Patty's Ali - my precious, beautiful angel

[ladysmom06]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Hi Patty,

Good luck with Ali's surgery today. PLease keep us posted. Hugs to the two of you.

[Patty]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

You all are so thoughtful to send us so many well wishes! Thank you!

Ali did well. Last night her bg was 130 before bed. This morning was 174. I gave her 1/3 of her usual dose. She was 240 when we left the house...she'd been following me around wondering where her breakfast was!

They took her blood for labwork at 8:50a and it was 235. My meter read 197 (with my adjustment) with lip stick and 240 (with adjustment) with the venous blood they'd drawn. The vet gave her a morphine injection to start sedation. Ali had a few dry heaves after that which she warned was a normal reaction. They also use an isoflurane gas in the operating room). I was able to stay with her until right before they took her for the procedure. The surgery took about an hour. She was out by about 10:15am. Her bg was 265 by my meter.

We went back and sat with her as she came out of the anesthesia. She was very vocal...whining and tossing her head around. Once she got her bearings, I got a sloppy kiss on the ear, lol. She finally got her legs to work again and we were home by noon.

The vet said she had to make a larger incision than she initially planned. The growth had several nodules around it. She used some webbing in addition to the sutures to close the area as she didn't want to pull the skin too tight and cut off the circulation to that area of the tail.

So, we head back on Wed. for dressing change and to let the vet look at it. We have 500mg Amoxicillin as antibiotic twice a day for a week and half of a 227mg tablet of Previcox for pain once a day for 1-2 days as needed.

She's still a bit wobbly. It's beautiful here and she wants to be out, so I took her pillow outside to lay on the patio and she's fairly alert watching everything but she does the "head bob" as her eyes get heavy. (I added a couple of pictures from today to my profile page since I can't put them in the body of the post). She's not up to drinking anything and has refused ice chips, which she loves. Hopefully she'll eat something tonight.

Patty and Ali (whose 10th B-day is in 3 days! )

And thanks Natalie for the compliment on the photos...that fluffy pup is baby Ali.

[k9diabetes]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

I'm so glad to hear that her operation is all done and she's home and recovering. It's really hard to watch them when they are still sedated - they look kind of miserable. How nice that you got to be with her right away.

Natalie

[k9diabetes]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali



I don't know if only I can do this... I clicked on your picture in the gallery and then did a right mouse click to get "properties" and then just copied the URL of the photo.

She looks good!

Natalie

[Margaret Boyle]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

You all are so thoughtful to send us so many well wishes! Thank you!

Ali did well. Last night her bg was 130 before bed. This morning was 174. I gave her 1/3 of her usual dose. She was 240 when we left the house...she'd been following me around wondering where her breakfast was!

They took her blood for labwork at 8:50a and it was 235. My meter read 197 (with my adjustment) with lip stick and 240 (with adjustment) with the venous blood they'd drawn. The vet gave her a morphine injection to start sedation. Ali had a few dry heaves after that which she warned was a normal reaction. They also use an isoflurane gas in the operating room). I was able to stay with her until right before they took her for the procedure. The surgery took about an hour. She was out by about 10:15am. Her bg was 265 by my meter.

We went back and sat with her as she came out of the anesthesia. She was very vocal...whining and tossing her head around. Once she got her bearings, I got a sloppy kiss on the ear, lol. She finally got her legs to work again and we were home by noon.

The vet said she had to make a larger incision than she initially planned. The growth had several nodules around it. She used some webbing in addition to the sutures to close the area as she didn't want to pull the skin too tight and cut off the circulation to that area of the tail.

So, we head back on Wed. for dressing change and to let the vet look at it. We have 500mg Amoxicillin as antibiotic twice a day for a week and half of a 227mg tablet of Previcox for pain once a day for 1-2 days as needed.

She's still a bit wobbly. It's beautiful here and she wants to be out, so I took her pillow outside to lay on the patio and she's fairly alert watching everything but she does the "head bob" as her eyes get heavy. (I added a couple of pictures from today to my profile page since I can't put them in the body of the post). She's not up to drinking anything and has refused ice chips, which she loves. Hopefully she'll eat something tonight.

