- Oh, wow, wow, wow.
(theme music)
(laughing)
- What?
- [Dad] I just came downstairs to Mommy
in a lot of distress.
What just happened?
- So, Ruby this morning was feeling
a little sick, and she just, like,
diarrhea everywhere, and we thought she was okay,
but she pooped, she diarrhea'd in the play room right there.
- [Dad] Oh!
- It's all over the play room.
- Into the wall.
- It's in my room.
- [Dad] Poor Ruby, like, what's wrong with her?
Oh!
Where else?
Okay, and Ruby also--
- Oh, wow, wow, wow.
Okay.
- [Dad] She's clearly not feeling well.
Let's check in with Mommy.
- I need, like, a hazmat suit.
Paper towels and then scrub brush.
- [Dad] Here she is, clearly not feeling well.
Is there anywhere else that you pooped
that we should know about?
It has been raining all day.
Oh, there's another little line here on the rug.
Yeah, we need to call the doctor.
- 'Cause maybe something's stuck
in her stomach or something.
And she has just had diarrhea all over our house again.
Okay, go right now.
- [Dad] Me?
- Yeah.
- [Dad] Yeah, okay.
- 'Cause I gotta get this stuff up.
It is disgusting.
- [Dad] So you're okay, honey,
I wanna help you clean this.
- No, I'll do this.
You take her.
- Alright, so I'm gonna go check everybody,
just gonna grab like, uh.
No!
Closet!
Also in the closet.
- (groans) What's wrong with Ruby?
Of course at first, I was really freaked out about Ruby.
I really hope she's okay.
Penn's taking her to the vet.
My second thought, I will admit,
is will my house ever smell normal again.
Back to work.
- One, two, three, hop!
There you go.
Good girl.
- Yeah, I was looking at her gums
making sure that she's pink.
Hey, hold still.
- 'Cause that's like the pergo or par, what's that?
- Parvo can possibly be, yeah.
- Oh my gosh, pergo's fours, okay, yeah.
- Isn't it also, like, spaghetti sauce?
- Yeah, Prego.
(vet tech laughs)
She's Prego, has Prego.
She doesn't have Prego.
There's no Prego.
- No.
- She has parvo.
- No parvo.
- Okay, good.
So, no lie, we called these people,
and they let us in three minutes later.
We need healthcare like this for humans.
Also, I'm super aware that I look like
I'm about to go on a quest for Moby Dick,
like a super bearded fisherman.
Whatever.
It's been a long day.
We've been up since five o'clock.
Shut up.
Sorry I said shut up.
Ruby, you're still very cute,
even though you pooped literally every single,
I see that I'm sorry face.
Is that the I'm sorry face?
- Hi.
We're gonna actually examine you, I know.
There's an examination in between the pet.
- Is that what this table is for?
- [Vet And Tech In Unison] Yes.
- 'Cause I was wondering.
- We're just gonna look you over.
Make sure you're not too dehydrated.
Oh, your gums are nice wet.
That's good, that's good.
(panting)
- Okay, sweetheart.
(chuckles)
Would you have diarrhea if you, like,
swallowed like a sock or something?
- Yes, she can, but much more commonly,
you'd have repeated vomiting.
- Got it, but she hasn't been doing that.
Okay, Mommy.
- Okay, I was so worried about you.
I was so worried about you.
- How did you, how did you do?
We were talking about how I got the easy part.
- You did get the easy part,
although, no, I was worried sick.
- Ruby?
Can you eat your food?
It's gonna make you stop pooping.
And they said as long as she doesn't throw up,
everything's okay, and now she threw up,
and she just threw up right next to me,
and I'm so worried about her.
- Is it a bully stick?
- No.
What is that?
- What it, is that?
- What is that?
It's like a bone.
- A stick.
- It bends, right?
That's probably what's been bothering her.
- It's a stick.
- You must feel so much better after puking up
whatever this was.
(piano music)
Okay, so now we are in the emergency room.
So, when Ruby gets sick, the whole family
is gonna go look after her, right?
- We're very worried about Ruby.
- Worried face.
- Did everybody get enough food tonight?
- Yes.
- Worried.
About Ruby.
- Dogs are really tough.
- Tougher than us.
- So the vet just explained, like, what it could be,
and what it probably is, but he's gonna get
like an x-ray, and we're gonna see if it's there.
- So that's her x-rays.
That does not look right, does it?
- These white things in her stomach
are abnormal, but they're in her stomach,
and the stomach, you don't obstruct in the stomach.
- Is the little white thing,
or are you worried about this one?
- I'm worried about both.
- She's been like this all day,
and that's, like, not her.
- Right.
So I think she needs surgery.
If you were, like, adamantly.
- No, oh, we're not.
- Yeah, then we could try, like,
rechecking x-rays in a few hours.
