Rebel, the candied-walnut eating hound I've mentioned a few times here before, has a genetic strucutral kidney defect that leaves him prone to urinary tract infections. It also makes him at high risk for kidney disease. (This is the extreme nutshell verison of his medical history.)

He's been not quite right for a few days, although I couldn't quite put my finger on what was wrong. Finally it seemed he might have had a bladder infection, even though he's had those before and this wasn't really the same. But I took him to the vet yesterday, where they did tests, the results of which we'll get tomorrow. He really wasn't particularly sick, he was eating well and had lots of energy, even though he still didn't seem like himself.

Last night at around midnight he started throwing up. He threw up for several hours, and stopped at around 5:30 this morning. I took him out three times (he won't go to the bathroom in the yard), so I'm a complete wreck today.

I'm glad it's Sunday so at least I don't have to work, but I'm just so upset.