After another day in the hospital, Riley has been released and is back home for good. It's amazing what a difference a day made. He is back to his usual Corgi self, buzzing around the house and yard like a furry little lightening bolt. Good news from the docs, no permanent damage. Should have no evidence anything ever happened within 48 hours. Thanks for all the well wishes. It's nice to know people care. It's hard at times with all the headaches and heartaches and in this case, medical expenses, but I woudn't have it any other way. I'll always have Corgis in my home.
For anyone who's interested, we have our pet insurance through the ASPCA. Covers all 3 dogs for under $75/month. Riley and Sadie each have a $100 deductable, then 80/20 for up to $3500.00 per event, $11,000.00 a year limit. Tally is the same except her annual cap is $8000. She was 6 when we got her policy, hence the difference in coverage.
Now, on a serious note. We were totally blindsided by this event that could easily have taken Rileys life. Fortunately my wife had fallen asleep on the couch near Rileys cage and heard him when he started vomiting at 3:30 in the morning. I hate to think what could have happened if we hadn't found him till 8 or 9 in the morning. Point is, these things can happen even when you think your home may be SAFE.
I have gone through this entire house and crawled around on my hands and knees inside and outside looking for where he could have gotten that little piece of plastic. It's not from anything inside, and my guess is that the storms and high winds we've had just blew it into the yard. I never gave much thought to regular yard inspections, but from now on when I go out to clean up the little Corgi land mines, I'll be keeping a close watch for anything potentially dangerous. I've spent hundreds of dollars on fencing and replacing mulch with rock, etc., trying to make the outside free from anything to eat or chew on. NEVER assume your yard is safe today just because it was yesterday. LOOK every day, and watch the little guys when they're outside.
We're all busy, and we don't always go outside with them, and I'm as guilty as anyone about not going out, especially in the rain to watch them, or at night on that last potty run before bed. I know what I need to do, I hope everyone else takes extra care too, and doesn't have anything like this happen to one of their babies.