Eileen Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Dolly had a really simple op under GA to remove a couple of papillomas on her foot yesterday. She's had a funny reaction to the anaesthetic, and has not very good sphincter control, and has also developed diarrohea overnight. She also managed to get her heavy duty dressing off in record time, so the vet has sedated her, and applied a visor-style elizabethan collar. The sedation this morning, though really necessary due to her agitation at both the collar and the new dressing, has not really helped the lack of sphincter control, and she is lying at my feet, drooling diarrhoea out of her bottom. I have her on an old doona to protect the carpet and am cleaning it up every 10-15 mins or so, but it's very unpleasant for both of us. Does anyone know how long Ensal, an anti-diarrhoea medicine, takes to work? Or any ideas on something I can feed her to slow/solidify the poo? Any suggestions gratefully received. efs Edited June 20, 2008 by Eileen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 No advice mate, just letting you know I feel for you both Hope she picks up soon. Bet she's doing zoomies by dinnertime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 No advice mate, just letting you know I feel for you both Hope she picks up soon. Bet she's doing zoomies by dinnertime Lol, she was doing zoomies by dinnertime last night an hour after we got her home....that's how we discovered the lack of sphincter control. There were little brown drops all over the house and up and down the stairs. Sometime overnight it turned into diarrhea. At least now she's sedated she doesn't want to run everywhere leaving a trail of ewwwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I find vanish carpet cleaner really good How did you get a day off work? Real reason or fake sickie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 We get one personal day a year over and above our annual leave that we can take at short notice for whatever we want, which is great, huh? Some companies call them "bad hair days". lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 That's funny! I hope you don't have any actual "bad hair days" for the rest of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Just an update, Dolly still doesn't have control, though her poo is a lot less runny. Will she get it back? Is it odd to still not have sphincter muscle control 36 hours after a general anaesthetic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Sounds a bit odd to me- what does the vet say? Poor girl :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 I rang him this afternoon as her tummy was also REALLY swollen. He said it was rare that she would still be having such an upset, but to come in tomorrow morning if it is still not right. Her tum is no longer swollen, though, which is great. I am just starting to get worried, as I would have thought it would have stopped now. We are still sedating her, though, do you think that could be prolonging it? We kind of have to, though, or she gets too agitated about her bandages and starts bashing around the house --- which means she flicks poo everywhere. At least when she is sedated she lies quietly on blankets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorRex Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I would be taking your dog back to the Vet PRONTO! The dog has obviously had a reaction to the GA and the Vet needs to be reviewing all meds etc. This is not normal IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 We went back to the vets this morning when they opened and have changed her antibiotics and have her on electrolyte fluid. It's not poor muscle control, apparently, but a stomach upset, caused by a massive reaction to the anaesthetic. She didn't have a temperature, which is great. Apparently it is just like colitis, where her colon is just expelling the waste as soon as it is made, rather than sending a message to her brain that she needs to poo. She's just eating boiled chicken and rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Poor Dolly Do you want to borrow a crate? Gimme a call if there's anything we can do? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Thanks, that could be great, I probably should have done that to begin with, so the poo was contained I'll see what OH thinks and give you a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Oh Hope it sorts itself out quickly- that's not a good thing at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorRex Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 So glad you took your dog back to the Vet. What you were describing was definitely not normal after a GA May your dog recover okay and not have any lasting effects such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eileen Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Yes, me too. We took her back the very next morning after the operation, but she was even worse this morning. Gosh yes, I hope she doesn't wind up with IBS, that would be awful - I had no idea dogs could get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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