We got up this morning to a very poorly Kiri Mctavish. She had been vomiting a lot in the night, was very lethargic and and Wouldn't even eat fish.
Steve took her to the vets and they did blood tests and x.rays. The bloods results were good but the x.rays gave us the answers we needed. There was a large foreign object in her stomach. There were simply no choices, she had to have an operation to remove it, ASAP. The vet said she wished she wasn't 12 years old and facing this operation, but at least the bloods had proved her to be a healthy 12, and as we know complications can occur at any age!
The operation itself was a success and Kiri has now apparently come round, they found 2 large bits of plastic in her stomach! I won't be able to relax till she's safely home with us now.
I guess if this was going to happen to any of our dogs it would be her....she's always been a mobile litter bin!
Must say I wasn't sure how to take the vets statement of, "now before we proceed, here's the shocking news...it will cost around £600." What would she have done if I'd said I can't afford that? Which I can't, £600 is only a quid or two short of a months wages for me...thank God for Credit Cards! But having already said that if left, the object would probably have passed into the gut, and that would have been a disaster. So what else could we do? But if we genuinely could not afford it, would they not operate, would they just leave her or would they have suggested she be PTS? Doesn't bear thinking about but I can't help but ponder! Surely the first consideration is the animal, can't finances be sorted later? Especially when you've been a client at a practice for about 20 years and never had any financial problems with them. Sadly it feels more like a business than an organisation to care for animals these days.....
Steve took her to the vets and they did blood tests and x.rays. The bloods results were good but the x.rays gave us the answers we needed. There was a large foreign object in her stomach. There were simply no choices, she had to have an operation to remove it, ASAP. The vet said she wished she wasn't 12 years old and facing this operation, but at least the bloods had proved her to be a healthy 12, and as we know complications can occur at any age!
The operation itself was a success and Kiri has now apparently come round, they found 2 large bits of plastic in her stomach! I won't be able to relax till she's safely home with us now.
I guess if this was going to happen to any of our dogs it would be her....she's always been a mobile litter bin!
