30/05/2025
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ THE MOST EXPENSIVE POO EVER! ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Not a headline I thought I would ever be writing ๐ฅด
๐คฎ๐คฎ Zachary our 9yr old Cav x Poodle suddenly started vomiting and he just couldn't stop. He was getting dehydrated very fast. He kept trying to drink water but just could not keep it down. I was seeing Zach decline rapid ๐คฎ๐คฎ
๐๐ I called the vets booking an urgent appt. My amazing Mum Rebecca, dropped everything, picking me and Zach up and off we went straight to our vet while I nursed him. ๐๐
๐จ๐จ Zach had a full blood test and x-rays, the blood test came back perfect, his x-ray showed a mass within his intestinal tract (unable to conclusively determine if it was a foreign object or faecal impaction) they prescribed pain relief, anti nausea and laxatives in hopes it would assist the mass to move ๐จ๐จ
๐ฉ He spent a quiet night at home, he appeared was more comfortable and was able to drink small amounts of water (I had to give him limited amounts at a time so he didn't guzzle it and bring a belly full back up) but still no bowel movement occurred.
๐ฉ The next day, he gave up drinking water, I realised this situation was getting worse, one call to Mum and again, she dropped everything and off we sped to our vet.
๐ฉ They repeated the X-rays which showed zero movement of the 'mass'. And our vets referred us to VSOS as Zach was in real trouble. He could not go another night without further intervention. So Mum and I head down to VSOS, the specialist hospital. All the while, in the rush, not being able to 100% rule out a foreign body or non organic mass. All this happening in 24hrs from the beginning of Zach not being well to being directed to a specialist hospital for immediate attention was very scary.
๐ฉ Zachary was welcomed into VSOS and his treatment plan was put together. More imaging and diagnostics. The plan was an overnight stay, to pop him on a drip and use less invasive medications to attempt to get the mass (which the vets now believed was most likely faecal impaction) to pass through without having to resort to an e***a under anaesthetic.
๐ฉ the next day Zach still had not p**ped, so surgery was booked for 3pm. I received a call at 1.30pm to say all their medications had finally worked. Well, I've never been so happy to hear that a dog has taken a p**p and narrowly avoided a GA procedure! Everything passed through, no foreign bodies or reason for blockages. Just a big chunk of ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ Congratulations Zachary!
๐๐One last call to Rebecca and we were quickly zooming off to the vets to pick Zachary up๐๐
Zachary is now on a diet that is higher in fibre and I am on poo watch ๐
armed with a few other medications should it be required.
๐ฉ๐ฉThe bad news is the bill for this has ended up over $3k๐ฉ๐ฉ
๐๐Instead of starting another fundraiser, I'll just add to the current Go Fund Me in hopes you may be able to help us with this massive bill for the most dramatic and expensive p**p experience๐๐
๐๐๐๐ I am in a total debt of gratitude to my Mum, Rebecca who dropped whatever she was doing without hesitation to usher Zachary and myself to the multiple vet visits to get him to the vet appts so swiftly ๐๐๐๐
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###x Anna
