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    Rosie ate an eye mask, and now she's in the hospital. What to expect.

    hi all.
    my 12 yo girl ate my son's eye mask and half of it came up this morning, but then she started vomiting a lot. I took her to the vet and the other half has made it through her stomach and may be lodged in her small intestine (as seen on xray).

    Over the past 12 years she has eaten:
    1. Unbaked large loaf of bread
    2. Bag of flour
    3. 2 pounds of chocolate almonds
    4. 2 pounds of grapes
    5. a large amount of cannabis resin (hash)
    6. 3 boxes of all bran cereal (the one that expands when wet)
    7. somewhere in the area of 10 golf gloves or more (one at a time over many years) - this is her favourite and I have no idea how or why she takes them-even after I put them deep in my golf bag
    8. countless garbage robberies in the house

    But I'm afraid this darn eye mask may be the only thing that isn't going to either be able to pass or get induced to return through vomiting it back up.

    I think the obstruction has been there about more than a week, and she is just now vomiting (like 8 times today).

    She was put on fluids and is staying in the hospital overnight and I should get some news in the morning on how she's doing.

    I hate to speculate, but if she needs surgery what are the complications that can come after.

    What other experiences out there can you share about things getting stuck once it leaves the stomach into small intestine? Prognosis, Treatment, etc?

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    Surgery is very expensive and will take a minimum of two weeks to heal while your dog is in a confined space, preferably a crate, or under constant supervision with leashed short walks to eliminate. Surgery is almost a certainty given the length of time that she's been blocked and the condition that she is now in. The constant vomiting pretty much indicates that this is not going to pass through so they'll have to cut through the intestine and remove the object.

    I'm very sorry for your dog.

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    A lot will depend on what they find once they get in there, assuming surgery is needed. If there is a blockage but the surrounding tissue is otherwise healthy, an incision to remove the object, sew the incision back up, sew her back up may be what happens. If the tissue is compromised from lack of blood flow and a section of bowel needs to be removed along with the obstruction, or there's leakage of fluids into the abdominal cavity, that's a more serious situation. Someone on here had a dog with some dead bowel around an obstruction and that was one sick pup. He did recover but it was touch and go for a while. One of mine had the surgery as a youngster, I knew there was a problem within a few hours of the sock going missing. His surgery was as uncomplicated as that kind of surgery can get, I think. It's hard to predict- you see things about dogs who have swallowed stuff that has been in their stomachs for what seems like ages and the dogs recover with no problems.

    Anyway, it's major abdominal surgery. Activity will be restricted until the stitches come out in about 2 weeks, probably. A cone will be needed to keep her from licking the incision which can cause it to become infected or open up. If she's 12 years old she may not be terribly active anyway, but leashed walks only, no running, jumping or playing. Gradual return to her food, instructions per the vet. Antibiotics and maybe pain meds for a period of time. Cost depends upon your vet's practice, I've heard a wide range.

    Good luck to Rosie, she sounds like a cat with 9 lives. I hope she recovers to live another.

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    sending good thoughts she's ok and surgery (if required) goes well. I have nothing to add beyond what has already been posted above.

    You posted you were getting a puppy in a few weeks (a few weeks ago) - has the puppy arrived/on the way?

    (I agree your pup seems to have 9 lives - some of those things she ate are considered toxic to dogs!! likes grapes and chcoolate)

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    Anthony ate a rope (instead of the hooves attached to the rope) and started exactly what you describe, frequent vomiting. He was admitted and put on fluids (which helps things 'move') and actually passed it in the middle of the night. So hopefully that might be what happens with you.

 



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