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Location: Essex
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01-04-2011, 06:28 PM
Originally Posted by Strangechilde 
Are they giving him GA just for an X-ray? That seems excessive...
Yes because of his heart murmur, with a GA they can reverse it with drugs if he starts having problems under the GA, you can't do that with a sedation so a GA is safer
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Location: Scotland, UK
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Location: london.uk
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01-04-2011, 06:32 PM
Originally Posted by pancake
Yes because of his heart murmur, with a GA they can reverse it with drugs if he starts having problems under the GA, you can't do that with a sedation so a GA is safer
sorry but your statement is a little mixed up.
they cannot reverse the g.a it is the sedation they can reverse.....that said the g.a is safer exp with a dog with a murmur you would not use the sedation.
hope all goes well
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Location: WALSALL
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01-04-2011, 08:30 PM
Originally Posted by pancake
Many thanks, our vet did say if he does well he should only be in overnight,
I'm starting to get the jitters about this now, the vet said that it would only show up on an xray if there was a blockage/partial blockage or gas build up, now considering he isn't blocked up, he is pooing normal amounts etc I'm not sure what putting him under GA is going to achieve? its a rock & a hard place situation, I'm concerned becasue of his heart murmur, they said if nothing was found on the xray they wouldn't operate so I feel a bit in limbo over this
Still hoping this will sort itself out.
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Location: Herefordshire, UK
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02-04-2011, 09:06 PM
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03-04-2011, 09:06 AM
Originally Posted by Bitkin
I just logged on to see if there was any news. I am now hoping that he produces something at the eleventh hour
I personally don't think its got past the stomach, I was looking on line last night & to get past the stomach it has to go through quite a small gap (duedenum sp?) to drop down into the small intestine, I just can't see a spatula being able to do that.
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Location: Basingstoke, UK
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03-04-2011, 12:31 PM
Unfortunately Oscar didn't do so well after surgery and was in for about a week or so, lost 9kg in weight and was a poorly lad. He recovered eventually but the bill was over £2500 in the end.
A wee terrier who had a foreign body removed the day before that had been in there for a couple of weeks ended up with peritonitis and in the local big vet hospital. He recovered too in the end.
I hope the vet gets things sorted out for you and your dog is ok.
Take care
Ali x
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