Dickson had surgery yesterday. He has had medical issues since we got him. Because of this, we decided to keep him in our forever foster group—those dogs who have issues that would mean they probably wouldn’t be adopted—so we commit to their care the rest of their lives. He had lots of stomach issues. And skin issues. Poor guy.
He got worse and back to the vet he went. (X-ray picture below—for those who might be squeamish). The exam didn’t show anything specific so the vet suggested an X-ray. We didn’t expect it to show anything. We were wrong!
Dickson has a large stone in his stomach. It must have been there a long time. Wow. He had surgery, and biopsies of his stomach were also done to find if anything else was going on. Dickson has had so many stomach meds and special diets. The vet said the stone was about 2 inches. I don’t know how he could have swallowed it.
Dickson stayed at the vet overnight and should be able to go home today. He will be on meds and playpen time as he heals. We hope the rock removal will solve some of his problems. Paws crossed. ❤️
I am crossing my paws for Dickson but I sort of know how he got that stone in there.... Yum Yum loves to find stones and puts them in his mouth and bites them!
ReplyDeleteOh it makes me so mad as I just thought about his teeth getting broken but I can see him swallowing them too!! Two things to worry about!!!
Pekes!!!!