Hopefully, if they are treating for hypothermia, they are doing core rewarming (heated i.v. fluids; warm oxygen sort of thing). Strangely enough, when one is swimming or exerting more energy, it is easier to lose heat in the body. Conventional advice in cold water is not to attempt to swim to shore.
Our prayers are with you and your girl for a complete and speedy recovery! Suze "David A. Draus" wrote: > > She is at the E>R> Clinic now and all night. They took her temp and it was > only 96 or 97 degrees so she is on their heating pads and fully covered up. > They did blood tests on her and those came back normal. Thank you. Gayle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] > > > Hi, Gayle, > > When you say "warm" the temperature of the water was likely not > near > > the temperature of the dog's body. She still could be hypothermic. I'm > > sure you've seen children who have been in swimming pools all day in > > eighty degree weather come out shivering. I would take the warm towels > > from the dryer, warm her with them SLOWLY and take her to the vets. > > > > Suze > > > > "David A. Draus" wrote: > > > > > > No chlorine in the pool. Just straight water from the hose outside and > it > > > was warmed up from the sun all day. Gayle > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Susan Cochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:56 PM > > > Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] > > > > > > > Did the wading pool have chlorine in it? If so, that might be the > problem. > > > > Drooling like she's doing usually means they got something that made > them > > > > sick. It is what they do when they are carsick or nauseated. > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > > Susan Cochran > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "David A. Draus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 9:27 PM > > > > Subject: [CKCS-L] > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone please help as quickly as possible? I have a ruby > cavalier, > > > 15 > > > > months old, and she and I were in my wading pool this afternoon. She > got > > > > quite wet and loved it, and she drank a lot of water as waves were > going > > > > around but 3 hours later, she is shaking and she is drooling and wakes > up > > > > for just a few minutes and then goes back to sleep. She cried a bit > when > > > my > > > > husband lifted her up like she had a stomach ache, but I need your > help. > > > > What should I do? The emergency clinic here doesn't know that much > about > > > > cavaliers and I don't know if she will be okay if I just let her alone > for > > > > awhile (I mean don't touch her). Can someone please help. Thanks. > Gayle > > > > Draus at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > > -- Suze at Llawen Cavaliers "...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica "Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
