[Stones] Fwd: Re: Bladderstone op successful? Seeing vet today- need advice please re: next step

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     Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:42:30 +0000 (GMT)
     From: Suzanne Caine <suziec222 at yahoo.co.uk>
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  Subject: Re: Bladderstone op successful? Seeing vet today- need  
advice please re: next step
       To: stones-owner at gpigs-database.org

Hi,
   I would like to join this group -please can forward my message to  
the group and advise how I can join.
   Thanks,
   Suzanne

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:32:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: Suzanne Caine <suziec222 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Bladderstone op successful? Seeing vet today- need advice please re:
next step
To: Stones at gpigs-database.org

   Hi,

   I am seeing the vet at 10am today (currently 1am) and I am hoping  
that someone is online and will be able to help. I have printed off  
some articles to read, but there is so much information.

   Doris is a five-year female guinea, who has suffered from cystitis  
on and off, and bladder sludge (I didn’t realise that bladder sludge  
could lead to bladder stones, but do now).

   I came back from holiday to discover that she was in a bad way,  
barely able to urinate. The vet kept her in the next day and operated,  
removing a substantial bladderstone on Thurs 8 Feb. She was and still  
is on 0.5ml of Baytril twice a day.  Things were going ok until Mon 12  
when some stitches gave way and her intestines bulged out inside her.  
She was operated on again and given tape/stitches used in dogs, so it  
wouldn’t give way. She was given a drug to stimulate her guts and  
again the following day Tues 13 and Thurs 15. I have also started  
giving her two drops of Metacam for pain relief since Thurs 15.

   After the first op, she was urinating freely albeit with a lot of  
blood and some clotting. I was told that this would go after a while,  
and it is getting there over the last couple of days.

   My main concern is that she was eating, showing an interest in food  
and starting to move around her home after the first op. However she  
is not doing this at all after the second op. I am still syringe  
feeding her every few hours (2nd op on 12th, now 18th).  Although she  
will eat some dried hay/veg whilst syringing, she is not moving out  
from her igloo at all, or eating/drinking by herself. The urine output  
has decreased and feeling grainy (the vet said that the bladder had a  
lot of sludge that they flushed out – so I am baffled why it is like  
this). She is in pain, arching her back up on all fours, with her ears  
pulled right back when urinating and when pooing – which only goes  
half way out (not sure if this is normal, and gradually drops?). The  
poo itself has become stringed with mucus today. Not normal size etc  
but I was expecting this from the syringe feeding. She is depressed  
and obviously not feeling good at all.

   Questions  The vet has not analysed the urine, blood or the  
bladderstone- should I request this?
   (I have the stone in a plastic test tube– will it still be fresh  
enough to be analysed?)

   Things are not getting better as time goes on, which is worrying  
me. Am I expecting too much too soon? How long does it normally take  
to recover?

   How can Doris have sludge, reduced urine flow if the bladderstone  
was removed and bladder flushed?

   Should I ask for Bactrim (Septrin) instead of Baytril?

   Should I ask for polycitra?(does this break up sludge?)

   I will look up low calcium food, but if anyone can direct me to a  
list, or give some definite veggies to avoid that would be really  
helpful.

   Any other advice or questions that I should ask the vet would be  
much appreciated.

Thanks,Suzanne
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Hi,
  I would like to join this group -please can forward my message to the group and advise how I can join.
  Thanks,
  Suzanne

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:32:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: Suzanne Caine <suziec222 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Bladderstone op successful? Seeing vet today- need advice please re:
next step
To: Stones at gpigs-database.org

  Hi,
   
  I am seeing the vet at 10am today (currently 1am) and I am hoping that someone is online and will be able to help. I have printed off some articles to read, but there is so much information.
   
  Doris is a five-year female guinea, who has suffered from cystitis on and off, and bladder sludge (I didn’t realise that bladder sludge could lead to bladder stones, but do now).
   
  I came back from holiday to discover that she was in a bad way, barely able to urinate. The vet kept her in the next day and operated, removing a substantial bladderstone on Thurs 8 Feb. She was and still is on 0.5ml of Baytril twice a day.  Things were going ok until Mon 12 when some stitches gave way and her intestines bulged out inside her. She was operated on again and given tape/stitches used in dogs, so it wouldn’t give way. She was given a drug to stimulate her guts and again the following day Tues 13 and Thurs 15. I have also started giving her two drops of Metacam for pain relief since Thurs 15.
   
  After the first op, she was urinating freely albeit with a lot of blood and some clotting. I was told that this would go after a while, and it is getting there over the last couple of days.
   
  My main concern is that she was eating, showing an interest in food and starting to move around her home after the first op. However she is not doing this at all after the second op. I am still syringe feeding her every few hours (2nd op on 12th, now 18th).  Although she will eat some dried hay/veg whilst syringing, she is not moving out from her igloo at all, or eating/drinking by herself. The urine output has decreased and feeling grainy (the vet said that the bladder had a lot of sludge that they flushed out – so I am baffled why it is like this). She is in pain, arching her back up on all fours, with her ears pulled right back when urinating and when pooing – which only goes half way out (not sure if this is normal, and gradually drops?). The poo itself has become stringed with mucus today. Not normal size etc but I was expecting this from the syringe feeding. She is depressed and obviously not feeling good at all.
   
  Questions  The vet has not analysed the urine, blood or the bladderstone- should I request this?
  (I have the stone in a plastic test tube– will it still be fresh enough to be analysed?)
   
  Things are not getting better as time goes on, which is worrying me. Am I expecting too much too soon? How long does it normally take to recover?
   
  How can Doris have sludge, reduced urine flow if the bladderstone was removed and bladder flushed?
   
  Should I ask for Bactrim (Septrin) instead of Baytril?
   
  Should I ask for polycitra?(does this break up sludge?)
   
  I will look up low calcium food, but if anyone can direct me to a list, or give some definite veggies to avoid that would be really helpful.
   
  Any other advice or questions that I should ask the vet would be much appreciated.
   
Thanks,Suzanne    
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