Jenk
Well-Known Member
I'm seeking any last-minute advice regarding my girl, Zoe. She's only passed about six fecals in three day's time. She's been hospitalized several days in a row to receive injectables and fluids. The vet was concerned by today, since Zoe surpassed the "48-hour period" by when motility drugs should be effective.
Yesterday, Zoe got IV and sub-Q fluids. (The vet switched to sub-Q's because Zoe kept chewing through the IV line.) She passed four fecals that day, one of which was the size of a large grape and was rock hard.
Today at the vet's, Zoe got 120 cc's of sub-Q's, injectables, and two enemas (with warm, sudsy water). In between the two enemas, the vet saw fecal material stick out of Zoe's rectum, then go back inside. Zoe didn't wind up passing anything, and she continues to strain to do so.
I'm feeling anxious and desperate. The vet said we could bring Zoe back for another enema tomorrow morning, but the clinic is only open until 12 pm. In other words, if Zoe doesn't pass anything close to their closing time, we'll have a difficult decision to make. And I just don't want to.... :bawl:
BTW, Zoe has megacolon, and, in April, a mass was discovered in right-hand side
(partially obscured by a kidney). For all we know, her megacolon condition may
have made her colon function nil, or the mass has grown and is somehow impeding
on her intestinal tract.
Thank you,
Jenk
Yesterday, Zoe got IV and sub-Q fluids. (The vet switched to sub-Q's because Zoe kept chewing through the IV line.) She passed four fecals that day, one of which was the size of a large grape and was rock hard.
Today at the vet's, Zoe got 120 cc's of sub-Q's, injectables, and two enemas (with warm, sudsy water). In between the two enemas, the vet saw fecal material stick out of Zoe's rectum, then go back inside. Zoe didn't wind up passing anything, and she continues to strain to do so.
I'm feeling anxious and desperate. The vet said we could bring Zoe back for another enema tomorrow morning, but the clinic is only open until 12 pm. In other words, if Zoe doesn't pass anything close to their closing time, we'll have a difficult decision to make. And I just don't want to.... :bawl:
BTW, Zoe has megacolon, and, in April, a mass was discovered in right-hand side
(partially obscured by a kidney). For all we know, her megacolon condition may
have made her colon function nil, or the mass has grown and is somehow impeding
on her intestinal tract.
Thank you,
Jenk