Well it's been awhile since being on here, but things have been going pretty well til Sunday. Katie has been completely normal aside from a little itchy and extra grooming due to summer allergies. Anyways, Saturday she was her normal happy self. Sunday morning she tried to throw up a hairball. A small glob of just groomed hair came up with some white foam. She tried twice more and no hairball. She acted punky the rest of the day. She did eat a few treats and some canned tuna(which I only reserve for appetite stimulants) but not much of her regular food. I gave her a quarter Pepcid and her miralax as she can get constipated. She did have a stool early Monday morning. I have been giving her laxatone too because of the hairball. She still wasn't interested in food yesterday so I took her in. Everything was normal on exam and they couldn't palate anything major and her tummy was soft. We opted to give a cerenia injection for nausea. She seemed to act better yesterday and ate some of her normal diet and seemed slightly happier. Today we are back to not wanting to eat breakfast and she only touched a few treats. I am taking her back for bloods and an X-ray to make sure we aren't missing anything. I'm pretty sure it is a stubborn hairball as she will act this way til producing a hairball which doesn't take long. I'm freaking more than usual I guess because I am going out of town for ten days starting Saturday. Unfortunately I can't cancel the plan tickets or vacation rental at this point. She isn't in dire straits and I'm probably overreacting but still very worried. My parents were going to watch her but if she isn't normal, I can board her at the vet where they can keep a closer eye on her. I just don't know what to do. With the combination of my dogs arthritis issues, the fact that I have to train new pet sitters to take care of my birds and now Katie, I fear that I'm not even going to be able to enjoy this long awaited vacation. This will probably be the last one for a long time though as my dog is getting on in years and I worry about leaving him too. I am just one big stress ball right now. At least I do have the option albeit expensive option to board her to make sure she gets her meds and proper monitoring.