Gosh how awful. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery!

Good luck tonight at the vets Nikki, I wonder if they could risk doing an enema??? Maybe ask him?? Something should start moving soon hopefully, and let's hope that plastic got melted with the stomach acid and will pass through easily (doesn't bear thinking about does it when you look at the stuff before it went in ) Poor Tai, I've still got everything on constant for him and will wait for a good update later hopefully.

ps. Gillian McKeith wasn't it??? She's the poo lady lol!

YES!! That's who I meant, ghastly woman ... I would hate to emulate her, but I am going to have to

I wondered whether the acid would help to at least break down the plastic, but the problem is during the process toxic fumes will be given off - like when you burn plastic on a fire - which I am guessing wouldn't do the old chap any good, so I am hoping that the acid won't do that I think.

An enema might be on the cards - OH reports that nothing came out on the walk this morning, but otherwise he is seemingly OK. It's a mystery, but maybe the stuff that he's on to line the stomach and guts and soothe the ulcers is helping to keep the pain down.

Thanx TW - sister in law has just reported that as I type he is under the knife. I really hope they manage to remove this tumour.

Interview didn't go very well, my mind really wasn't on it. This part of the interview was just tests, and it turned out to be Word, PowerPoint and Excel all in the 2007 version which is radically different from 2003, so I didn't have time to finish as I had to mug up from the on-line help what to do which obviously wasted time.

Never mind, I am very happy in my medical job, even though the money is poor.

Thanx - will post a further Poo Watch update when we get back from the vets.

Never mind Nikki, I know the word has changed dramatically over the years and if you haven't kept up with the changes it is a bit baffling when first presented with it.
Your offering may well be better than those that completed the whole test, you never know!!!!
Best of Luck at the vets and cuddles to Tai

Sorry to hear the interview didn't go well. Still, they probably realise you could learn that version on the job?

Good luck for the vets.

Yes thanks Gnasher, lovely beach photo and a fab video of your beautiful boys

I will pop in for updates on Tai.

xx

So sorry only Just read all this. Hope tai will be fine. Your dogs are both so beautiful, love the video. My springer watched it with his head on one side. Get well soon tai x

Hello Poo Watchers!! Just got back from the vets. All good news really, we saw the senior vet as well as Tai's vet, who had a jolly good feel of Tai's abdomen and reckons the blockage is working its way through slowly. Whether it is just faecal matter, or whether it is the plastic as well, we cannot tell without going in, and that is not an option because of his cardiac arrest. It is just a waiting game. We have discussed diet, and he has suggested giving Tai raw tripe mixed in with the cooked chicken 3 times a day - small amounts of course in each feed - and then after a week, introducing pureed raw veg - carrot - just take it very slowly, no bones of course, no raw carrots for now, not even pureed, just raw tripe and a little cooked chicken and rice. We have been given some more antacid medicine, but we are off the ab's now.

With a fair wind and a bit of luck, the old boy will make it I think and hope!!

We just need that first poo!! It will need Pickfords to take it away, but OH is all primed with carrier bags for pick up!!

Thanx everyone for your kind thoughts ... it's good news re my brother as well. He is out of theatre, will be in Queens Medical at Nottingham for a further week, and the surgeon deemed the op to be successful so hopefully that means they have removed the tumour. He is on pain killers and his daughter and son in law are going in to see him. I shall be going in over the weekend.

Fingers crossed for both my boys!!