Shai's Surgery

[RachelJ]

Drat the luck. Did they explain any further than that, like they had emergencies or something? Just seems rather strange.

[wolflady]

I agree with Rachel. That does seem strange, not to mention extra fees for an extra night in the clinic! Poor Shai!! Saturday morning will be here soon and Shai can come home! Our thoughts are with you and Shai. Let us know how she is!!

[jackiesdaisy1935]

That is so disappointing when you expect to have it over with, but I'm sure Shai is looking forward to going home on Saturday and in the meantime all our good wishes are with you for a speedy recovery. Please let us know how Shai is doing!
Jackie

[Sudilar]

Hope Shai is doing well. Keep us posted.

[Daisy's Mom]

Daisy here. I gotta have some Sir Jury look at me too, Shai. Tell me what it is when you get home! Wherever you are now, I hope you are okay and I hope everything turns out great for ya. Mom says the same.
Love,
Daisy

[tatsxxx11]

Hi Shai! I hope you are home and well and safe and warm with your mom. Please let us know you're OK!!! I'll bet you were the best little patient. Kisses sweet Shai.

[shais_mom]

Here is the latest:
I don't know whether they gave me the wrong info on the wrong dog or if they fit her in afterwards, but they called me at 9am Friday and said I could come and get her. So I did.
She acted just fine very excited to be home, now she won't leave the incision alone.
Now here is the SCARE she gave me today:
I wake up with her running around the house I got up and tried to follow her around and she tried to get away from me. She actually jumped the baby gate I keep up all the time, she has never done that before ever. When I finally got to her she was on her side on the floor have a seizure. I tried my best to comfort her and calm her down and when she stood up she could barely stand.
I confess I did not call the vet immediatly, but I talked to my best friends husband who is graduating from vet school this spring. And he said since it is 2 days post surgery it probably has nothing to do with the anesthia,but is probably signs of idiopathic epilepsy. He told me that what I was going to do is exactly what I should do. Keep an eye on her the rest of the weekend and call the vet on Mon. She is around 4 years old (the humane soc has no record of her birth) and Adam said that some dogs acquire idiopathic epilepsy b/n the ages of 5-7. And the treatment is relatively managable $25-30 a month. Of course all sorts of things ran thru my mind, since I work in the human medical profession. Brain tumor was the first one!! She recovered almost immedietly. Eating and drinking and is active and got excited when she went to granpa's. You can't tell anything happened to her this morning.
I will keep you posted and we both appreciate your thoughts and prayers that have been with us in the last few days.
Love
Staci and Shaianne

[Genia]

Oh my goodness Staci! What a scare! Please let us know what the vet says. Poor Shai! We'll keep you and her in our prayers.

[Logan]

Staci, that is frightening. I remember Kaycee having a seizure one time, and I about lost it. Thank goodness, good friends took Helen for me, and I was at the emergency clinic for hours. I know it was reassuring to have a knowledgeable friend to call.
Please keep us posted. I'm so glad to hear that Shai is doing better.
Logan

[Sudilar]

How terrifying! I hope everything is better now. Keep us posted.

[RachelJ]

I'm still not comfortable with the "we can't get to her today" story and then she had the surgery and she can be picked up. I would just file this as a little red flag about your vet's office. Maybe I'm just paranoid after reading Rottie's post about Vet giving the wrong dog a lethal injection.

In regard to the seizure, I wouldn't be too quick to medicate. My Bailey had one at age six and never did have another one and as I worked at home was pretty much with her all the time. Whereas my friends dog had one and they put her on meds right away.

I know all this had to be an ordeal.

[shais_mom]

Thanks everyone, I was afraid I was a bad mom for not calling right away. Now I feel like a bad mom b/c I can't keep her from licking the stitches!!!6 of one half dozen the other.
Rachel, they were only going to try to work her in that day. B/n the spays and neuters They wanted me to bring her early so they could work her in. The cost of the stay was actually the same price as the visit we had in Jan when they gave me 3 perscriptions for the GI problem. I was very surprised. I was expecting 2-3X the price. I knew full well that when I took her there that day she may not get in, and I didn't call at closing time I called a little before, so maybe they had time to fit her in since it wasn't much of a surgery.

[jackiesdaisy1935]

Hi Shais Mom, glad the surgery is over, but you must have been so worried when she had that seizure. Hopefully she is on the road to recovery. If she has stitches could they put one of those megaphone things around her neck so she couldn't reach them or would it make a difference? Give Shai a hug and kiss from Daisy and Perry.

[karen israel]

Well, Staci! You certainly had a trying, stressful weekend! I hope you and Shai are feeling better! I can totally appreciate your concern when the vet didn't operate on Shai the same day. Cody had surgery scheduled for 9a but it was 4p when the vet called from the operating room to advise me of the situation since I called 1000 times. My main concern was that he was never crated (worked for us) and that I know they didn't take him out to potty cause he would just fuss and never go back in. Anyway, poor Shai may need an Elizabethian collar. The vet may lend you one, give 'em a call. I hope the seizure was the one and only. Maybe it was the excitement, the trauma, the anesesia (sp)???? I'm so glad you had someone to call!!! Whew! Please keep us advised how she is doing..she's one of the family to us so we're all concerned and saying lots of prayers! Love, Karen

[RachelJ]

Staci, Thanks for clearing that up for me. That answers all of my concerns in regard to what was going on at the Vet's.