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by Kalibeck on 03 December 2011 - 17:12
So, surgery is today, Saturday? I hope your little Foru does well....are they going to plicate his bowel after reducing the intususseption, to reduce the possibility of reoccurence? Our vet surgeon did that to our Ansgar. When she was 7 months old, she had an intususseption, but she was very lucky. Her bowel never got necrotic, so the vet did not have to remove any bowel, just pulled it apart & stapled it into place...'plicating'. (That cost a little over $4K.) She recovered very well, but she did not have the urinary difficulties. Now whenever she has a flat plate of the abdomen we get comments from the vet's staff....her abdomen looks like a circuit board on the inside, with row upon row of bowel segment looped back & forth in neat little rows all around her abdomen. But aside from being a veterinary conversation piece, it keeps her safe. And that's what matters!
I'll be keeping you & Foru in my prayers & thoughts today! jackie harris
I'll be keeping you & Foru in my prayers & thoughts today! jackie harris
by hunger4justice on 03 December 2011 - 18:12
Very good vet work and catch by the owner. Our club trainer's police K9 just died from an intessuception. They are very hard to catch. That dog is blessed. My prayers are with all.
by GSDS4EVR on 05 December 2011 - 15:12
Hello Everyone,
I am back home and my little man is still up at Cornell. He had surgery on Saturday night and a large team of Specialty surgeons was called on Saturday evening at 9:00 p.m, he was prepped and went into surgery a little before 11:00 p.m and spent nearly 4 hours on the table.
He had a very large and life threatening intususseption, but he luck Kalibeck's female was very lucky. His bowel was not necrotic, so the surgeons t did not have to remove any bowel. It was removed and stapled it into place.
He did lose his keft kidney, as it had a very large absess and the vet's thought removing it was the best chance for a full recovery.
Yesterday he ate for the first time in a week, and it did it" enthusiastically"!
he was sitting up in his own and drinking water in the morning, and was offered food yesterday at noon and is being fed every 4 hrs around the clock to help regain his strength.
He was taken out last night for the first time and is going to the bathroom on his own.
There is so much to tell about all of the wonderful people that saved this little man's life.
I am going to send another update shortly, but wanted to let everyone who has been routing for this little guy and sending positive thoughts and prayers where we are right now.
He is stable, eating, drinking,pooping, but still fighting a pretty nasty infection and the continued IV meds, and hospital support are to do our very best to save the right kidney and avoid any permanenet damage.
Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
He is certainly on the road to recovery, but not out of the woods.
God bless you all!
I am back home and my little man is still up at Cornell. He had surgery on Saturday night and a large team of Specialty surgeons was called on Saturday evening at 9:00 p.m, he was prepped and went into surgery a little before 11:00 p.m and spent nearly 4 hours on the table.
He had a very large and life threatening intususseption, but he luck Kalibeck's female was very lucky. His bowel was not necrotic, so the surgeons t did not have to remove any bowel. It was removed and stapled it into place.
He did lose his keft kidney, as it had a very large absess and the vet's thought removing it was the best chance for a full recovery.
Yesterday he ate for the first time in a week, and it did it" enthusiastically"!
he was sitting up in his own and drinking water in the morning, and was offered food yesterday at noon and is being fed every 4 hrs around the clock to help regain his strength.
He was taken out last night for the first time and is going to the bathroom on his own.
There is so much to tell about all of the wonderful people that saved this little man's life.
I am going to send another update shortly, but wanted to let everyone who has been routing for this little guy and sending positive thoughts and prayers where we are right now.
He is stable, eating, drinking,pooping, but still fighting a pretty nasty infection and the continued IV meds, and hospital support are to do our very best to save the right kidney and avoid any permanenet damage.
Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
He is certainly on the road to recovery, but not out of the woods.
God bless you all!
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