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Originally Posted by ladyjane  While it may be true that surgery might be the only option, my understanding is that ideally the scope comes first.
I was merely commenting because of the highlighted words in the OP's original post that clearly say that the vet feels she should be scoped but money is not available...AND honestly my main concern was to let her know that there are ways to avoid having such disasters in the future ie: insurance Perhaps you have some information that might help the op in understanding how insurance works for pets?
I too am so happy to hear that Jazi is doing well. |
Yup, first line is to scope. It is best to do that for foreign bodies in the stomach too. But sooooo many vets still cut instead. So I don't think cutting first is a major deviation from standard of care.
Now if vet cut esophagus open, that would be risky for generalist to do and would change the situation. But trying to pull something into the stomach sounds fair. I saw somebody said the vet knew this was risky. I'm guessing risky isn't the word. The vet probably just wasn't sure if it would work.
We are lucky to have endoscopy onsite here. It is possible for cats and small dogs, but a small breed pup is so tiny. fitting a scope in there would have to be a challenge anyway.
From somebody who loves endo, I'd still let my dog's stomach be cut in a similar situation if needed.
I agree about pet insurance.
She said she doesn't have credit though, so no way to pay before reimbursement.
