[Stones] Elvis Condolences & Introduction

[Gloria A. Villalobos]

At 11:34 AM 1/7/2009, Cindy wrote:
>Gloria, welcome to the Stones List.  We certainly are sending good 
>thoughts and healing wheeks to Priscilla.  It sounds as though you 
>have an excellent vet.  How great that the office has people on duty 24/7.

I was thrilled when I found them a few years ago.  It's great comfort 
knowing they're there & only about 25-minutes from home.

>As far as stones in the ureter, I think I remember reading that in 
>England, they have been able to work them out by hand.  This might 
>have been at the Cambridge Cavy Trust.  I can check around some if 
>you'd like more information.  Please know that both Priscilla and 
>Lisa are very lucky piggies to have you taking such excellent care 
>of them.  Do keep us posted on Priscilla's progress.
>
>Best wishes,
>Cindy, Tumbleweed, and Friday


Thanks, it would be great to see what information they may have.

Priscilla made it through the surgery fine.  They got all the stones 
from the bladder, but were unable to get the ones from the 
ureter.  The surgeon tried working them out by hand but had no luck 
and didn't want to cut the ureter itself at this point to try to get 
them.  Right now, urine is still getting through and her kidney 
function is fine, so they want to monitor it and see how things go.

Unfortunately, my little girl seems to be in quite a bit of pain and 
really isn't taking much food or water right now, so I'm going to 
give the vet a call and see what they recommend.  They had her on an 
injectable pain med in the hospital, but put her on the oral version 
of it to send her home.  They did say that it may not be as effective 
as the injection.

Gloria, Priscilla & Lisa Marie