Fern will be having surgery
Our little rescue Fern made a two day visit to the vet for some testing. Fern is our little Pem rescue. She is three years old and was in Foster care for more than six months. She has an incontinence problem. Nobody wanted a leaky Corgi I guess. We fell in love with her regardless. We welcomed her to her forever home in August. We have tried a variety of teatment therapies, PPA, DES--a combination of both as well as changing her to a grain free diet and supplementing her with corn silk. These therapies were all intended to insure that the bladder "shuts off".There were no changes, in fact, the dripping got worse. The vet wanted to do a series of xrays with a radium opaque dye to determine if she had an ectopic ureter. Basically that is a tube running from the kidney, but not depositing in the bladder. Well the xrays showed that she does indeed have an abnormal ureter, but may also have an abnormal kidney. One kidney looks perfect with a ureter running right into the bladder--just the way it is supposed to, the other kidney looks very suspect with an abnormally large ureter that skims the outside of the bladder and appears to deposit in the vaginal area...very clearly explaining the constant dripping. Now we know the cause and surgery could be the cure. We have a wonderful vet, but this is an unusual surgery and it is something he has never done before and while he would like to learn this procedure he doesn't want to do it the first time on our little girl. He is sending her films to Iowa State Vet School today for evaluation and it is most likely we will be taking Fern to Ames Iowa for the surgery. She may need to have the right kidney removed if it is indeed defective, or, if the kidney is salvageable, she will have the ureter moved so that it will deposit into the bladder. While removing the kidney seems more dramatic it would be a simpler surgery and less costly. We will have to see what they say. It is going to be an expensive process no matter what...We made a commitment to this little girl when we brought her home in August and will do whatever they recommend. Fern is a happy, loving little Corgi and except for the "leaks" you would never know that anything is wrong. The vets office fell in love with her. She let them do all the nasty steps (Including enemas) and take numerous xrays over an extended period with no objections. She was very happy to be home on Saturday! We were happy to have her back!
Is there anyone out there that has gone through this with any of their dogs. Anything similar?
Is there anyone out there that has gone through this with any of their dogs. Anything similar?
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Comment by Kristen on October 28, 2008 at 5:04pm
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Fern had her surgery this morning. I still haven't heard from the Dr., but the hospital called and said that Fern did well in surgery, they were able to re-rout the uretur with out complications so far. She is in ICU right now coming out of anesthesia. Still no word on when I can pick her up. I am thinking it will be at least Thursday. Poor baby. I left my coat with her when I dropped her off so she would have something familiar with her.
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Comment by penny spencer on October 27, 2008 at 8:31pm
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Never mind, I just read the situation above. Poor Fern. She doesn't appear to be in pain does she? Just uncomfortable and messy for you. We know you will do whatever you can for her. Take care. Penny
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Kristen, wanted to catch up and saw the mention of Fern and surgery! What is up? Nothing serious I hope. Bless her, hasn't she been thru enough? Met a lady last weekend who had a dog in her shop, rescued from a mill 5 yrs ago and she's had the dog 5 years and it still is very cautious. Never would approach us. So sad. Hope all is well.
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Comment by Sir Riley of Pembroke on October 22, 2008 at 6:59pm
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We will keep Fern in our prayers!
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I just got off the phone with Iowa State. We go in for a surgical consult on Monday (10/27). Sounds like the surgery could cost between $2500 and $3000--Not sure how to make that work...but we need to know what they think.
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We still haven't had the surgery. Still waiting for the analysis from Iowa State, but should hear something today.
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Comment by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on October 22, 2008 at 9:47am
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Thinking of you, hoping all went well. : )
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Comment by Lou Ann Lemaster on October 20, 2008 at 10:18pm
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It may be too late, but have you contacted Corgiaid about her situation? They may be able to help some with some of the cost. It's worth a try. I wish you luck with your precious new girl.....sounds like she found a great furever home!
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Comment by Monique on October 20, 2008 at 9:33pm
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corgi hugs and kisses to you!
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Comment by AkMotleyGal on October 20, 2008 at 9:10pm
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Our thoughts are with you Fern!
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