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Originally Posted by dottiesyrky  Poor baby.
Did not look that gross though as the dog was asleep. Could not see any solids, are the stones broken up that small? I was expecting lumps of stuff coming out with the water. Perhaps I just did not look hard enough?
Interesting that just pressure on the lower abdomen could do the job.
Good luck when Teddy has this done, hope it makes him better. |
I know, I expected more but think how small they are! Teddy's stones are very tiny - all are 2-3 mm. So they can pass. But they can analyze them as small as a poppy seed size.
The way they do it is that they put him to sleep and give him medications to relax the bladder walls so it does not contract. Then they pass a catheter into the bladder and fill the bladder with saline solution. Then they stand him up like in the video and they squeeze. Hopefully the pressure of the squeeze will get the sand and gravel out.
It takes like a month to get the results which is very aggravating. But, if I don't do it now, and the gravel gets bigger, he won't be able to have this procedure and will have to be cut for surgery.