Poor little Baxter just got out of surgery for an intestinal blockage. He started vomiting late Friday afternoon and wasn't eating, so we took him to the vet yesterday. We were pretty sure he had swallowed a small toy, but they couldn't see obvious signs of a blockage on the x-ray. They gave him some subcutaneous fluids and pepcid and we planned to take the wait-and-see approach to see if he would improve and we could avoid unnecessary surgery. However, last night did not go well and he wasn't keeping down the little amount of water he was drinking. We took him to the emergency clinic early this morning and since they were 70% sure that he had a blockage and that it was highly unlikely that it would pass on its own, we decided to go ahead with the abdominal exploratory surgery. They found the toy about a foot into his small intestine. The doctor said it was good that we went ahead with the surgery because if we had waited, part of his intestines may have become necrotic. He is doing well after surgery and hopefully we will be able to pick him up tomorrow. Please keep Baxter in your thoughts and prayers !
Oh no! Poor Baxter! I'm so glad to hear he's doing better. What toy did he swallow? How big was it?
ReplyDeleteWe brought Baxter home today. He is really pitiful, but I think he'll be back to himself soon. The toy was this little stuffed head that we called his "Bee's head." It was probably 1.5" x 1" x .75." He's had it for several years and LOVES to play with it. I don't know what prompted him to just decide to eat it one day. They gave it back to us in a little baggie and I will have to take a picture of it and post it on here.
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