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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I had same negative thoughts until I actually watched the show..this is a decent family. they love one another..A lot more than much 'better' families I know. I'd love to be included with them.

- Mari , Florida, United States, 01/6/2013 21:35

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It makes me sick to my stomach this show and family has ANY supporters. The fact it made it to air, let alone has a second season flabbergasted me. What has become of society? Stop the world I want to get off, as they say.

- Clover , Here, United States, 01/6/2013 21:18

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I've watched this show and actually they are nowhere near as bad as the media have painted them; I watched it expecting the family from hell, but they're nothing even remotely like that . Besides they're not money mad like the Kardashians, so that's a positive point in their favour. As far as I'm concerned they're an entertaining family and far more normal than said Kardashians. At least Honey Boo Boo's clan don't come across as obviously scripted like the Cashdashians are either.

- Trouble , London, United Kingdom, 01/6/2013 19:51

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Once again, an animal suffers because of the ignorance of the owners. It never should have been left loose at home alone to wander loose, even if they do live in the boondocks.

- dogmom6 , Utica, United States, 01/6/2013 19:33

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The poor little girl, it must be hard enough to be worried about her Dad but to lose her pet too, that's awful.

- MB83 , Ireland, 01/6/2013 18:26

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Funny how people judge. They could all be beautiful, thin and raised somewhere other than the south and people would assume they were a wonderful family, but because they are different from most people, they are all called horrible names. They are obviously a loving and caring family.

- Ashley , USA, 01/6/2013 17:23

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i really like this family. there is nothing fake about them. they seem to really love each other and they are always spending time together as a family

- bella , Chicago, United States, 01/6/2013 15:30

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Refreshing family in comparison to the kardashians, gwyneth bs etc...

- Me , East Coast, United States, 01/6/2013 15:19

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Good for them, hope this family is stashing the cash.

- jelyfish , Plymouth, 01/6/2013 13:33

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Whole family is an advert for Burgers - and why you should NOT eat them.

- Norman , Durham England, United Kingdom, 01/6/2013 13:12

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