Plant spike up my dogs nose
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I'm wondering if this has happened to any other dog owners and what the outcome was.
I took my dog out for a walk the other day and she came running back to me sneezing badly. As she looked distressed, I initially thought she had been stung so I took her home quickly in my arms (she's only 8kg), gave her some water and 4mg of antihistamine.
It seemed to sooth the sneezing and she seemed fine for the rest of the night, but the following evening she started sneezing again. Once again, I had to calm her down and she started panting which indicating she was in pain. We called the vet and had an appointment booked first thing in the morning. It was a terrible night as she didn't stop sneezing and in the morning I noticed some faint spots of blood in her mucus.
My wife has just taken her in, and the vet has found a plant spike lodged up her nose and my pup is now under general anaesthetic so the vet can try and remove it.
If they can't remove it with tweezers, we've been told she will give us some medication that we need to administer up my dogs nose and over time, it'll hopefully break the spike down and it'll be expelled naturally.
If that doesn't work, she'll need surgery in her nose and the vet said this was an absolute last resort and it could cause long term damage to her nose.
To say I'm worried is an understatement. My dog is literally my shadow so I can imagine she is absolutely distressed being at the vets without me.
Has anyone else had a similar situation and was the outcome positive?
I took my dog out for a walk the other day and she came running back to me sneezing badly. As she looked distressed, I initially thought she had been stung so I took her home quickly in my arms (she's only 8kg), gave her some water and 4mg of antihistamine.
It seemed to sooth the sneezing and she seemed fine for the rest of the night, but the following evening she started sneezing again. Once again, I had to calm her down and she started panting which indicating she was in pain. We called the vet and had an appointment booked first thing in the morning. It was a terrible night as she didn't stop sneezing and in the morning I noticed some faint spots of blood in her mucus.
My wife has just taken her in, and the vet has found a plant spike lodged up her nose and my pup is now under general anaesthetic so the vet can try and remove it.
If they can't remove it with tweezers, we've been told she will give us some medication that we need to administer up my dogs nose and over time, it'll hopefully break the spike down and it'll be expelled naturally.
If that doesn't work, she'll need surgery in her nose and the vet said this was an absolute last resort and it could cause long term damage to her nose.
To say I'm worried is an understatement. My dog is literally my shadow so I can imagine she is absolutely distressed being at the vets without me.
Has anyone else had a similar situation and was the outcome positive?
Refer for endoscopy removal maybe?
I don't know what medicine they are referring to tbh but hopefully it will do the trick soon enough poor thing!
Can understand your worry but I am sure it will be ok.
Usually we can reach fb's in the nose with crocodile forceps ( I would hope they have tried that) or with Flushing but if embedded that would be trickier.
She'll be doped up on drugs so hopefully she won't be too stressed at the vets, she will be very happy to see you again though I'm sure!
I don't know what medicine they are referring to tbh but hopefully it will do the trick soon enough poor thing!
Can understand your worry but I am sure it will be ok.
Usually we can reach fb's in the nose with crocodile forceps ( I would hope they have tried that) or with Flushing but if embedded that would be trickier.
She'll be doped up on drugs so hopefully she won't be too stressed at the vets, she will be very happy to see you again though I'm sure!
Sorry....just insanely busy these days with work and heading off on holiday tomorrow which is not great timing.
Unfortunately the vet was unable to extract the thorn with tweezers while my dog was sedated. She's suggested it won't cause any immediate threat and gave her a dose of antibiotics, an anti-inflamatory drug and just said to keep an eye on her over the next few days and hope it'll come out naturally.
Sadly, this hasn't happened and she's still sneezing lots but getting better certainly. She's very lively and active so definitely not got any infections but I'm still worried about the thorn.
Tomorrow we're taking her back in to get the situation assessed again by the vet. My wife is rushed off her feet as we're heading off on holiday so luckily my in-laws have offered to take care of her instead of going to a kennel as planned.
I've even thought of cancelling my trip to stay with her but ultimately I know she's in good hands with my mother-in-law. (She also has two dogs and a massive home and garden to run around).
So, off to the vets. If the thorn cannot be removed with tweezers or naturally, she could potentially have some surgery to remove it but I'm very reluctant as this has a very high chance of damaging her nose permanently. We'll see.....
Unfortunately the vet was unable to extract the thorn with tweezers while my dog was sedated. She's suggested it won't cause any immediate threat and gave her a dose of antibiotics, an anti-inflamatory drug and just said to keep an eye on her over the next few days and hope it'll come out naturally.
Sadly, this hasn't happened and she's still sneezing lots but getting better certainly. She's very lively and active so definitely not got any infections but I'm still worried about the thorn.
Tomorrow we're taking her back in to get the situation assessed again by the vet. My wife is rushed off her feet as we're heading off on holiday so luckily my in-laws have offered to take care of her instead of going to a kennel as planned.
I've even thought of cancelling my trip to stay with her but ultimately I know she's in good hands with my mother-in-law. (She also has two dogs and a massive home and garden to run around).
So, off to the vets. If the thorn cannot be removed with tweezers or naturally, she could potentially have some surgery to remove it but I'm very reluctant as this has a very high chance of damaging her nose permanently. We'll see.....
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