sfmini
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I want to share this information with as many people as possible in the hopes of preventing anybody else having to go through this.
Lily, my 4 year old Cardigan Welsh Corgi had emergency surgery last night. Her stomach is full of gorilla glue. She got into it over a week ago and nothing happened so we thought we were safe. Turns out it expands and it doesn't take much to cause trouble. Her stomach is stuffed tight and it has to come out now. She only got a tiny bit of it so it took two weeks to start causing trouble. I guess it expands when it gets wet, and keeps expanding so even a tiny amount can grow to a huge size. It was the size of a soccer ball according to the vet who just called to tell me it was out and she was fine. They had a hard time getting her stomach lifted out so they could remove it. Her gallbladder is very inflamed so we will have to worry for a week or so to hope that it settles down.
I am just glad we got her there and treated before it killed her!!
No more gorilla glue in our house. I learned that it tastes like maple syrup and peanuts so is very attractive to pets.
I asked the vet to keep the mass so we could see it. I'll take pictures and share with you guys. I am supposed to call later this morning for an update and might get to bring her home. The fantastic news is I will be bringing home a live dog and not one to bury.
The symptoms were very subtle, enough that if we hadn't known about the glue (if she had hidden it somewhere), we would have just thought she had a bit of a belly ache. She was playing, happy, acting normal except she wouldn't eat (only in the last 2 days) and would barf anything she did eat, look sad for a while, and then back to herself. I am so glad I googled it and learned what can happen and we called the vet and got in right away. They performed the surgery around 7pm and called me as soon as she was awake.
Lily, my 4 year old Cardigan Welsh Corgi had emergency surgery last night. Her stomach is full of gorilla glue. She got into it over a week ago and nothing happened so we thought we were safe. Turns out it expands and it doesn't take much to cause trouble. Her stomach is stuffed tight and it has to come out now. She only got a tiny bit of it so it took two weeks to start causing trouble. I guess it expands when it gets wet, and keeps expanding so even a tiny amount can grow to a huge size. It was the size of a soccer ball according to the vet who just called to tell me it was out and she was fine. They had a hard time getting her stomach lifted out so they could remove it. Her gallbladder is very inflamed so we will have to worry for a week or so to hope that it settles down.
I am just glad we got her there and treated before it killed her!!
No more gorilla glue in our house. I learned that it tastes like maple syrup and peanuts so is very attractive to pets.
I asked the vet to keep the mass so we could see it. I'll take pictures and share with you guys. I am supposed to call later this morning for an update and might get to bring her home. The fantastic news is I will be bringing home a live dog and not one to bury.
The symptoms were very subtle, enough that if we hadn't known about the glue (if she had hidden it somewhere), we would have just thought she had a bit of a belly ache. She was playing, happy, acting normal except she wouldn't eat (only in the last 2 days) and would barf anything she did eat, look sad for a while, and then back to herself. I am so glad I googled it and learned what can happen and we called the vet and got in right away. They performed the surgery around 7pm and called me as soon as she was awake.