She survived the surgery and it was the right call to go in. Candace found several toothpicks and a strange shard of metal that I can't explain. The shard had cut her and was causing some bleeding. It would have perforated her intestine very soon and then we would have had even more problems. As it is, her intestine if very irritated, but only hole in it is from the surgery. They also cut into her stomach. That's a complicated recovery, but still much better than have to resect her intestine. The incision on her belly must be a foot long. It's huge!
Under her tongue she cut the major blood vessel. That's where most of the blood was coming from. Candace thinks that Kayleigh must have hurt herself within a couple hours of us finding her. She said that had she been bleeding from her tongue like that all night, Kayleigh may well have bled out or been in much worse shape!
I saw her right after the surgery. She wasn't really awake yet and I'm not sure she even knew I was there, but I spent some time with her and made sure she knows that she is deeply loved. If her temp is normal and she keeps down some food tomorrow, she can come home tomorrow night. She'll be on crate rest for a couple weeks. Anvik is loosing his giant size crate--it's the only one Kayleigh fits in!
Thank you all very much for your kind words and support.
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Originally Posted by Glacier
Sounds like your vet has great instincts. I am very glad the surgery went well and I hope her recovery is smooth. She's such a beautiful girl. Maybe during her bed rest we can get some new pictures of her too 
I miss you
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Lilith Cherry
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