Help! Don't know what it could be.

[Busta Girl]

Hi,
I have a 11 month old desexed female Weimaraner named "Busta". I rushed her to the vets this morning as she was crying in the early hours of the morning from what we thought was her being constipated. They took some x-rays of her & had a feel around but have found that she is not constipated nor is it a bladder problem.

They said it is in the pelvic area & is of a soft tissue density. Busta has had alot of abonormal vaginal discharge in the past & we have just had that under control but don't know why she had it. She is also suffering allegies which we are in the process of trying to work out what they are.
They also removed a lump like pimple that was on her tummy when they put her under today to send away to see what it is. We are now waiting to give her a ultrasound but it looks like we will have to wait till Monday to that as its only Saturday here in Australia today.

Please if anyone has expirience something like this befor & know what it might be it would be greatly appriciated.
Thanks
Heidi

 

[Whitedobelover]

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_pyometra.html

go here see if the symptoms are the same...s omething happened to my computer and now i can only read spanish when i am googling something and i dont know why... but my doberman has green pus and we are hopping it doesnt turn out to be that .. cause it can be deadly... so check this out and see if it matches... ill also look for other links... what color is the discharge again?

 

[Busta Girl]

Hi Whitedoeblover, The colour of the discharge was yellow & thick.
Thanks
Heidi

 

[Whitedobelover]

hmmm ill look that up check out that site though... please

 

[Whitedobelover]

Trauma or the presence of a foreign body in the vagina may result in bloody, watery or purulent discharge.

yellow/green (purulent),

 

[doberkim]

if the dog is spayed it cannot be a pyometra, and the OP said the weim was desexed.

It is really hard to say what it is s far away, but did they see a soft tissue mass on the radiographs? Is she producing normal urine and normal stool? Have you done a urinalysis on her? I would definitely do the ultrasound as soon as you can, it will really help illucidate if there are any abnormal structures in that area.


Does she currently have the discharge now, or was it only intermittent and occassional?

 

[Busta Girl]

We took her to the emergengy vet tonight & they found a huge pocket of puss in her vaginal region area that was causing her dicomfort, they released it & the lump has gone down.

This is the reason of her past vaginal discharge problems, I am booking her in for exploratory surgery this week asap as we think it has come from a stumb near her cervix from when she was flank desexed that has gotton infected.

Thanks every one for ur help,

Heidi

 

[Whitedobelover]

good that is so awesome busta will be better... i knew it was something along that area... great heidi... im so excited i was up till 320 to see if i could find something for you... glad she got it released`

 

[Busta Girl]

Hello, I thought this might help some people if they suffer anything similar with there dogs.
So here is what happend again but in more details, this is from my vets report on the incident.

History:
From early hours of this morning going outside frequentley& crying. Straining to defecate. Recently has been pollakiuric.
Normal prior to desexing at 6 months.
Vaginal discharge started early September, has swab taken & blood test. Evidently no abonormalities.
Tialled on Clavulox antibiotics - discharge didn't resolve. Vaginal exam with endoscope revealed pus coming from cervix. Treated with EOD vaginal douches (vaginal flushing) every 2-4 days in a salt solution. Hasn't had a urinalysis.

Report from what happend at the emergency vets last night:
Rectal exame palpable soft flocculent mass in region of vagina - obstructing rectal canal ( this made my dog look as if she was constipated).
Vaginal exam - hypmen type tissue with very narrow lumen, couldn't pass finger through it, however when attempted slightley streaching of lumen - resulted in release of large amont of pus - approx 200mls.

Assessment:
Stump pyomtra strongly suspected. Swelling caused by pus obtructed behind 'hymen' type tissue in a vagina. No evidents of systemic illness secondary to pyometra.

Plan:
Recommended abdominal ultrasound & exploratory surgery to remove suspected stump pyometre. CT scan should be considered if unable to visualise area via ultrasound.


Heidi

 

[doberkim]

im glad they have an idea of what is going on - hopefully surgery can correct the problem!

stump pyo results from the structures left after a typical spay, and it's not the same as your normal pyo - its infected remnants from the spay performed.

sounds like your vet is on top of things!! keep us updated!

 

[bubbatd]

A very clear report !! Glad you went to good vets !!!

 

[Whitedobelover]

glad to hear we caught it busta.... woohoo... i done quite a bit of research on pyometra and i was like hmmmm sounds close... i am glad you caught it and it is getting taken care of now.

 

[Busta Girl]

Busta had her operation today & I have just got a call from the vets, he said it went well & that they had to open up the floor of her Pelvis.
We have to transport her to another vets that is 24hr for the night as she is badley swallon & bruised.
I will find out more info tonight.

 

[Whitedobelover]

oh poor baby... I am sorry... I am glad she is doing well and much better... and good luck busta... it will get better... and ill keep you guys in my prayers

 

[aurorab]

Oh I'm so sorry that she had to go through that. Give her a kiss from all of us and tell her that we hope that she gets better soon!

 

[Busta Girl]

Thank u so much guys, u have brought tears to my my eyes with ur kind & supportive words.
Your thought & prayes are much appreciated & I feel have deffinetly has helped Busta through this.

I will call & see if I can pick her up soon from the overnight vet so I can then take her to my normal vets for the day. I'm still trying to understand & diegest it all with what has happend to her.

Me being me took a camera to the vets last night to take a pic of my baby their with a drip in her arm. She was so happy to see us in a very tired type of way, that tail was wagging though & the vets was impressed that she was able to stand
Love Heidi

 

[doberkim]

she looks so sweet! best of luck and a speedy recovery - and kisses to her!

 

[yuckaduck]

Best of luck, speedy recovery and I will pray for you both tonight.

 

[Barb04]

I'm so glad she got the helped she needed. Keep us updated and can't wait to hear when she's back home.

 

[Busta Girl]

Sorry for the late update!

Well its been a month on now since Busta's operation & the results came back with what they found in the part of the vagina they sent away for test.
The main infected area was the vagina, they have Dianosed it as that she had "Chronic granulomatous to lymphoid follicular Vaginitis" in short "Chronic Vaginitis".

The problem that still lays is they don't know what caused the vaginitis (which is a vaginal infection), in should not occure in a bitch that has been desexed & of such a young age.
When they opened her up they found that she was desexed proberly so this is all still a mystery, we are unsure what will happen from here but are staying possitive that it won't re-occure.
They can't even rule out that somehow it can be all connected with her skin allergies that she is suffering at the moment.