nancy Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Get well soon Sam, Loads of healing thoughts comming your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greys mum Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Hope that Sam has a speedy recovery. If you turn the situation on it's head, it was the best birthday prezzie ever. No more pain and upset tums from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndwoman Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 OMG! Sheila, your boy does like to be special I hope he Sam is soon on the mend and back home with you. Hopefully this will stop the need for future vet visits and test. Are you in Gloucs or Brum? If you are up here, give me a shout if you need anything. Andrea x Thanks Andrea I am in Glos at the moment as Sam was taken ill down here on Thursday and the vet we use is at this end of Malvern. I use a vet in B'ham that I have been with for about 25 years so if the dogs are with me up there and anyone is taken ill I can take them to the local vet there. We are very lucky as both practises work well together as sometimes one of the animals may have been seen by one practise and if I have to take him/her to the other when I am at the other house (whichever one it is) they happily carry on with the care. Lots of love to brave Sam. Thank goodness you have such a skilful vet. I really feel for you as Muffin cat had a similar thing when she was 11. She was very poorly and vomiting and the vet discovered a hard lump which she thought was either a tumour or a foreign body. It turned out to be a distended gall bladder full of solid septic gunk. It is as you say very rare in dogs, and no case was recorded in cats until then. Vet was astounded but cleaned it out, stitched it up and Muffin lived until she was nearly 18. I hope Sam makes a similar good recovery and will soon be enjoying life again. Thanks Owl, that gives me some optimism Sam's gall bladder was completely destroyed, the vet said it was like a grapefruit that had been smashed with a big hammer! He said that although humans have no problems living without a gall bladder it is slightly different in dogs etc but shouldn't be too much of a problem so long as he gets through this critical stage. Here is the update anyway. Have been to see Sam and sat in his kennel with him for a while just stroking him as he is very delicate at the moment He looks so poorly but the vet is reasonably pleased with him. He will be in a critical condition for at least 3 days as there are 4 main things that can endanger his life one of which has been ruled out but one is just a little worrying at the moment which is his protein level which is dropping at the moment and that will prevent his tissue healing. If he can keep his food down the protein level should start to climb again and that would be good news. Post op bleeding has now been ruled out as that was one of the dangers. The other two are his white blood cell count and peritonitis. If the white cell count drops he is in trouble but at the moment is white cells are rising which is good. Even if he just stays the same tomorrow that will be good Vet will call this evening with an update. _________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carole Stitcher Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Everyone has everything crossed for Sam here. I suppose no gall bladder will probably mean no cake for him at the belated birthday party I'm sure he'll have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsmazza Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Keeping everything crossed Sam continues to improve. Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndwoman Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Sam is home! .....but he has had a little 'hiccup' this afternoon as he was sick and then refused food later on He has managed a tiny meal about an hour ago so we are hoping it stays down. When I went to see him earlier the vet said that at the moment, medically, he didn't need to do any more and as long as we were happy to manage him we could have him home. He said the main concern was that he would start vomiting and refusing to eat as then his protein would drop. We are hoping that it was just a little 'blip' in the proceedings due to the change etc of getting home. The vet did blood test him before I brought him home to check his protein levels and they had risen from yesterday's test so I hope he can keep food down in the meantime. He goes back for a check up tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Really pleased to hear that Sam is home! Sending lots of good thoughts (and keep your food down thoughts) for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safneo Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Really pleased that Sam is home. Sending 'keep your food down' thoughts for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanrossscot Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 for Sam, keep getting better old man. Glad to hear he is home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Really glad he's back home with you, will keep the Reiki coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 chuffed that Sam is home , Thinking loads of postive thoughts for a very handsome chap with a fab name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redditchlady Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 So glad Sam is home Sheila. Please let us know how he gets on tomorrow. Loads of get well soon thoughts still winging their way to Sam. Kazz xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodies Mum Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Sending lots of good thoughts for Sam and glad that he is home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 REally glad to hear that Sam is home Sheila :) Continued good thoughts sent to the little man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kats n greys Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Glad to hear that Sam is home, hoping he contiues to improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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