RWDVM
05-24-2005, 07:29 AM
Yesterday, a lady brought in her medium sized female mixed breed dog with a complaint of the dog leaking urine, sometimes blood tinged, for MONTHS! The very moment I palpated the abdomen, I felt such a stone load in her bladder, that I did not even need an x-ray to offer my diagnosis of severe bladder stones. X-ray confirmed a hugely distended bladder with 6 stones ranging in size from golf ball size to twice as big.
It saddens me to think of all the time that ellapsed that this dog had to endure such severe discomfort. The client was new, so I don't know her that well personally, but she did not seem at all neglectful. In fact, she gave me every indication that she truly loved the dog and felt very badly that things had gone so far and did not hesitate to book the surgery for this morning. She had just kept banking on the fact that the problem would eventually pass.
Case in point folks, once you see blood in the urine, the waiting game is officially over - don't hesitate bring them to the vet, as this almost always indicated a that somthing not good is going on. rw
It saddens me to think of all the time that ellapsed that this dog had to endure such severe discomfort. The client was new, so I don't know her that well personally, but she did not seem at all neglectful. In fact, she gave me every indication that she truly loved the dog and felt very badly that things had gone so far and did not hesitate to book the surgery for this morning. She had just kept banking on the fact that the problem would eventually pass.
Case in point folks, once you see blood in the urine, the waiting game is officially over - don't hesitate bring them to the vet, as this almost always indicated a that somthing not good is going on. rw