That's good, even though it's such a worry. At least you must feel it's being taken seriously. Good luck, Stanley!
Thinking of you @JenBainbridge and poor Stanley. Hope the tests finally give some answers and Stanley is back on the road to recovery. xx
He’s out of the tests and in recovery. The receptionist couldn’t tell me much over the phone but I need to ring back in an hour to check the sedation is wearing off ok. Then they’ll book me an appointment with the vet to discuss everything. It appears they didn’t find any obstructions or anything as I assume I would’ve been contacted to give further consent? If they haven’t found anything I don’t really know what the next steps would be
Poor you. It is such a worry. Snowie is like Stanley - I think you called it indiscriminate eating? When Snowie pooed blood on and off for a few months as well as vomited quite a lot, the vet called it Garbage Bin Disease. In our case, it was cured by leash walking (not able to scavenge), roast chicken (no rice) - he was in heaven even though the portions were very small (he got quite thin), and homemade kefir (probiotic). I hope your treatment plan is as simple. We’ve continued with the kefir as part of his diet and tried as much as we can to prevent scavenging and he’s thankfully been fine ever since.
Oh, I hope you get some answers, Jen. The not knowing is so hard! @MF, after trying kefir for the first time last week, when the supermarket had run out of my usual Greek yoghurt, I've been converted, so I looked up how to make it. It sounds very simple and economical to boot! I think I'll give it a try. I've found some milk kefir grains online, and I had to chuckle because at the bottom of their FAQ was the question, "You mention the grains are live. Can they become self-aware?"
They can’t find anything so have Just sent us home with more tablets. I have to go back on Friday but the next stage is to open him up for exploration and they’re reluctant to do that because he seems ok in himself so they’re not certain there’s anything inside him x
Have they performed an endoscopy? I know they use U/S to get a detailed diagnostic and rule out any foreign bodies. Endoscopies give a good visual on the health of the GI tract, for example, when Bear had his, it was obvious there was a huge amount of inflammation, mucous and irritation.
No I don’t think they did that. The tablets they’ve given us are for inflammation/ulcers. They’re confident there’s nothing in his bowel but there could be something in his tummy. But the things that wouldn’t have shown up on the scan are things I don’t think he would eat like socks and plastic bags. It’s just a waiting game now I guess.
You really have to look for the humour in these things. He’s obviously really unsteady due to being sedated and is banging into things but the vet said to feed him. As soon as I said do you want your din dins he shot through to the kitchen like a hyper drunk running to the kebab shop appetites still there then Stanners!
Strangely enough, when I worked for a vet and did an 'exploratory laparotomy' and nothing was found, often the dogs got better!!! It doesn't sound like pancreatitis to me as the dogs are usually stretching and in a lot of pain.
