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Snowball has a very long story and therefore needs a page of her own. She
has gone to her new home and I will keep her page updated with current
information. Click Here to go to Snowball's page.
has gone to her new home and I will keep her page updated with current
information. Click Here to go to Snowball's page.
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Reno is a 9 week old purebred Boston Terrier that came in with a group of pups rescued
from a puppymill. Unfortunately this little fella suffered a SEVERE rectal prolapse on
Friday, Nov. 5th and required emergency surgery. Thanks to our TOTALLY AWESOME
VET DR LINDSEY, Reno has made it through surgery, however, we will have to wait
about a week to see if the colon tissue is healthy. Dr. Lindsey had to go in through his
abdomen and carefully pull the prolapse back in after treatment to reduce the swelling.
The vet tech told me that it took about 45 minutes to get it to go back inside and they
almost gave up when they decided to try one last time and thankfully it went in! Then she
tacked the colon to his abdominal wall in an effort to prevent it from re-prolapsing. Reno
remains in ICU tonight. A couple of years ago we had this happen to another pup whose
name was Vegas so Dr. Lindsey named this little guy Reno because like Vegas, his wee
life is a gamble too. If the surgery outcome is good, Reno will have terrible bloody
diarrhea at which time he will slough the damaged intestinal lining and he will be on
medication and antibiotics until he has fully recovered. If the outcome is poor, then the
colon tissue will die and the tacking will break loose allowing the rectum to re-prolapse. I
believe if the colon tissue dies, then fecal matter will be released into the blood stream
and this little guy will pass away. But he is in incredibly good hands right now at the vet's
office and receiving the very best of care.
This is Vegas' website who had the same procedure done: http://ourdogvegas.com/
UPDATE: 11/6/10: Reno is back home tonight and resting comfortably. Now we wait.
UPDATE: 11/8/10: Still doing well, starting to eat, acting normal. The gross diarrhea has
not started yet.
UPDATE: 11/14/10: Reno is still doing great. The diarrhea and sloughing has not
started and in talking with Dr. Lindsey, she thinks that he may not have it at all. She thinks
that Vegas may have had it so badly because she actually had two prolapse thus causing
more intestinal damage, but Reno has been great, acting and eating normally, and is his
usual happy self. She said to give him one more week and then he can be adopted.
UPDATE: 11/20/10: Reno continues to do great so he is going to his new home on
November 26!
from a puppymill. Unfortunately this little fella suffered a SEVERE rectal prolapse on
Friday, Nov. 5th and required emergency surgery. Thanks to our TOTALLY AWESOME
VET DR LINDSEY, Reno has made it through surgery, however, we will have to wait
about a week to see if the colon tissue is healthy. Dr. Lindsey had to go in through his
abdomen and carefully pull the prolapse back in after treatment to reduce the swelling.
The vet tech told me that it took about 45 minutes to get it to go back inside and they
almost gave up when they decided to try one last time and thankfully it went in! Then she
tacked the colon to his abdominal wall in an effort to prevent it from re-prolapsing. Reno
remains in ICU tonight. A couple of years ago we had this happen to another pup whose
name was Vegas so Dr. Lindsey named this little guy Reno because like Vegas, his wee
life is a gamble too. If the surgery outcome is good, Reno will have terrible bloody
diarrhea at which time he will slough the damaged intestinal lining and he will be on
medication and antibiotics until he has fully recovered. If the outcome is poor, then the
colon tissue will die and the tacking will break loose allowing the rectum to re-prolapse. I
believe if the colon tissue dies, then fecal matter will be released into the blood stream
and this little guy will pass away. But he is in incredibly good hands right now at the vet's
office and receiving the very best of care.
This is Vegas' website who had the same procedure done: http://ourdogvegas.com/
UPDATE: 11/6/10: Reno is back home tonight and resting comfortably. Now we wait.
UPDATE: 11/8/10: Still doing well, starting to eat, acting normal. The gross diarrhea has
not started yet.
UPDATE: 11/14/10: Reno is still doing great. The diarrhea and sloughing has not
started and in talking with Dr. Lindsey, she thinks that he may not have it at all. She thinks
that Vegas may have had it so badly because she actually had two prolapse thus causing
more intestinal damage, but Reno has been great, acting and eating normally, and is his
usual happy self. She said to give him one more week and then he can be adopted.
UPDATE: 11/20/10: Reno continues to do great so he is going to his new home on
November 26!
| Update wouldn't be complete without a new butt picture. :) Lookin' good thanks to the mad skills of Dr. Lindsey!! |
Lucky came to us from our vet when he was just 6 weeks old after he
received an eye injury that was left untreated by his owner. Once the
eye ruptured, she finally took him to the vet and could not afford the
very expensive surgery that he needed to remove his eye. By the
time he was brought to the vet, he had developed a severe infection
of the eye orbit which complicated things even further. The process
was very long for Lucky and he has his own page. Click here to go
to Lucky's page.
received an eye injury that was left untreated by his owner. Once the
eye ruptured, she finally took him to the vet and could not afford the
very expensive surgery that he needed to remove his eye. By the
time he was brought to the vet, he had developed a severe infection
of the eye orbit which complicated things even further. The process
was very long for Lucky and he has his own page. Click here to go
to Lucky's page.
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