Tough week for Honey Boo Boo as father collapses and goes to hospital and family dog China hit and killed

PUBLISHED: 11:56 EST, 31 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:12 EST, 31 May 2013

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It's been a rough week for the Georgia family of reality TV star Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson.

Honey Boo Boo's father, Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson, was recently hospitalized and the family's pet dog, China, was struck and killed by a vehicle.

Sugar Bear, 40, collapsed late last week after getting dizzy and was taken to a hospital.

Tough times: Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson, mother 'Mama' June Shannon and father Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson, shown earlier this month, have been coping with sickness and the death of their family dog

His 33-year-old wife, 'Mama' June Shannon, in a Facebook update on May 25 said doctors were 'running a lot of tests on his brain,' without any conclusive results.

The posting included the hashtag '#prayforsugarbear' and warned that it could be a 'very serious' medical condition.

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On Monday, Mama June posted a message on Facebook saying the family's pet chihuahua was found by older daughter Lauryn, known as 'Pumpkin,' and a security staffer when they went to retrieve clothes for the hospitalized Sugar Bear.

A girl and her dog: Honey Boo Boo is shown with the lately deceased China

China 'had been recently hit and left to die' and was suffering spasms when she was found, Mama June wrote.

The family rescued the friendly dog six years on Craigslist.

'She will b greatly missed alana loved her a lot as all us did,' Mama June wrote.

Dog killed: Honey Boo Boo and her late dog China are shown

In better news, Sugar Bear was released from the hospital and returned home after doctors determined what made him pass out.

Sugar Bear has been ordered to relax and will remain home, Mama June said in a Facebook posting on Thursday.

Sugar Bear back in September had emergency surgery to treat an infection following a mud boggin' accident.

He also had a quad bike accident last year and paramedics were called when he fell ill during the family's Christmas toy drive after suffering from high blood pressure.

Sugar Bear was released from a week-long hospital stay in early March after suffering chest and stomach pains and was diagnosed pancreatitis.

'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' is a popular reality television programme on TLC that chronicles the life of the seven-year-old child beauty pageant and her family in rural McIntyre, Georgia.

Sugar Bear back: The family tweeted about the patriarch's return

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Please leash your dogs...this could have been prevented with a doggy cable. Sugar bear....well let's just say that their diet isn't healthy.

- jerseydevil , beautiful Chincoteague Island, United States, 01/6/2013 00:39

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Poor kid, losing her dog and having her dad taken ill like that, lets hope that Dad at least will be fine and back with them soon.

- Elly , London, United Kingdom, 01/6/2013 00:37

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Got forced into watching the programme recently, surprisingly very funny and uplifting! Wishing Sugar Bear a fast recovery.

- Tomas , Warwick, United Kingdom, 01/6/2013 00:04

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The dad works 6 days a week, hard working man! Hope he has a well deserved rest!

- Deena , London, 31/5/2013 23:41

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Poor sugar bear!!! I hope he gets better soon! X

- me , Manchester, 31/5/2013 23:34

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Hopefully that dog will RIP.

- Just Saying , A part of the world., 31/5/2013 23:27

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Poor little China, Ite it when animals are hurt or killed.

- Liz-318-13 , Cork City, 31/5/2013 23:10

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very funny show:).the best antidepressant :D

- Bella , Moscow, Russia, 31/5/2013 22:41

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The humans in that ridiculous family act out for ratings, but who did not take care to watch out for the little dog? Poor dog! Who let China run around loose to get hit and die alone? Just do not understand how that family gets sympathy for being irresponsible.

- Lady Jane , Round Rock TX, 31/5/2013 22:26

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you know all the money made from that show goes in a trust fund for all the kids when they grow up-they aint living off of it now and i respect that woman a whole bunch for that!!!!!!!!! i am sorry about doggie :( and hope the sugar bear gets better *prayers* <3

- abnormalaties , somewhere, United States, 31/5/2013 22:12

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