scares happen...

i had one last night.
maybe not the hugest concern, but if you knew my dog like i do then this was a pretty big problem under the circumstances.

we had been rolling for 7 days now, literally almost flawless in our attempts to dodge any setbacks.
...well, until tuesday morning, and sway deciding (again) that she was no longer going to eat.
ok, that was cool, it was the morning and i was rushing to work.
when i came back for lunch, tried again, ... she still would not touch the same stuff she had gulped down 3x daily during the previous week.
this was a big deal because she is so frail to begin with...
if she starts refusing food then we could have a repeat of what played out 2 weeks ago.
(5+ days of no eating, mega weakness, feeding tube, etc.)
after work, i had to pull out the big guns, so i cooked sway a steak...
she had to eat that right? of course not.
she wouldnt touch it.

i was fearing that we were tipping the iceberg,
then i woke up this morning and she was all about eating first thing...
& she did, ate like a charm.

i guess what i am trying to say is, practice patience...
im not very patient to begin with so this issue was something that had me worrying.
its a very tough thing when you are dealing with something as multi-dimensional as AIHA, and then you see red flags that could potentially snowball ... devastating all her efforts from the past week in the process.
luckily, it was okay and things worked themselves out.

now, i also want to say that you should try and be as pro-active as possible in your approach to all things related to an AIHA dog,
but its a balancing act ... sometimes it could hurt your cause more than help if you freak out too quickly and overreact.
scares will happen.
just try to remain on an even keel ... you know your dog better than anyone else does, so react accordingly.
im just glad sway started eating man...