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Ok, so the vet at Ocean State wants to rerun X-rays first. From there, an ultrasound and/or an endoscope. Vet doesn't want to open at this point, but it's on the table if needed. The suspicious area on the X-rays is the stomach, and I guess they can remove some foreign bodies via endoscope, so that will be his preferred route.

 

We thought about doing the endoscope thing for Joseph. Seems a reasoned approach since you don't know whether there's something there or not. Easier recovery.

 

(My vet talked me out of the endoscope approach in Joseph's case because we were afraid the objects in the stomach might be too large, and because we knew there might still be some in the bowel as well. He had traditional surgery.)

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Hope everything turns out okay! :hope

 

Sounds like what happened to one of our fosters. He got in the garbage and ended up with a blockage. We didn't find out until he was very sick, throwing up, the big-D.

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U/S was done today.

 

Definitely something in the gut - likely some fabric.

 

The bigger problem is this:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2090&aid=307

 

Her intestines have started to collapse on themselves.

 

She's going in for surgery ASAP.

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Ugh. Very best wishes for a successful surgery & recovery. She's such a beautiful girl. :hope

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Sending prayers for a complete recovery for your girl.

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Sending tons of prayers!!!

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OK, so a somewhat positive update!!

 

Surgeons got in there and it was NOT intussusception. It was a long, string foreign body (something rubber and stretchy) that was basically coiling up her intestines. She's in surgery and they should be able to remove everything and right now all signs point towards her recovering fine.

 

WHY in the world do they try to eat these things?!?

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Lord only knows WHY they eat what they do! Oakly TRIES TO EAT many hard shelled beetles at night! :-(((((((((((((((((((( Good Luck, but, if they can get the whatever is in there out...it should be fine!

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She's out of surgery. Everything looked fine, no complications and she'll make a full recovery.

 

YEAH!!!!

 

 

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