bowl resection

larue · Post by **larue** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:48 pm

Any of you guys have any experience with a dog who has had some large intestine removed?
My tiny female gracie was losing wieght so we took her into the vet yeterday,and today they opened her up to remove what they thought was a blockage,only to find a tumor.
They removed about 12 inches of her large intestine,to get all the tumor.
Any of you have something like this done?
She is still at the vet,she comes home on wed.

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:36 pm

Yes, if it were just the resection she should recover 100% with no after effects. Have had one dog with a resection myself and also have had friends with the same problem. Usually it is a sock. Unfortunately, when cancer has reached that stage, it is usually elsewhere. That is exactly how we lost Spot's mother.

larue · Post by **larue** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:18 pm

interestingly,the multiple xrays with berium showed a blockage,but no tumor.
When they opened her up,they removed grass,which they felt had blocked the xrays from finding the tumor.
I was told the surgical vet was shocked,as he did not expect a tumor,becouse the xrays did not show one.
We will know more soon,the tumor was sent to marshfield,for a biospy.
I have been lucky so far with cancer,only my 12 year old had mast cell,
which we caught early,that was two years ago.
Our gsp's are just like us,stuff happens.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:25 am

Sorry to hear about that, hope all turns out well.

Boomer had 8" of intestine removed when he was younger due to a blackage and I don't those missing 8" have bothered him at all.

SeventhSon · Post by **SeventhSon** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:11 am

My wife had 6 inches of small intestine removed 3 months ago and she is recovering nicely.
Of course she did have to put up with 4 weeks bed rest, which was no easy feat with 2 small children.

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:22 am

Crohn's?

SeventhSon · Post by **SeventhSon** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:21 pm

Wagonmaster wrote:Crohn's?

No she has been battling carcenoid tumors for the last 6 years.
One of her surgeries left some bad scar tissue that caused a blockage in her small intestine and the section "coiled up like a rattlesnake" (surgeon's words) and died. It goes septic quite fast and can be very dangerous.
She has a clean bill of health now though according to the hospital's finest. :roll: