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Magnus · 03-28-2014, 06:20 PM

Matese is currently having issues with getting on YT so I've offered to post on her behalf regarding Cody. If you have any advice/suggestions to offer, please do and I will pass it onto her until she can get on the site herself to check the replies.

"They are keeping Cody tonight, hopefully he'll be home tomorrow. When your pet has to stay over night or for several days a tech calls in the morning to give update on dogs progress. I asked her what type of surgery was performed on Cody. All she does is read from a report, she said it was manual, a balloon was inserted and inflated, the blockage i am assuming was cut or scraped off, and sent out for a biopsy.

No stitches inside or outside. The tech told me they put a pain patch on him, on his rear leg, the patch is stapled to him, it's a 72 hour pain patch, and needs to be changed this Sunday. That is my concern, the "stapled" patch. None of the dogs I ever had went through something like this. I never heard of a pain patch or of stapling such a thing like this to a dog, but then again I don't know of anyone's dog that had a blockage in the colon.

Why a pain patch and not a pain pill? The tech said it takes 12 hours for the patch to get the pain med into the blood stream. Does a pain patch work faster then giving a pill for pain? Is a patch better then a pain pill? questions, questions, questions and no answers. Well at least I am happy to know, no scalpel was used, no stitches, I guess the pain is from removing the blockage."

03-28-2014, 06:20 PM	#1
Magnus Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 3,192	Question from Matese about Cody Matese is currently having issues with getting on YT so I've offered to post on her behalf regarding Cody. If you have any advice/suggestions to offer, please do and I will pass it onto her until she can get on the site herself to check the replies. "They are keeping Cody tonight, hopefully he'll be home tomorrow. When your pet has to stay over night or for several days a tech calls in the morning to give update on dogs progress. I asked her what type of surgery was performed on Cody. All she does is read from a report, she said it was manual, a balloon was inserted and inflated, the blockage i am assuming was cut or scraped off, and sent out for a biopsy. No stitches inside or outside. The tech told me they put a pain patch on him, on his rear leg, the patch is stapled to him, it's a 72 hour pain patch, and needs to be changed this Sunday. That is my concern, the "stapled" patch. None of the dogs I ever had went through something like this. I never heard of a pain patch or of stapling such a thing like this to a dog, but then again I don't know of anyone's dog that had a blockage in the colon. Why a pain patch and not a pain pill? The tech said it takes 12 hours for the patch to get the pain med into the blood stream. Does a pain patch work faster then giving a pill for pain? Is a patch better then a pain pill? questions, questions, questions and no answers. Well at least I am happy to know, no scalpel was used, no stitches, I guess the pain is from removing the blockage."