(ENG/ESP) Difficult moments / momentos difíciles

¡Hola comunidad de Hive! Feliz y bendecido inicio de semana / Hello Hive community! Happy and blessed start of the week

Después de varias semanas ausente, quiero compartir con ustedes una de las experiencias mas fuertes para mi de estos días.

After several weeks away, I want to share with you one of the most powerful experiences for me these days.

Everything was going so well and from one moment to the next our life took a sudden turn and made us go through one of the worst moments of our life. Our baby Tobby got sick, one day he didn't want to be fed, we took him to the vet and indeed the tests came out very altered, he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and had to be hospitalized :(

It is very difficult to see him sick. The days of hospitalization were really difficult because he got very angry and was struggling and also because he was away from home he was getting depressed. Even though we went to visit him every day, you could see in his eyes that he was not having a good time at all. Every day I cried when I left the clinic and had to leave him there. I felt so much pain and helplessness for not being able to do anything more to help him recover faster.

Here I am visiting him on the second day of hospitalization. I was with him for a while, I brought him his favorite toy although he didn't want to play at all :( and that was to be expected. The treatment consisted of fluid therapy, that is, he could not take any food or liquid by mouth. All vitamins and medications were intravenous. This caused another series of complications.

I was physically and emotionally exhausted. I was together with him struggling to do everything necessary for him to get better, although legally Tobby is not my dog since he was given to my aunt as a puppy, I have always taken care of him and I have a great love for him, he is part of our family.

The hospitalization expenses and medications had us in a very critical situation, we had to sell several things and still we were in debt. Thanks to the doctor who gave us time and who was always so attentive and caring for Tobby, we were able to complete his treatment.

After 4 days, he was back home. We had to continue the treatment, we had to learn how to give him subcutaneous and intramuscular injections. Although it is something that gives me a lot of nerves, the love for Tobby and the great desire I have to help him feel better could overcome those nerves and I managed to give him the injections successfully so far.

We are still fighting for him to get better. But we have faith that soon he will be much better. We noticed the change he had when he came home and was with us, he started to walk on his own, he had more courage, more strength and he looked much better. It is a long recovery process but Tobby is very strong and is coping very well.