Please Send Prayers For Johnny, It's Bloat Update W/pictures

[TheFullHouse]

I'm so glad to see he's home. He should recover quickly now.

[Guest boondog]

I'm so glad he's home. Prayers for a fast recovery...

[kudzu]

What a relief just to be home again. Am remembering what the first night home was like after my boy's GDV. Part way through I decided we'd made a terrible mistake & should have taken back to ER. Yet in the morning he seemed better. By the next afternoon he actually tried to jump into the truck! Amazing how recuperative it can be to sleep in your own bed!

 

Feel better, Johnny. Settle into your bed, relax, & recover quickly.

[Guest Vinnie]

WooHoo! So glad you were able to bring him home. This should help him heal so much faster. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers and sending gentle hugs and scritches.

[Neighsayer]

Great to be home!

[brindlebaby]

Oh I'm so happy Johnny is home with you!! This is the best news I've heard all day, all month!!

 

Johnny!!!

 

[Houndtime]

Good to be home, Johnny boy.

[maryz]

That is the BEST news! I have been thinking about Johnny all day and checking in. I'm sure he feels much better

now that he is home with his family.

[queenwinniesmom]

Ah....good! I'm sure Johnny feels the same way. There is no place like home, and no one like Mom, to make you feel less stressed. Hope this will help him get better and better.

[seeh2o]

Johnny's Home!!!!!!! We came to the conclusion that with all the anxiety issues Johnny's having at the hospital, he would be better at home. He was stressin a lot at the vet and still worked up when I first got home, but he has settled down a lot. He is now resting in his favorite bed. He has so many meds that he has his own little pharmacy going on. I'm just so happy he's here with us.

 

Congratulations, it sounds like he is out of the woods. Home is often the best place to recuperate, hospitals of any sort are loud and unfamiliar. Best to you and Johnny.

[Guest chigal950]

Sending best wishes for a full recovery.

[Guest KyGrey]

Sending healing thoughts and white light to Johnny. I'm glad he's doing better at home.

[Guest JohnnyBell]

Thank you everyone for all the thoughts and prayers. I love you guys . Johnny is doing fairly well. The only problem I'm having with him is keeping water down. If I put ice in a bowl he licks it till it's melted and gone and he keeps that all down, but if he drinks water out of a bowl he vomits it back up. When he drinks the water it sounds as if he has trouble swollowing it and like he's gulping air with it. Food all stays down fine. Any suggestions??

 

Here are a few pictures I'd like to share.

 

This is me giving Johnny some ice. My DH said my pups were spoiled. What do you think ?? Look at his bruised up belly

Edited May 28, 2008 by JohnnyBell

[Guest Winterwish]

aw poor Johnny,I hope he's feeling better soon. I wouldn't push the water much,especially if it seems to be that he's taking in a lot of air with the swallows. You've discovered a good method with the ice cube! You're doing a great job!

Figure too,he's most likely fairly well hydrated I'm assuming,because of having had IV fluids,so that's good.

get well wishes out to Johnny,he's a cutie!

Edited May 28, 2008 by Winterwish

[iluvgreys]

So glad your boy is home and able to eat. Might need to thicken his water for now if he's having trouble swallowing thin liquids. You can probably find a thickening agent in a drug store (as the pharmacist) and stir some in. It works for cold as well as hot liquids but isn't corn starch that needs cooking. Maybe plain gelatin added to the water would work or does that need to be heated?

 

Edited May 28, 2008 by iluvgreys

[brindlebaby]

Wow, what a cutie pie!!!

 

So glad he is home and he looks good!! I was so worried about him and you! You are doing a wonderful job with him!

 

[Xan]

Great to see him home and SMILING!!

Good for you all! Get better now, big guy!!

[Guest vahoundlover]

Glad to see he is home!! Keeping your beautiful boy in my prayers.

[Aerosmom]

He looks so happy to be home, especially the last picture. Sending wishes for continued recovery. You must feel relieved.

[Guest greyscot]

He'll do so much better at home. Just looking at that picture with you feeding him ice cubes brings a lump to my throat. It's so horrible when they get sick.

[Guest MZH]

I'm so glad he's home!

 

Recovery from abdominal surgery can take quite a while. One of the online articles says recovery is "prolonged", so it's good that he's eating already. I like the ice cube idea and putting a little more water in his food so he can get some hydration that way. I didn't know about the gel to make it easier to swallow liquids. What a great invention!

 

A friend of mine has a friend whose dog (a Kuvaz) had such serious bloat they didn't think she'd live. She was in the hospital at least a week. She's fine now, about 3 months later.

 

This must be so stressful for Johnny, you, and your DH but know we're all pulling for Johnny.

 

Marcia in SC

[Burpdog]

After my Dane's torsion surgery, the vet told me to feed and water as high as she would eat/drink--step ladder if needed

 

Sending prayers!

[LadyBailey]

Good to hear that he is home. Sending more prayers and healing thoughts your way.

 

 

[Guest boondog]

Awww, his poor belly looks sore. He looks very happy, though. You're doing a greyt job!

[lizjaye]

Thanks for posting the progress report. Good to see Johnny.