I had a little girl that the hernia didn't show up until she was 9 wks old. I was holding her for my friends parents that were not due back from Arizona last spring until about a month later. I took her to the vet that day and they said it was a little one and sometimes they didn't show up until they're more than 8 wks old. They showed me how to pop it back in and watch out incase it would not go back in. Because she was so little they scheduled the surgery for her 12th week. We kept popping it back, sometimes 3x a day, then it started to happen less. By the appt when she was 12 wks old, I took her in the morning and dropped her off. Dr P called me 2 hrs later and said that it had healed itself, he said that he even tried to make it herniate. He said that there was no need for surgery at that point and to have the abdominal wall heal itself was not uncommon. He asked to have her vet check for it when she was spayed. When her new momma had her spayed the vet checked and found no sign of a hernia.
Good Luck with your baby's surgery. It should be quick & you'll have her back soon. |