When I go to my vet....of course these people know me and know "how I am"....but long before I became a breeder, I always asked for what I wanted. When I had a baby that I THOUGHT had to have some potentially terminal, catastrophic abdominal problem....being in medicine, my mind IMMEDIATELY goes to the worse case!.....I snatched my baby who was in such pain in her abdominal area that she could not even curl up to sleep.....she had to lay down stretched out fully.....I told the vet I wanted a complete abdominal series of xrays done!!!! The vet, who was a very good vet, assured me after a thorough exam, that he did not think we had anything ruptured or "dead gut" from infarcted messentaric artery, or obstruction. He diagnosed a GI upset with all the gurgling and gas he could hear and palpate in her distended abdomen...but I was insistant, for my own peace of mind! He did the xrays, although he reiterated he would do it just because I was insisting it be done...and thank God, he was correct....she had appparently gotten a little piece of a poinsettia plant that was in my foyer.....do NOT believe that these plants are not toxic to pets! Saying all that to tell you, if you want an xray done, just tell them you would like it done anyway, just for your own peace of mind....same with blood work, etc. |