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Update: Pandora's surgery
11 years ago
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For those of you who have helped, donated, been keeping up with the story, I feel you all deserve an update on the situation with my GShep. =)
I dropped Pandora off at the Vet's at 7am yesterday. Karasu picked her back up after her surgeries yesterday when he got off work about 4pm. He got home 10min before I did(as I work til 5pm). We opted to go ahead and spay her at the same time as her tumor removal so I didn't have to pay for anesthesia twice. Surgery went very well and even got her shots updated since the first vet had chosen not to give them to her because she was in the hospital due to the poisoning and the second vet chose not to do them until after the surgery. So they were due for awhile but they didn't want to give them to her yet. The vet told me she tried to take a small sample of the mass to look at it under a microscope and said it was so rock hard that she could barely get the scalpel in. She's never seen anything like it and the other 5 vets at the office were stumped as well. They really want me to send the sample off so they can find out what it is. Giant cyst? Hard Tumor?
Last night Pandora was uncomfortable. I could tell. She doesn't show pain well, since Shepherds are bred to not let pain get to them while they are out in the field. That`s what cop dogs still attack a suspect despite being punched, stabbed, shot, etc. So her groaning and moaning all last night let me know she is definitely feeling it. I guess her pain killers had worn off and the meds the vet game me was supposed to start the next morning and I only have enough for 4 days. She didn't want to eat and when she drank she just threw it up so, luckily, I still had 2 pills from the vet for when she was poisoned to help with nausea and vomiting. That seemed to help her and she was able to hold down some food and water last night. She just kept her tail and head down, kind of mopy. Made me feel bad. She has dissolving sutures in her tummy and staples in her back right leg.
I don't get up til 11am since I don't have to be at work til noon and I didn't want her to be in so much discomfort that long so I got up with Karasu at 5:30a and gave her her first dose of Rimadyl. When I got home today, she seemed a bit more perky, tail wagging, etc. She still mopes a bit but seems to be doing a LOT better.
She did cost me a good penny(about $400 and will post a picture of the final bill if you all want as I do NOT mind showing proof) and I still need to come up with $200+ for the cat's spay and $140 to send off this mass to find out what it is. But I am super happy that she is feeling a bit better today. I just have to make sure she doesn't lick her wound or else she'll be wearing "The Cone of Shame!" lol If you want to help - my paypal is known2bite[at]yahoo.com if not, that's fine =) I'm getting used to doing without to make sure my animals are taken care of.
I will be posting a couple new pics to the Pandora Folder on my Dropbox of her after surgery in a day or so and will also post the picture of the bill if someone wants to see it. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7d55f0gc.....hdc/DXH7gh1g8z
I dropped Pandora off at the Vet's at 7am yesterday. Karasu picked her back up after her surgeries yesterday when he got off work about 4pm. He got home 10min before I did(as I work til 5pm). We opted to go ahead and spay her at the same time as her tumor removal so I didn't have to pay for anesthesia twice. Surgery went very well and even got her shots updated since the first vet had chosen not to give them to her because she was in the hospital due to the poisoning and the second vet chose not to do them until after the surgery. So they were due for awhile but they didn't want to give them to her yet. The vet told me she tried to take a small sample of the mass to look at it under a microscope and said it was so rock hard that she could barely get the scalpel in. She's never seen anything like it and the other 5 vets at the office were stumped as well. They really want me to send the sample off so they can find out what it is. Giant cyst? Hard Tumor?
Last night Pandora was uncomfortable. I could tell. She doesn't show pain well, since Shepherds are bred to not let pain get to them while they are out in the field. That`s what cop dogs still attack a suspect despite being punched, stabbed, shot, etc. So her groaning and moaning all last night let me know she is definitely feeling it. I guess her pain killers had worn off and the meds the vet game me was supposed to start the next morning and I only have enough for 4 days. She didn't want to eat and when she drank she just threw it up so, luckily, I still had 2 pills from the vet for when she was poisoned to help with nausea and vomiting. That seemed to help her and she was able to hold down some food and water last night. She just kept her tail and head down, kind of mopy. Made me feel bad. She has dissolving sutures in her tummy and staples in her back right leg.
I don't get up til 11am since I don't have to be at work til noon and I didn't want her to be in so much discomfort that long so I got up with Karasu at 5:30a and gave her her first dose of Rimadyl. When I got home today, she seemed a bit more perky, tail wagging, etc. She still mopes a bit but seems to be doing a LOT better.
She did cost me a good penny(about $400 and will post a picture of the final bill if you all want as I do NOT mind showing proof) and I still need to come up with $200+ for the cat's spay and $140 to send off this mass to find out what it is. But I am super happy that she is feeling a bit better today. I just have to make sure she doesn't lick her wound or else she'll be wearing "The Cone of Shame!" lol If you want to help - my paypal is known2bite[at]yahoo.com if not, that's fine =) I'm getting used to doing without to make sure my animals are taken care of.
I will be posting a couple new pics to the Pandora Folder on my Dropbox of her after surgery in a day or so and will also post the picture of the bill if someone wants to see it. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7d55f0gc.....hdc/DXH7gh1g8z
MelWhite
~melwhite
Glad she got through okay!
knowntobite
!knowntobite
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Thank you! =) now its the tedious task of healing as she can be very hyper at times. She HATES her e-collar(oh no the cone of shame!) But she can't stop trying to lick the wounds so, I have no choice.
