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OT - Canine Sudden Collapse Syndrome

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RickB

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I'd never heard of it.
This afternoon our white Boxer 'Tuppy' collapsed and was unable to get up.

She seemed perfectly healthy beforehand.

I was called so I came home early from work.
When I got to her I could tell her body temp was low and her normally pink gums were white.
When she saw me she wagged her tail but that was all she was moving.

I carried her to the van and we got her to the vet, blood tests and x-rays were done after the vet found blood in her abdomen.
So she collapsed from a burst tumor, blood loss caused her to faint.

Since the blood work and x-rays didn't show any cause to think it's something that's spread through lungs or liver we went ahead and scheduled surgery for tomorrow morning.

Hopefully we'll get her back home tomorrow afternoon.

Rick
 
Good luck Rick!

From your description this is very serious. How old is the dog? No history of Rodenticide ingestion? Prolonged bleeding time? Could also be a burst blood vessel in the abdomen since no tumor was visable on X-ray. Is an Ultrasound available at the clinic. This might localize a mass not visable on x-ray! Keep us informed. Had a case like this in vet school, that drove me nutts for days.

Paul
 
Hope all goes well with your four-legged friend!
 
She's going to be seven on June 1st.
Purebred boxers are know to be tumor producers.
As far as we know she hasn't eaten anything bad, the x-ray did show a possible tumor around or on the spleen but the blood work was very favorable regarding liver function so that was encouraging. If it's the spleen then out it comes and home she goes. We will know tomorrow morning.
 
I hope all goes well, Rick. Seven is too young an age to lose a pooch!


It's amazing how far we've come with pet hospitals and the array of surgical procedures that are now commonplace. Several years ago my cat underwent a radical mastectomy to remove some cancer and she was up and back to her usual self in a couple of days time (albeit with one heck of a scar).

20 or 30 years ago she would have just died or been put to sleep.....I was able to enjoy 3 1/2 more years with her before she finally died (at nearly 16!), so it was well worth the cost of the operation. I hope your surgery is a success and that Tuppy will be back to her old self very soon.
 
It's worse than kids. They can at least TALK to tell ya what's hurting at onset.

Good vibes bein' sent your way Rick. Furry charges are all we've got here. They're as much our family as the two-legged kind could ever be.
 
Thank you all, she is 'our baby' even though we have 6 children and one other Boxer (her half brother / half nephew).

Here's a little story about our special pooch.

When she was a little less than a year old someone stole her, we put up posters and wandered the alleys hoping to hear her bark or see her.

Then someone recognized her on one of the posters and told us that they had a "friend" visiting from about 50 miles away who saw our puppy and said "I'd sure like to have a dog like that". They told us that the "friend" had been convicted in another county for stealing dogs. We tried to work through police, but here this is considered a "property crime" and is low on their priority scale.

We got the address of the woman and my wife and I drove out and staked out the place. The woman and her spawn were not at home so we just kept watching the place. After a long time ( and a bit of whistling and calling on my part) she eventually poked her head up in a window and I saw that it was her.

I got the local police to come along on a "knock and talk" and of course when the door opened Tuppy came running out. The woman gave some story about finding the puppy. The Police said it would be pretty much impossible to convict her without a witness who saw her take the dog. We just took our dog and went home, with a stop along the way for a double cheeseburger for her.

We felt we had been extremely blessed to get her back again, it was terrible for our family to go through those days without her but so great to get her back. We have really enjoyed the years we have had with her and if she comes home and returns to health we will cherish the time remaining.

Tuppy is the white one, Thatcher is the brown boy back when she considered him to be "her puppy".
(I'm sure she still thinks so even though he has outgrown her)
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The difference between people and pets.... resilience!

I had surgery a few months ago, minor and routine supposed to be outpatient but complications made for one night stay in the hospital. It was a week before I could even function, several before I felt normal.

My dog? major mojo removed a month after I had my surg.. The next day he's ready to go to the beach to chase the tennis ball and go for a swim.

They say everything you need to know you can learn from your dog.

I thought I had lost my cat of 12 years last week. She vanished after the small earthquake we had, I thought she was a goner! I was very sad, but at the same time happy that I had 12 years with her. Five days later she re-appears.... Dirty, smelly and [censored] off! I can't tell you how much more I love and appreciate her now that she's back!

I think she deserves another cheeseburger!
 
Hoping all goes well for you Rick. Even though I have 3 young girls under the age of 10, I also have two dogs. Snickers the aged Beagle who I don't think will be long before we see his passing and Jasper who is new to the family after we lost our 4 year old Fox Hound from Cancer.
We had gotten the Fox Hound as a stray and wondered if he was let go to roam because of his Cancer. After a week at the vet and two weeks at home, he was put down after fluid on the lungs and having difficulty breathing. I miss the young chap but we gave him real good care for his last couple of months.
Its nice that after the kids and my wife have gone to bed, I still have them to talk to. I have not taken Jasper out in the car yet, but looking forward to it.
Allan
 
Lost my buddy a couple months ago, know just what you all are talking about.

Enough said, chokes me up yet.
 
I'm at work, waiting for the call from the vet.
I'm going to have to do some work and not read this stuff for a while, I really appreciate all the kindness here. I'll come back after I get the call.
 
Rick, I hope all goes well. Let us know.

Larry
 
Rick, I am so sorry that you are having pet troubles. She is a such a sweet dog. I will be thinking about her for you. Sounds like you are taking good care of her.
 
Thank you all,

She got out of surgery and received some IV medication (antibiotics - don't know what else). They say we can bring her home this evening.

They sent out a sample for a biopsy, that takes 3 to 5 business days.

Now I'm looking for information on what a dog does without a spleen.

The vet said it looked like only the spleen was affected, we will ask about diet and anything else we need to know this afternoon when we go to get her.
 
My sister in law without her spleen can't eat fried food.
Have a quiet weekend and we will be looking forward to how things go.
Allan
 
We got her home at about 5:30.

She was still pretty groggy, she was coming out of it around 7:30 when she wanted to get up and get some water then out to pee. We fed her a pain pill about 10:30 and she got up again at about 11:00 to drink more then out again.
So far this is encouraging. She has an appetite for hot dog bits, that's how I got the pill into her.

Looks like I know what I'm doing all weekend. Wish I could join the Spridget guys up in Everett but I've got to take care of this recovering post-op friend.
 
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