Has Anyone Experience Of This ?

[peony]

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Poor little Blue, 14 yr old Bedlington x collie bitch, has just spent the day at the vets undergoing scans and bloodwork and has been diagnosed as having a pyometra. :blink: Having heard all of the awful horror stories regarding it, I was amazed at the vets decision to NOT operate. Obviously, Blues age is against her when it comes to anaesthesia and I also remembered when I had Rosie spayed 6years ago, the vets told me of the increased anaesthesia risk encountered by lurchery/running dog types and the fat ratio and absorption rates etc . Anyway, the vets who saw Blue told me of a Bedlington related condition whereby the liver function is compromised by anaesthesia and something else about a copper deficiency? Has anyone encountered this ?

So, Blue is back home, :* looking pleased to be back and immediately has assumed her favourite position .............stretched across the sofa with arms and legs akimbo. She has started a relatively new regime in the fight against pyo, which uses hormone therapy plus antibiotics and is to have another injection tomorrow, one in a weeks time and another the following week. By this stage, the vets say there is a 60% chance that it will beat the infection. Should it not, they will have to think again :unsure:

I asked the vet what would happen when Blue is due her next season and unfortunately, she will be prone to it all again so we shall have to rethink the spaying option, but at least then, there will only be her age and breeding against her as she wont be fighting infection too. :sweating:

I would be really interested if anyone has info or experience of any of this ................. :thumbsup:

 

[XXX]

hi p,

a few years back one of my mums dogs had pyometra, she was 12 yrs old, back then there was no alternative medication and she had to be spayed, once she was spayed she was perfectly fine, and she went on to the ripe old age of 17. i don't know if this will help but that is my experience of pyo.

hope she gets better soon :huggles:

 

[Jan Doherty]

It sounds as if she has an open Pyro which can be treated with anti biotics. The closed pyro is the killer one.

 

[J.T.]

Anyway, the vets who saw Blue told me of a Bedlington related condition whereby the liver function is compromised by anaesthesia and something else about a copper deficiency? Has anyone encountered this ?

Not had any experience of pyo but the Bedlington thing is copper toxicosis, a condition where the liver does not process copper content in the diet as in most "normal" dogs & the copper is stored up in the liver until it reaches very high levels. So not a deficiency but an overload. Some dogs can live with this until a good old age & others die young so there does not seem to be any logic to it.

My Rafferty Bedlington has regular blood tests to check his liver function & so far at aged 5 & a half everything seems to be working o.k. :thumbsup:

I hope Blue is feeling better soon :luck:

Julie

 

[bappit]

^^^what Jan Doherty said :thumbsup:

 

[peony]

It sounds as if she has an open Pyro which can be treated with anti biotics. The closed pyro is the killer one.

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:unsure: Yes, Blue does have an open pyo ..........................I was just curious as to the implications of her breed and the fact I had never heard of this hormone therapy before.

 

[lurcherburger]

right then.....

Blu is now onto her second injections of hormones and apart from the horrific discharge as her bits empty she appears in reasonable form,

I cant even begin to describe how scared I was when I found out she had a pyo..

You hear all the horror stories about closed pyo, which is what was originally suspected, shes such an old git that the thought of her going under the knife near enough led to me crying myself to sleep the night before she was due to go in..

I will keep you informed on her progress as she fights this infection and to the FEW who have replied I thank you for your concerns and well wishes... :blink: ..

 

[Crystal]

Hi I had a siamese cat with pyo (very unusual in cats) was treated with antibiotics and made a full recovery went on to have a healthy litter of kittens and touchwood even after her call has never had pyo again although the vet said she would be susceptible, apparently it's due to how the cervix/vulva opens and bacteria enters - only because it was an open pyo did it respond, but the next stage was to treat with prostaglandins to make the uterus contract to expel the pus but she recovered before they needed to do this.

