Hi all,
 
While getting ready for a party Saturday, Snookie was sleeping under a
blanket on the livingroom floor.  Guy wanted to go to the kitchen and,
thinking that Snookie was in another part of the house, stepped on the
blanket, and on her!  I was getting out of the shower and he yelled to me
that he had stepped on her (he was also wearing his tennis shoes).  He
had pulled back the blanket to check on her because he had no idea as to
what part of her body he had stepped on.  She was in a "speed bump"
position, which is the position she will sometimes sleep in when on the
floor.  He was patting her head but she wasn't moving.  He thought he had
paralyzed her!
 
I came over and looked at her.  I rubbed her head and she jumped up and
started going about her usual business of exploring!  Guy almost fainted!
We made an emergency call to the vet to see if we needed to x-ray.  The
vet said that we *could* x-ray if we wanted but said that sometimes, if
there will be any internal bleeding, that it wouldn't show up until later
(sometimes) and that an x-ray might not show anything at that moment.
She the gave me signs to look for:
 
                       pale gums, indicating shock
                       labored breathing
                       trouble urinating
 
We agreed to watch her for a while.  When the party started, we put her
in her room and she went to sleep.  I checked on her almost every hour
and everything seemed fine.  Today, Monday, everything *still* seems
fine.  I've even checked her stool to see if it was discolored in any
way...  it's not.  :-)
 
I wanted to ask everyone if the vet gave us good advise.  Also, I wanted
to know if we should still take her in anyway and have her checked out.
As I've said, I have noticed no negative signs...she's even playing and
eating and she's not walking like any part of her body hurts.
 
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
 
-Mark Z. (and Guy who, almost 30 minutes before 60 to 70 people were
         supposed to show up for a two-keg party, almost had to be taken
         to the hospital for a stopped heart!)
[Posted in FML issue 1271]