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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison · Jan 10, 2025

Little Alba is in the fight for her life today. She had a horrendous 24 hours but starting to see some hope now again.…

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Alba, a dog, is fighting a serious illness with severe vomiting and loss of appetite. After 36 hours without food and aggressive treatment including IV fluids and force-feeding broth, she's showing signs of improvement like drinking water and tail wagging, with her owner hopeful she's turning the corner.

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  1. #1

    Little Alba is in the fight for her life today. She had a horrendous 24 hours but starting to see some hope now again. She’s managed to stay alive for a full week now 🤞 (1/5) 🧵

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    Yesterday she puked about 7 times. At the end it was just little piles of bile. But this was the last one last night. We’ve stopped all her medicines. She hasn’t eaten in about 36 hours. (2/5)

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    She started showing good signs last night. She starting drinking water like crazy again. That tail of hers started wagging again. Hank has not left her side (3/5)

  4. #4

    Today we have managed to… 💧 Special IV from the vet 💉 I am getting chicken and beef broth syringed into her. It’s staying down! She is super low on energy but it’s 15 hours since she puked. We have to hope she has turned the corner now (4/5)

  5. #5

    Alba is still on a knife edge. What gives me hope is… 🩸 Her tests results showed improvement yesterday 🚁 Her tail never stops Her gums, eyes and body language are all good. If she can just start eating again we are hopeful 🤞💜 (5/5)

  6. #6

    I’ll update as the day goes on over on my Insta… instagram.com/niall.harbison If we can get through today it would be huge 🤞💜