*UPDATE DEC 22nd!!* Surgery done - FULL INTACT OVARY FOUND

[pitc9]

Tons of prayers and hugs to you and Molly.
I hope everything goes well and you finally get answers!

[lv4dogs]

Good luck at the vets this friday.

If for some reason they still don't have any results for you by then PLEASE get her yo your regular vet, the poor thing sounds miserable. If your vet finds any thing that may be related to the HS get a lawyer and dispute it that way. Top priority should be that Molly gets taken care of first, regardless of who pays for it up front.

I wish I was on PT more often so I could keep up with this. I wish yous the best of luck.

[Vela]

I really jope everything turns out okay but if it were my dog I wouldn't take her to someone who I thought screwed up in the first place, I would go to your everyday vet and have them try to help her. If they didn't do someting right the first time, they most likely won't admit it, and therefore I wouldn't trust them and let my dog be taken care of by them again.

[BC_MoM]

Yeah, we feel the same. But You can't say no to free vet care. After Christmas Molly will be going to our normal vet for the same testing.

I was just thinking --- this HAS to be an incomplete spay ... because she had a false pregnancy and even LACTATED during it.

[ChrisH]

Prayers on the way.

[borzoimom]

Prayers on the way honey! ( and btw- congrats on your new crate..)

[Ginger's Mom]

Prayers going out for Molly today.

[My Peanuts]

Prayers on the way for Molly, when you can please give us an update.

[Catlady711]

Personally, I wouldn't care if the vet care was free, I'd sooner take my pet to a qualified vet I trust and then bill the spay clinic for the costs if it's discovered to have been a botched spay. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

Went in today for second round of testing. We told her we had found blood spots on the floor around the house and she asked what it looked like... we said it looked like BLOOD. (

We ask questions like that at work sometimes. It's not as ridiculous as it first appears. What we're wanting to know is it dark/light colored blood, watered down blood, blood with other colors/mucus in it. Apparently to the vet it makes a big difference at times.

They first did a vaginal swab and there was a lot of blood. I don't know what she did, but she came back out and said they would take her, and since they had time, they would do another spaying. (

If they didn't at least suspect that it was an incomplete spay then you'd think they would have called it 'exploratory surgery' rather than admit to incomplete spaying. Guess they got themselves on that one.

Copied from http://www.veterinarypartner.com/

a low cost clinic must perform a high volume of surgeries each day. This limits the individual attention a patient can receive if an “assembly line” approach is used. Often these are the situations where only the ovaries are removed and the uterus is left behind so as to save time or where the entire spay is performed through a tiny incision only a half inch or so long so as to save time closing (and sacrifice inspection of the abdomen for bleeding).

She said while they're in heat is the best time (Uh, I've always heard it's NOT good). (

Being in heat is the WORST time to spay. Not only is the surgery more difficult because the organs are all swelled up, and the blood vessles are larger, but it also increases the chance of an incomplete spay because the parts are harder to see.

She also said that some dogs are born with extra ovarian tissue and sometimes some gets left behind and seeds into other tissue (what a load of crock!!! She's just trying to cover her @$$).

I have read something previously about extra ovaries/ovarian tissue, however from what I'd read the condition is rare. I don't remember reading anything about it 'seeding' into other tissue though. I appologize that I can't find the link to the article I read, I believe it was either by JAVMA or AAHA but I can't remember.


I hope the second surgery goes ok and your furbaby does alot better this time. Keep us updated.

[candledeb]

Hello
I just read about your Molly and am so sorry to hear about this botched surgery! I think my dog has also had a botched spay. I adopted her from the Humane Society last Monday (the 18th) and noticed today that she is bleeding and is swollen too! I have called the vet at the shelter and have an appointment this afternoon, but they also said to get a urine sample because she may have a urinary tract infection. Is that what happened to you too? Please send me an email if you can. Thanks so much.

Debbie
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