In need of some positive thoughts and prayers... EDITED with good news!

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Our pup is coming home!!!!! He passed the blockage and is doing great. My hubby will be picking him up at 5pm! Thank you so much for all your positive thoughts and prayers!



So, I feel a little weird asking this for my dog, but I need some positive thoughts and prayers for him.

You see, for the last 24 hours he has been pretty sick. Vomitting, lethargic and really not himself. If you knew Koda, Iyou would know that this is extremely out of character. He's a very lively and energetic two and a half year old chocolate Lab. We called the vet yesterday and she told us to monitor him and take his food away to see if he would stop vomitting. We made an appointment for today, but the vomitting didn't stop. He looked awful. His eyes were sunken in and he didn't even play with the kids. He followed them outside but just layed in the snow. Well we just got the call that he has a bowel obstruction. They're not sure if the blockage is small or large bowel. They are rehydrating him, and keeping him over night. They also gave him narcotics to ease the pain and hopefully encourage him to pass whatever he has that's blocking him.

I am very upset. If none of this works, he would need surgery and as most people know, vet bills are always very expensive... so we're playing it by ear for now. I can't even begin to think of what I would tell my boys. They will be devastated if he doesn't make it. I know it's the circle of life, but he is the most gentle dog you will ever meet. He thinks that him and the boys are a pack and literally follows them around everywhere they go. He nuzzles them in the morning to wake them up and jumps on their bed to say goodnight. He goes everywhere with us. He is loved by all of my family. So if you have an extra prayer of positive thought for our sweet boy I would really appreciate it.

I took this photo of him the other day: