Annie come out of season 3 weeks ago,had her to the vets last week as a couple of times daily she has been yelping out,put her on metacam for a week,last dose was sunday,and the spontainious yelping started again yesterday,saw vet this pm and he now suspects pyo.she is going into hospital first thing in the morning,please keep your fingers crossed for my girl.

Sheila

Don't worry too much but I would have though she would have been put onto ABs just to be sure she was being treated, was her temperature raised.

Yes agree she should had at the very least been put on AB's. Has her thirst increased at all ?

I would keep a good eye on he as especially with a closed pyo they can go down quite rapidly.

Her temp was raised,she had AB injection last week also this pm,while in the vets this pm,she presented the symtoms in front of the vet,she has a discharge of watery mucky brown,she is also weeing quite alot,he said that there is somthing definatly going on,infection at her rear end as she is very tender there also at the side of her abdomen

Sheila

The fact that she is discharging is a good sign but I am puzzled why the vet has not put her on ABs

Hope she will be OK over night. Is she going to be spayed?

She had A/B's today in injection form, they tend to be long lasting[wish we had the same for humans, more could be treated at home]from past experience and then tablets are given the next day when you go back if they have picked the right A/B and there is improvement.

yes she has had AB this evening in injection form,she will be spayed also tomorrow,Austin said she will be ok tonight,she has had her last meal and she is settled,taking her in at 8am,I am watching her very closely,she is under the very best at the practice and I trust him,

Sheila

>she is under the very best at the practice and I trust him,<br />

So pleased, I feel the same about mine.  Hope Annie sails through it tomorrow.  Will be thinking of you.

Misread thought you said she had an injection last week, well hope all goes well but I am sure it will.

Thanks all,I know you all understand.Will let you know outcome tomorrow.

Sheila xx

Best of luck for today will be thinking about her x

Luckily it sounds like an open Pyo. Wishing her well, I am sure she will be just fine.

Austin has just rang,he said its like a time bomb waiting to explode,he also xrayed her spine and she has spondylitus,she is being speyed as I type,
Sheila

{{{{  HUGS  }}}}

I used to go to Austin.  Every pyo is a time bomb waiting to explode!

Hope all goes well.

So pleased you have caught it in time , The spondylitis should be controlled okay with pain medication .
Fingers crossed that she makes a very speedy recovery from her spay .
xx

Vet has just rang again and she can come home later on,but he knows how I am with my girls and will not let them stay over night unless sombody there 24/7 all went well with spay.she also had cysts on her ovaries ect,he said she is to commence on various meds to control the spondylitis,alarm bells rang with me when my dog walker said she yelped out when he took her collar off last week or we may never have noticed about the pyo until it was to late,I will always have my girls speyed in future,a lesson learned.

Thanks for all your concern and support.

Sheila xx

Glad she is ok and she is home back soon x

Good to hear she's ok x

Glad she is safely through surgery, sorry about the spondylitis, hopefully that will settle too.

I wouldn't rush into spaying future bitches early as that can cause more problems if they are not allowed to mature first.

Hope Annie is feeling better today

She is up and about but has been making moaning noises all day, doesnt appear to be in any pain,its as though she is looking for sombody or somthing,she is eating and drinking and waggy tailed,she had only finished her season 3 weeks ago,could this be hormonal.

Sheila

This spey was a emergency as you know,can speying 3 weeks after season cause problems

Sheila

This spey was a emergency as you know,can speying 3 weeks after season cause problems


As far as I know it can cause a problem for the vet but the bitch should be fine once over the actual operation. Would think the moaning is general discomfort but it will pass and I would think the vet has given her some pain killers probably a NSAID so if she is in a lot of discomfort she can have something else like Tramadol.

The main problem so soon to a season is the area is more vascular/higher blood supply so bigger risk of bleeding during the actual surgery which is why spays are normally done half way between seasons but when it comes to an emergency like this then there is no option and the vet is aware of the risks and the extra precautions needed.

Some vets won't spay during a c/section for the same reason as no major blood vessels are severed during a c/section going on to spay there would be.

Hopefully she is just still disorientated but if she doesn't settle then ring the vets to be on the safe side.

She will more than likely be in some discomfort. Have you been given painkillers? Also some just cannot cope as well as others. I have only ever had one that showed discomfort and did that moaning.

She has tramadol,antibiotics,also antiflams for her spine condition,just spoke to the vet.told me to switch tele off and lights ect,she has had her tea and is now settled,

Sheila

Annabella/Sheila

It is unfortunate that you've had this experience and needed to have an emergency spay.  However I wouldn't draw from this the conclusion that you should spay all future dogs early to prevent it from happening.  There is now much research to show that leaving the ovaries in for as long as possible actually results in a longer life for the dog concerned.  In the same way that women live longer than men - that, too is due to ovary exposure. 

Pyo is actually rare in dogs under the age of 7yo, but obviously not impossible.  Being observant and vigilant - as you were - reduces the risk further.

The moaning can be an after affect from the anaesthetic. One of my dog howls pitifully for the first day after an operation but this usually stops by the second day. As well as howling he moans and sighs a great deal. The first time he did it I thought he was in pain but my vet assured me that wasn't the case and it was definitely the anaesthetic that caused it.

Sending her best wishes for a speedy recovery.

No moaning today,it was upsetting listening to her distress,different dog today,she is fed up and looking at me with those pleading eyes saying she wants to go for a walk as she is not in alot of pain due to all the meds she is on.bless her

sheila

>The first time he did it I thought he was in pain but my vet assured me that wasn't the case and it was definitely the anaesthetic that caused it.<br />

Harley

The first time that I heard this to any great degree, was when I visited one of my own dogs in hospital.  The nurses were wheeling in (from the operating theatre) a dog whose op had just finished.  I watched them make him totally comfortable in a large bottom pen, and they carefully made sure his tongue was out.

The girls left, and I was murmuring sweet nothings to my own dog, when, from behind me, came the most horrendous howling.  I mean really, really loud, I nearly jumped out of my skin.  It was a very large breed, but I had not been prepared for how loud it was.  I thought I was being pursued by the hound of the baskervilles! 

I think a lot of the noise they make is fear about what is happening to them, and why their body isn't responding to them as they'd expect, and the disorientation.

Annie fine today,when can she go for a short walk

Sheila

It is fine to take her for short walks on lead, but absolutely no off-lead running/jumping for 3 wks.  That is what my vet says, anyway.  If in doubt, ask your vet.