I have never lost a pet. I'm 21 and I guess I think my pets are invincible, and they'll all live to old ages. I guess we all think that.
My Beagle started throwing up and not eating two weeks ago, diagnostic testing ( x ray series etc) didn't show anything. She was drinking and alert. Fast forward to Friday, she's lost 5lbs and I've been having to force feed her with a syringe. I take her back to the vet and they rush her back for emergency exploratory surgery. The findings: a linear foreign body, basically a death sentence in dogs. Basically she ate a rag and half of it stayed trapped in the stomach while half of it unraveled and traveled through her intestines cutting into them and pulling them together like a drawstring since the strings were anchored in the stomach. Great, right?
The mortality rate for linear foreign bodies is high, mainly because it is not detectable by diagnostic testing so it often takes 1-2 weeks (2 in our case) for the vet to resort to exploratory surgery. By then the damage done to the intestines will usually cause leakage of intestinal contents (bacteria.. ew) into the abdominal cavity and basically instant death.
My girl went from a lean 25lbs to 20lbs, and had this $#@! stuck in there for two weeks. The vet called after he sutured the last suture, and told me "This was not good, I want you to understand that this is a very bad situation" I researched linear foreign body and read high mortality rate and basically prepared to lose my first dog, which was basically unfathomable to me. I got her when I was 14 and used my allowance to take care of her, got my first job at 16 and opened a savings account for her. Not having her seemed unreal.
But the hound had other plans. She woke up from surgery with an incision that spans half her body, and promptly stood up and tried to walk away to get the hell out of there. That's my girl.
She's coming home tomorrow. :woohoo1:
IMG_2207 by Hallie06, on Flickr
I just had to brag about my girl kickin' some $#@! and defying some odds.
My Beagle started throwing up and not eating two weeks ago, diagnostic testing ( x ray series etc) didn't show anything. She was drinking and alert. Fast forward to Friday, she's lost 5lbs and I've been having to force feed her with a syringe. I take her back to the vet and they rush her back for emergency exploratory surgery. The findings: a linear foreign body, basically a death sentence in dogs. Basically she ate a rag and half of it stayed trapped in the stomach while half of it unraveled and traveled through her intestines cutting into them and pulling them together like a drawstring since the strings were anchored in the stomach. Great, right?
The mortality rate for linear foreign bodies is high, mainly because it is not detectable by diagnostic testing so it often takes 1-2 weeks (2 in our case) for the vet to resort to exploratory surgery. By then the damage done to the intestines will usually cause leakage of intestinal contents (bacteria.. ew) into the abdominal cavity and basically instant death.
My girl went from a lean 25lbs to 20lbs, and had this $#@! stuck in there for two weeks. The vet called after he sutured the last suture, and told me "This was not good, I want you to understand that this is a very bad situation" I researched linear foreign body and read high mortality rate and basically prepared to lose my first dog, which was basically unfathomable to me. I got her when I was 14 and used my allowance to take care of her, got my first job at 16 and opened a savings account for her. Not having her seemed unreal.
But the hound had other plans. She woke up from surgery with an incision that spans half her body, and promptly stood up and tried to walk away to get the hell out of there. That's my girl.
She's coming home tomorrow. :woohoo1:
IMG_2207 by Hallie06, on FlickrI just had to brag about my girl kickin' some $#@! and defying some odds.
Gotta brag about my girl
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