I knew something was wrong.
I got down on the floor and felt her chest and she wasn't breathing. I had just fed her dinner so I figured she was choking on a piece of food (she tends to inhale her food).
I had a moment of panic and then I did the only thing I knew to try - the heimlich maneuver. It didn't work at first.... it took several tries, but finally she spit out one piece of food. I swept her airway with my finger (eww) and then she was breathing.
The entire event lasted about 2 minutes, but it really did feel like forever. After I just hugged her and she shivered a bit and looked totally pathetic.
Stupid mutt.
She was up and around playing with Sheba half an hour later.
Oh my, how scary! It does happen to pets, however. We had a tiny 3 lb. poodle many years ago. We had come from Duluth to stay with my folks for a weekend. Tiny slept with us. In the middle of the night, she woke us up with the most horrible scream! Dale turned on the light, and she was lying on the bed, not breathing. He rubbed her chest, and breathed into her mouth several times. Then she started breathing again. Turns out, she had found a bag of chocolate stars that Mom had by her chair. I was more than half full, and Tiny had eaten EVERY SINGLE ONE! Little pig!
ReplyDeleteSo glad your Kaylee is OK!