09/03/2026
Sorry it's so late but I didnt want to close the page until I could share everything with you.
It's been a hell of a rollercoaster day, I swear this dog is trying to kill me. I've had about 5 phone calls from the operating room, the tube they tried to vacuum with was too small for the rocks, and the bigger one was too large for her esophagus, we opted to just open her up. He got all the rocks and what we feared was real, the rocks had entered her pylorus, he was able to get those. He then called me back to tell me that as he is looking around in there her spleen was gigantic and blood filled and felt like it needed to come out, I told him to do it. He then called and asked me if I wanted biopsies of her intestines but with doing that there was a 10% chance the incision wouldn't heal. I said no, I do not want a septic dog, shes going through enough right now, I am not adding to that at this point. He then called me to ask me if I wanted him to pexy her stomach in place, I said yes. He then called some time later and said he found that part of her duodenum was adhered to her liver, so he had to detach that. He said her stomach was trying to twist and her blood pressure dropped at one point, he was able to get that back up. They took out a total of 26 rocks I do believe, I told them not to throw them away, keep them for me. He said her poor stomach was just so terribly inflamed, I feel terrible for her and how bad she has had to feel. The good news is he does think her stomach will shrink, and he does think she will recover from this. He is so kind, he isn't going to charge me for the splenectomy or the gastropexy which is just huge. I cannot recommend them enough. This hospital is called Revive, it's an ER and a specialty hospital and I started there to see the internist but I have ended up with their team for a such a difficult complicated situation. Dr. Kishore is who has been operating on her and keeping me apprised the whole time. I am forever grateful and feel like I can take a breath for a moment. I am unsure how long she will be in the hospital but I look forward to getting my naughty, silly, hilarious nutty girl back home with me.