Patty and Ali (whose 10th B-day is in 3 days! )

And thanks Natalie for the compliment on the photos...that fluffy pup is baby Ali.

Hi Patti,
Glad to hear Ali is through her surgery just to let you know we are thinking about you both

Hugs to you both.

[Patty]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Natalie,
I'm going to try to insert a picture with your instructions. You click on insert image and add the URL there, right?



It didn't work in the preview. I guess maybe it is just a moderater control.?
Patty

[ladysmom06]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Hi Patty,

Glad to hear that the surgery is over and she's home. Wishing Ali a speedy recovery. Hugs to the two of you.

[k9diabetes]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

I will log on using one of my nonmoderator controls and see...

Natalie

[wasmrgus]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

[k9diabetes]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Looks like any member can insert one of their gallery photos into a post here. To do that, follow these instructions:

Go to the gallery and click on the picture you want to post so you get the large version of it

PC users right-click with your mouse on the picture and choose Properties from the menu that comes up when you right-click. (I forget what the Mac equivalent is if you don't have a two-button mouse!)

In Properties, it will list the Address (U R L) of the picture. Copy that to the clipboard.

Go to the composing area for a new post.

Click on the image icon (yellow square with littley itty bitty mountains!)

Overwrite what's in the box with the full U R L you copied from the images Properties.

Depending on how you have the composer set - basic or advanced - you will see either the U R L in Image tags or the actual image. If you have only tags, you can hit Preview before submitting to see if it shows up.

Feel free to practice in the Learn by Trial and Error section.

And eventually I'll move this post to a Everything Else.

Natalie

[Patty]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Got some good news today. Ali's tumor was a benign sebaceous adenoma. I found this site that's talks about them: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=1&SourceID=42

She had a dressing change on Wed. and vet said it looked good. She has to go back on Sat and next Tues. Vet wants to leave the stitches in for 3 weeks.

Ali had been "stuck" in the 300s. Last night's preshot number was 171. I suspect some of it was from not having a BM (side effect of anesthesia) until yesterday afternoon and the excitement of being at the vet's and having her dressing changed. She's seems to be back to her previous trend before surgery now. I did have to increase her to 9 1/4 u.

Today is her 10th B-day! She has a new toy and a new bone to show for it


I'd say she likes it, LOL!
Patty

[k9diabetes]

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Happy birthday Miss Ali!! So glad you're on the mend!

Wonderful news on the biopsy Patty! She looked great in her pictures, amazing so soon after surgery.

Natalie

[ravenecw]

Re: Update on Patty's Ali

Got some good news today. Ali's tumor was a benign sebaceous adenoma. I found this site that's talks about them: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=1&SourceID=42

She had a dressing change on Wed. and vet said it looked good. She has to go back on Sat and next Tues. Vet wants to leave the stitches in for 3 weeks.

Ali had been "stuck" in the 300s. Last night's preshot number was 171. I suspect some of it was from not having a BM (side effect of anesthesia) until yesterday afternoon and the excitement of being at the vet's and having her dressing changed. She's seems to be back to her previous trend before surgery now. I did have to increase her to 9 1/4 u.

Today is her 10th B-day! She has a new toy and a new bone to show for it


I'd say she likes it, LOL!
Patty

Really like to see these happy pictures of our animals.... I should have a camera ready but i'm too busy playing with Sable to snap pictures (but I really should as pictures like yours are so great to see)...

[lab lover]

Re: Patty's Ali - Happy 10th Birthday Thursday July 9!

Happy Birthday to Ali she looks so happy in your picture and really good for ten yrs old, I'm glad everything worked out regarding her cyst, I hope Baby looks that good at 10. She is a really happy and a pretty dog. Since Baby got diabetes I can't get her too play with any toys yet I hope some day she'll be back to playing with her ball or rope toy too. So glad you got good news. Ida

[Jooniper]

Re: Patty's Ali - Happy 10th Birthday Thursday July 9!

Happy Birthday Ali! I LOVE the picture of her! She looks so happy and healthy

Thats wonderful about the tumor