Off to the vet with Riggs...

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Postby mnp13 » November 19th, 2011, 11:20 am

Last night he was eating his dinner, and as usual, gulped it down and vomited. It appears that something ended up in his nasal cavity and is now stuck there. He's having a lot of trouble breathing, and he keeps sneezing like his head is going to come off.

He let me irrigate his nasal passages last night (which was quite funny actually) but it didn't help much.

My guess is that they will sedate him and scope his nose... lovely...
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Postby Ino » November 19th, 2011, 11:55 am

Hope all goes well at the vet. Best wishes for Riggs!!
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Postby ArtGypsy » November 19th, 2011, 1:23 pm

:o :o
POOR Riggsy!!

Sending Warm thoughts and good wishes for you both...

Let us know the 'outcome'..(ahem . no pun intended)....when you can!!
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Postby DemoDick » November 19th, 2011, 1:43 pm

We're heading home now. No scope. The vet, who incidentally is a big believer in one way communication, thinks that he probably inflamed his nasal membranes by vomiting through his nose. He thinks the odds are extremely low that anything solid made it up there. We have some antibiotics and will feed bland for a few days to give things a rest. I'm still pretty sure there's a bone fragment in there.

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Postby ArtGypsy » November 19th, 2011, 5:04 pm

DemoDick wrote:We're heading home now. No scope. The vet, who incidentally is a big believer in one way communication, thinks that he probably inflamed his nasal membranes by vomiting through his nose. He thinks the odds are extremely low that anything solid made it up there. We have some antibiotics and will feed bland for a few days to give things a rest. I'm still pretty sure there's a bone fragment in there.

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:? :? Why Wouldn't the Dr. Look?? Was he just that certain??

Poor Riggsy...I remembered ONE TIME I laughed BEER out my nose.
Miserable....Couldn't Breathe through my nose for two days... :rolleyes2:
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » November 19th, 2011, 11:42 pm

I assume this wasn't your normal vet? That sucks the doc didn't put a lot of effort in. How's Riggs doing this evening?
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Postby mnp13 » November 20th, 2011, 1:09 am

To scope his nose he would have had to be heavily sedated or under. But the Dr wasn't listening to a thing we said. He kept bringing up those food bowls with the things in them to slow down the dog's eating. And could not get past the idea of him having a blockage, or other stomach or intestinal upset.

Then he said that Riggs needed to put on five pounds and mentioned having him checked for worms. He's 46 now, and could use a pound, maybe two but five? No, not hardly.

If Riggs is still sneezing like his head is coming off on Monday then we're going to make an appointment with our usual vet. I'm also going to irrigate his nose tomorrow with saline again and see if that helps at all.
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Postby fenella » November 23rd, 2011, 12:35 am

Any updates? Happy nose thoughts for Riggs!
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Postby DemoDick » November 23rd, 2011, 1:24 am

He's okay. Doing fine so far.

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Postby TheRedQueen » November 23rd, 2011, 8:52 am

DemoDick wrote:He's okay. Doing fine so far.

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Postby SisMorphine » November 23rd, 2011, 12:08 pm

He highly doubts anything solid made it up there? I get food up my nose all the time (and I swear I don't stick it there!). That's one of the reasons I try not to eat chives . . . those always end up stuck up my nose and those things KILL!!!
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