- Yeah.
- And seeing if they've moved some,
but I think you're gonna end up going,
so you might as well just go.
- So, Ruby's going to have surgery tonight.
Will she stay here overnight?
- Yeah, so, yeah.
Definitely.
So, we do 24 hour estimates.
Typically, I would call you when surgery's over.
Definitely make sure you leave your phone on,
just in case there's a complication.
- Mommy, bit of a stomach punch.
- Yeah.
- Literally.
- The doctor just came in and showed us the x-ray,
and it looks like there's something
stuck in her tummy, like in two different places,
so they're gonna take her to do surgery.
Like in, like now.
- I think we should get the kids home.
- Yeah.
Are you gonna stay, Mommy,
or is Daddy going to stay here?
- One of us could stay.
It's, for you guys, I don't know if you heard what she said,
but she's gonna be asleep,
and you won't be able to see her, either way.
- Bye Ruby.
- Bye.
- Be good, okay?
- Is there a time that's too late to call?
- No.
- We'll call you as soon as she's awake.
- Yes.
- Good night, Ruby.
- Good night, girl.
- Come here.
Oh man, she's hatin' it.
Okay.
(piano music)
Hey, good morning.
So you saw the x-rays, you saw us saying goodbye to Ruby.
Shortly after that, Mom just broke down.
She was in tears for hours.
I think, like, we knew when they said surgery
how serious it was, and the kids probably didn't,
you know, grasp it so much.
Probably the next three hours were just us
trying to get the kids to bed
without completely losing our stuff.
That was last night.
It was really scary.
We got a call at about midnight,
and the doctor said, hey, right before
we were gonna cut into her,
we took another x-ray,
and the obstruction had moved,
and that's really good.
That means that whatever is in there is trying to get out,
and that we might be able to avoid surgery,
so they said they were going to keep her overnight
and call us in the morning.
I don't know if you can tell.
We didn't sleep very much.
We just kind of stayed awake.
I think we each got a couple of hours after that phone call,
but then as we were about to take the kids
to school, this morning we got another call
saying the x-rays were looking good,
and that they were gonna keep her
for a few more hours, but now there's a good chance
that she's not going to need surgery.
So, everybody feels a little bit better.
For Mom, that was a really, really, really rough night.
Um, it's one of the reasons we kind of put the camera down
for a little bit, but we're hoping to see Ruby
sometime really, really soon.
Maybe as early as this afternoon.
Okay, this is 10 hours after the last time
I checked in with you when we just heard the news
that maybe Ruby wasn't gonna need surgery.
Uh, it's been a really long day,
and guess what we just found out?
- We get to go get our Ruby back!
- She doesn't need surgery because she's gonna poop it out!
Go poo!
- Yeah, poo!
- Poo saves people from surgery!
(laughs)
- Poop, yeah!
- Yeah poop!
- Poop!
- Turds!
- Okay, guys.
- I'm so glad that they're having fun with this.
Mommy, how are you doing?
- I was quite upset last night.
Worried about my baby.
- I'm your baby.
- My fur baby.
- I'm a baby.
- You know, you kind of give 'em a hug,
and you can't really, you can't sit with her
or anything like that, so I've been very worried.
The doctors here have been so good.
We were so relieved to hear
that she wouldn't have to have surgery,
because that's just...
- Surgery's scary.
(giggles)
So, I wonder though, I wonder though,
is she going to be energetic when we see her,
or is she going to be tired?
- She's going to be tired.
- She's gonna be tired.
So, no begins Poop Watch. - Poop Watch '17.
We have, Lola, we have to go through her poop,
until we figure out, I think.
- I'll do it!
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Ruby, we're coming for you.
- Guys, you've gotta be very gentle with her, okay?
(squeals)
(cooing)
- Oh, what do we do about her little boo-boo here?
- Let's see it.
Let's see it.
- Oh, Ruby.
- No, her arm, right there.
- Ah.
- [Vet Tech] Yeah, that's where her IV is,
so just don't wash it or anything,
because if the clot is on there,
we don't want her to rub it off,
and the hair will just grow back.
- Okay.
You got a little haircut.
- Hi, Ruby.
- Are you happy to see her back?
- I missed her, thank you.
Although it was only one night.
- So, what are you guys gonna do?
- We are gonna sleep out here.
In case she needs to poop, she's got a quick escape.
In case she gags on something or throws up,
I don't wanna be in the same room as her.
That okay?
- Mm-hm.
Glad you're okay, Ruby.
- Your breath smells like prescription dog food.
(laughs)
- Ruby.
- I am so glad you are okay.
- You wanna stay out here with us?
- Oh, you do smell like prescription dog food.
- Do you not like prescription dog food?
- I don't.
But Ruby does, I love you.
I'm glad you're okay.