After bugging you all for a couple months, you guys know about Charm, my Hero Dog! This morning, I had to rush Charm to the vet. I thought she was bloating. She wasn't. She was bleeding out. A tumor on her spleen ruptured and it was a bleeder. She was rushed into surgery and her spleen removed. Over 2 liters of blood was removed as well. She made thru surgery and I was with her when she woke up. She lost a lot of blood and she was really weak. I didn't get any promises but the vet said she is responding well. I'll go visit her later today. This was a really scary thing. It happened so fast. She had a perfectly normal day yesterday. Had a spa day on Sat with nails, bath, blow dry. She was happy last night and ate a normal dinner. She asked to go out about 1:30 am. That was not normal. At 5:30am, she was sleeping in the bathroom and panting but didn't seem distressed and it was a warm night. At 7:30am, she was back in my bedroom and non-responsive. I got her up and she could barely walk. Got her in the front room, got the rest of the dogs out and called the vet. Thanks for letting me share. It's been a rough morning. Laura Thomas ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================