Thumper
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I was not going to post this, but I figured someone may have some use out of what I did or tried to do today.
I would reckon we have all done our share of Vet work on our hounds over the years. Stitching, shots, splints, ect!
Well today, during an emergency, I tried something that I wanted to share and also ask your opinion if what we did was right? I will not know until a real vet looks at the hound, but anyways here is what happened.
This may sound far fetched and even hard to belive, but it honestly happened and like i said it could be useful to others in an emergency.
It has been a 4 day Thai holiday here and everything is closed. Except for the police, gas stations and hospitals.
This morning my wife's friend called to ask if I would come over and look at her beagle.
The hound was fine yesterday, but could not walk this morning. I had no idea at first, then she told me the dog had went to the vet 5 months before for a blocked bladder. Apparently stones. On that occasion it was able to walk, but hobbled bad. This morning it could not even stand!
After looking at the dogs bloated stomach, I figured it was probably the same thing. They muzzled the dog, and I pressed on his stomach and it felt like it was about to bust.
Not really knowing what to do, I asked them what the vet had done before. They told me he cut the dog, drained his bladder and gave it some medicine. I could see the scar, but did not want to try to cut on their dog. We knew that this dog would not make it through the day, muchless 2 more days of the holiday.
They had tried to contact every vet in Bangkok, but no one was available. At first We considered sticking a sharp hollow air con tube into his bladder at the location of the scar. But after considering that we would be busting his bladder in the process, we ruled that out.
Without a vet's to turn to, we did a bit of thinking and came up with the only solution! Unblock the bladder through the ureatha!His pecker!
Her husband had some hard plastic coated electric wire that we heated and pulled the wire out of and used the casing as a makeshift catherter.
I knew that that dog would not stand for that and could not think of how to put him out. The only thing I could figure was use starting fluid. He made a quick trip to the local gas and garage, got a can of starting fluid, sprayed it on a rag and it put him in enough of a daze to control.
I got some antibiotic gel from the first aid kit coated the casing and as they held the dog, I ran the plastic casing up the ureatha slowly until it stopped at the block. I worked it back and forth, and as I did it would move in further a little bit at a time.
With a few more doses of starting fluid and working the plastic casing back and forth it finally broke through the blockage and the bladder stated to empty through the plastic casing.
The urine flow stopped abruptly and her husband pushed down on his bladder but nothing happened. I pulled out the casing and as soon as it came out, the bladder continued to empty, along with some whitish brown looking chunks of something???
The hound was up and walking about 45 minutes later and urinating on its own. They are watching him to see if the blockage returns.
Anyway, a little bit of backwoods thinking in the big city might just save this dogs life until the vet comes back on Tuesday. I just hope we do not have to do it again and also hope what we did was the right thing! I guess we will know tommorow.
Any suggestions, comments or further advise??
Thump
I would reckon we have all done our share of Vet work on our hounds over the years. Stitching, shots, splints, ect!
Well today, during an emergency, I tried something that I wanted to share and also ask your opinion if what we did was right? I will not know until a real vet looks at the hound, but anyways here is what happened.
This may sound far fetched and even hard to belive, but it honestly happened and like i said it could be useful to others in an emergency.
It has been a 4 day Thai holiday here and everything is closed. Except for the police, gas stations and hospitals.
This morning my wife's friend called to ask if I would come over and look at her beagle.
The hound was fine yesterday, but could not walk this morning. I had no idea at first, then she told me the dog had went to the vet 5 months before for a blocked bladder. Apparently stones. On that occasion it was able to walk, but hobbled bad. This morning it could not even stand!
After looking at the dogs bloated stomach, I figured it was probably the same thing. They muzzled the dog, and I pressed on his stomach and it felt like it was about to bust.
Not really knowing what to do, I asked them what the vet had done before. They told me he cut the dog, drained his bladder and gave it some medicine. I could see the scar, but did not want to try to cut on their dog. We knew that this dog would not make it through the day, muchless 2 more days of the holiday.
They had tried to contact every vet in Bangkok, but no one was available. At first We considered sticking a sharp hollow air con tube into his bladder at the location of the scar. But after considering that we would be busting his bladder in the process, we ruled that out.
Without a vet's to turn to, we did a bit of thinking and came up with the only solution! Unblock the bladder through the ureatha!His pecker!
Her husband had some hard plastic coated electric wire that we heated and pulled the wire out of and used the casing as a makeshift catherter.
I knew that that dog would not stand for that and could not think of how to put him out. The only thing I could figure was use starting fluid. He made a quick trip to the local gas and garage, got a can of starting fluid, sprayed it on a rag and it put him in enough of a daze to control.
I got some antibiotic gel from the first aid kit coated the casing and as they held the dog, I ran the plastic casing up the ureatha slowly until it stopped at the block. I worked it back and forth, and as I did it would move in further a little bit at a time.
With a few more doses of starting fluid and working the plastic casing back and forth it finally broke through the blockage and the bladder stated to empty through the plastic casing.
The urine flow stopped abruptly and her husband pushed down on his bladder but nothing happened. I pulled out the casing and as soon as it came out, the bladder continued to empty, along with some whitish brown looking chunks of something???
The hound was up and walking about 45 minutes later and urinating on its own. They are watching him to see if the blockage returns.
Anyway, a little bit of backwoods thinking in the big city might just save this dogs life until the vet comes back on Tuesday. I just hope we do not have to do it again and also hope what we did was the right thing! I guess we will know tommorow.
Any suggestions, comments or further advise??
Thump