Also had an elderly whippet spayed she was a rescue that came to live with me and we didn't really know her age but in hindsight she was probably about 12 I wasn't advised of age risk just outlined the normal risks, she survived the op went on for 2 weeks after then her lungs collapsed and I was then told that the anaestethic could have contributed- I would only have an elderly bitch spayed if there were no other choices after this happened .

Sory it's so long winded - hope it helps

Sue

 

[lurcherburger]

just an update on the old girl..

shes still not really eating although a visit frm hr old time favourite mr webbox sausage has coaxed some food down her..

shes looking smaller in the belly department and is still perky...

I am still worried sick.....

ill keep you all informed as she goes on...... :huh:

:homestar:

 

[Rae]

re the aneasthetic - there are some more suitable than others and there are also some drugs that can reverse them so quickly that they can almost jump off the table themselves.

If you are not happy, take her for a 2nd opinion. I did that with my oldie whippie girl recently and I'm so pleased I did.

 

[kim & Tilly]

right then.....
Blu is now onto her second injections of hormones and apart from the horrific discharge as her bits empty she appears in reasonable form,

I cant even begin to describe how scared I was when I found out she had a pyo..

You hear all the horror stories about closed pyo, which is what was originally suspected, shes such an old git that the thought of her going under the knife near enough led to me crying myself to sleep the night before she was due to go in..

I will keep you informed on her progress as she fights this infection and to the FEW who have replied I thank you for your concerns and well wishes... :blink: ..

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I was on a flying visit yesterday, so only replied quickly to a few things....

I have no experence of pyo (my girl is in season now) i will need to read up in FAQ

I wish her a speedy recovery and hope the injec work :huggles:

 

[Loopy]

Don't have any personal pyo experience either but wish her a speedy recovery :luck: I always worry myself sick when my animals are unwell.

Re anaesthetic my vet used half usual dose of pre med + human anaesthetic given slowly over 2 minutes (as running dogs metabolise it too quickly otherwise) when Lupe was spayed. Thankfully they are pretty switched on when it comes to Lurchers & Lupe is half whippy. She had no problems at all after op and had a job to keep her quiet over the following days

 

[lurcherburger]

Hi all...

just an update on lil Blu's progress,

She is still recovering from her Pyo but so far it seems the little cow is as strong as an ox and is beating it hands down. At 14-15years of age this is no mean feat and it is taking its toll as she has lost nearly a kilogram in 2 weeks (shes only 12kilo as it is)

she looks to make a full recovery though, but we have the possibility of having all this palava next season as well...

thanks again to all who PM'd me asking how she has been it really makes her feel loved...

heres a pic of the old git prior to her illness..

looking like Eyore off of winnie the pooh

 

[kris]

awwwww,bless her! :wub:

 

[stormydog]

HOPE SHE GETS BACK TO FULL HEALTH AGAIN CHUM. FINGERS CROSSED .

JOHN

 

[Trish]

hope she goes from strength to strength,and must say shes looking good for her age :wub:

 

[lurcherburger]

hey john !!

(surely it would be easier to speak when you phone ;-) )

shes on the mend mate, been springing about like a lunatic when out on a couple of the walks this week so fingers crossed she is gettin there..

Its been hard though, to see someone I have been with for sooo long so poorly...

ill let you know how she goes though...

thanks 8)

 

[lurcherburger]

well.... its been a couple of weeks now and Blue has made a full recovery from this..

on our last walk out she was the only one with energy for galloping about after their usual stint of ball play and frisbee...

she has found a whole new leas of life and just goes off like a firecracker when she gets down the field ripping around like when she was five again...

sometimes I hope when I reach 112 that I have the same energy levels as she does...

although she does seem to suffer from early morning hair for most of the day now.....

hehehehe ) )

vets are going to spay in four weeks...

as she is now fighting fit it is nowhere near as much of a worry

15 years old and full of it still....

 

[lalena]

glad to hear shes ok and best of luck with the spaying :luck: