Last night after dinner Ivy found a bottle cover on the floor and I thought to myself, OK, what did Rocky get into today? Upon further inspection, I find Ivy's baby aspirin that she's been taking on the floor. It was a new bottle and Rocky ate ALL the aspirin in it. Thank god there were only 36 pills and being baby aspirin, only had 81mg instead of the full dose.
He threw up 3 times last night and we thought, ok, all the pills are out of his system. But overnight, he threw up 7 more times and twice while we were at work. So I call the vet and they say that aspirin is highly toxic towards dogs. When I told them how many he ate they said to take him to the ER right away.
So as we speak, Rocky is staying overnight at the vet with an IV in him and on medication. Protocol is that he needs to stay for 2 days as the aspirin could cause internal bleeding in the stomach and intestitines.
I guess this is a really good lesson for Ivy and I to really fix up the house as we will need to baby proof the whole house now not just for the new baby but apparently for Rocky as well. I guess I'll have a busy weekend.
