Hello everyone,
2 nights ago I was woken up by Wilma (my basset hound foster) to find her hit with bloat!!! I almost had a heart attack when I saw her condition.
This happened at about 4am, thank god she was making a lot of noise in her crate that woke me up.
Right away I put her in the car and off we went. I made the phone calls from the car as I live out in the country and wanted to get closer to any town as possible. I called the closest emergency clinic but they had to turn me away because they were too busy. So I called my own vet but the vet is away on holiday so they refered me to another emergency clinc that's about 45 mins away. Needless to say we got there in about 25 mins. Her life was on the line so my husband was going about 90 miles while I sat in the back with her trying to comfort her as much as possible.
We got to the clininc and almost right away she was in surgery. She is so lucky that there was no tissue damage. The vet showed us the x-ray and her stomach was at least 5 times the normal size!!! I went to visit her last night and when she heard my voice her tail started wagging violently
She tried to get up but we need to keep her stable.
So far she is recovering well. Please keep my sweet, lovable Wilma in your thoughts for a speedy recovery.
Also I must say that the rescue I volunteer for are the BEST. They did not hesitate for one second about the HUGE vet bill. All they want is for her to survive and be healthy. Her life was on the line and they acted quick about getting funds, even though it was so early in the morning.
2 nights ago I was woken up by Wilma (my basset hound foster) to find her hit with bloat!!! I almost had a heart attack when I saw her condition.
This happened at about 4am, thank god she was making a lot of noise in her crate that woke me up.
Right away I put her in the car and off we went. I made the phone calls from the car as I live out in the country and wanted to get closer to any town as possible. I called the closest emergency clinic but they had to turn me away because they were too busy. So I called my own vet but the vet is away on holiday so they refered me to another emergency clinc that's about 45 mins away. Needless to say we got there in about 25 mins. Her life was on the line so my husband was going about 90 miles while I sat in the back with her trying to comfort her as much as possible.
We got to the clininc and almost right away she was in surgery. She is so lucky that there was no tissue damage. The vet showed us the x-ray and her stomach was at least 5 times the normal size!!! I went to visit her last night and when she heard my voice her tail started wagging violently
She tried to get up but we need to keep her stable.So far she is recovering well. Please keep my sweet, lovable Wilma in your thoughts for a speedy recovery.
Also I must say that the rescue I volunteer for are the BEST. They did not hesitate for one second about the HUGE vet bill. All they want is for her to survive and be healthy. Her life was on the line and they acted quick about getting funds, even though it was so early in the morning.
