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Thanks for
the info. I have an update on Bailey. He got his stitches out today
and the results of the biopsies came back. Since I really don't know what
the words I'm about to type mean (other than he has irritation and inflammation
that could be chronic), I will type what the form says:
COMMENT:
Gastric edema
is nonspecific and likely is secondary to irritation from vomiting or the cause
of vomiting. Lymphoplasmactytic and suppurative inflammation of the small
intestine suggests chronic, on-going inflammation. GMS stains have been
requested to rule out any infectious cause.
DIAGNOSOS:
Stomach:
Gastric edema, diffuse, acute, moderate;
Duodenum: lymphoplasmacytic and suppurative inflammation,
diffuse, subacute to chronic, moderate
All in all,
the vet said he can get back to his "normal" life, to keep an eye on vomiting
and if he does in the next few days or so to bring him in to talk about a
hypoallergenic diet (read $$$$). Thanks to all who have responded in
Bailey's time of need.
They are very fast in picking up the smell of food.
We had a bit of rat poison in our teckroom. One day when we had a cup of
tea we saw one of the dogs eating it. We immidiately went to the vet who gave it
vitamine K injection. One of the poeple we sold a puppy to had suddenly problems
with their bitch. Getting sick not eating etc. The vet did tests and again it
was rat poison. They were just in time but it took a while before she got right.
Our dog had no problems after the injection. But we were strait on to
it.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:12
AM
Subject: RE: [labradoodles] Stomach
surgery on my Doodle
I don't
believe he was ever exposed, but there's no way to tell for sure. Would
they be attracted to it on a walk around an upper-middle class block if
someone put it on their lawn? That's really the only way I can think of
that he would get at it. Thanks.
My first reaction is that your dog might have
eaten rat poison. Did the vet look at that?
Ellis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 10:24
AM
Subject: [labradoodles] Stomach surgery
on my Doodle
I want to pose something to the group that I am livid
about. On
last Sunday, my male 16 month old labradoodle (Bailey)
started
throwing up. No big deal, it's happened before.
However, this
continued into Monday and he did not eat either Monday AM
or PM. He
continued throwing up into Tuesday AM. I got him
to drink a little
water and he promptly threw it up. He was pretty
listless so I
called the vet. I brought him in and they suspected
he ate
something that was obstructing his digestive tract. They
did a
number of x-rays and saw nothing difinitive. They then did
some
barium x-rays (which he threw up most of--thank goodness he didn't
inhale any). After about 4 hours and multiple x-rays, only about
25% of the barium that he ingested got to his small intestine.
This
led the vet to believe that he swallowed something that was
blocking
the passage between the stomach and small intestine. She
suggested
surgery to remove the obstruction at which point I don't know
what
choice I had. They performed the surgery Tuesday night and
found no
blockage. We got him back home on Thursday evening and he
seems to
be holding down food and water (we're feeding a very bland
hamburger
and rice diet). While all seems to be better with him,
it incenses
me to think that they cut my doodle for nothing. They
were sending
some biopsies to Iowa State from his stomach and intestine,
but
results won't be known for a week or two.
Has anyone had a
similar experience and am I right to be livid?
$1,500 later and a
dog with stitches up his gut. I have insurance
for him, but
without a diagnosis, it won't pay anything. Do I have
any
recourse? I guess I should be happy that he is eating and
drinking
and is as back to normal as any dog that just had this
surgery.
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