Ziggy wasn't feeling well a few weeks ago. We noticed he wasn't able to completely empty his bladder when he went outside. So, Todd took him into the vet. The news wasn't great. Ziggy had developed bladder stones and some of them had settled in his Urethra, blocking his flow of urine. So the vet flushed him out (ouch) and then we scheduled surgery for the following Monday.
This is going to sound terrible, but I wasn't sure if we should put the money into our dog...I mean, what if he keeps getting them? So, Todd and I discussed it and decided we would do surgery this time, but if he kept having problems, we'd probably put him down.
There were five stones removed and the surgery went well. I don't know if you remember the first cone-wearing incident with Ziggy, but just incase you forgot, I'll remind you. When he got fixed, he hated his cone so much that he kept getting them off in the night and then chewing them up. I swear we went through 4 cones...so frustrating (and expensive).
But I'm happy to report that Ziggy did very well this time. Apparently puppies really are harder than adult dogs! Ziggy was very calm the first night. We had a family party that night, and he didn't even get up to try and bite someone's leg off when he heard the doorbell. He did, however, growl in place! Crazy dog! I was hoping this surgery would somehow change his demeanor, but sadly, it didn't. He returned to "Psycho-Ziggy" in only a couple of days.
Ziggy is totally back to normal now ($600 later), and life is happy again for him. I hope he doesn't get these again...they weren't so fun (and it wasn't cheap to have them removed!). UGH!
1 comment:
so sorry Zig man! Hope all "goes" well in the future!
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