Last night, while I was getting ready to hook up a team, the dogs had a little scuffle. The excitement of hook-up causes them to loose their little canine minds, plus a full moon which I am sure adds to the chaos! The fight looked fairly minor and I had everyone seperated in no time. No one was bleeding. No obvious damage to any of the dogs involved. I seperated the instigators from the pack and got things calmed back down.
Anvik was whining, but he was moving fine, ran to "his" porch, where he eats and has one of his crates. I gave him a complete inspection and couldn't find any punctures, no blood, no visible injuries at all. He ate with his normal enthusiasm, drank as he always does. A couple hours later, he went to give me a hug and he dropped back to the floor screeching. Gave him a dose of Metacam thinking he must be stiff, pulled a muscle or something like that. Put him in his big crate beside my bed where he was quiet and slept all night.
Let him out this morning and notice that on his left side there is a massive lump; the size of both my fists! Feels like it's fluid filled. So I figured I missed a little puncture wound and he's got the start of a major abcess. Call my boss to tell her I'm going to be late and take Anvik to the vet. I do love that my vet lets me drop animals off and will squeeze them in when he can. Anvik is obviously uncomfortable; he yelped getting out of the truck; moving stiffly and he isn't making any noise. Anvik is always making some kind of racket! He's only quiet when he's asleep or eating!
Vet calls early this afternoon. He can't find any puncture wound either. He wanted to take an x-ray, but Anvik freaked out when they tried to position his legs for it. Dr. Rick said he could see the lump moving and changing as Anvik moved. He can feel the intestines and the large hole in Annie's abdomen wall--2 inches long and an inch wide!
Dr. Rick says the size of the tear makes it life threatening(if the intestine gets stuck) and a very complicated repair! Dang it!!! So he's staying late tonight to do an emergency surgery on my little guy. Anvik will have to spend the night at least, maybe longer at the clinic and likely at least six weeks of no activity to recover! He is going to be a miserable creature! He is not good at being still. Thank goodness he likes his crate. It looks like he'll be spending alot of time there!
Could you please cross your paws for Annie? I'm still reeling from Preacher's death and I can barely cope with the thought of something happening to Anvik!
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Originally Posted by Kfamr
Poor Anvik. Lots of good healing vibes coming the poor boys way and some {{Hugs}} for Mama.
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