ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
On 2-15-17, Jake the Wonder Dog had surgery on his mouth. I learned a lot and it may be worth sharing.
For a while, Jake yelped when he was eating his dry "crunchy" dog food. We figured that he had pain in his mouth, but we never really found anything wrong. He finally had some swelling on the sides of his jaw. That did it!
We took Jake to the famous East side "Dr. Mel" who has taken care of him since he was a puppy and we scheduled a surgery for 2-15. Until then, we gave Jake some antibiotic from an eye dropper twice per day.
Jake loves Dr Mel (and she loves him), so friend Bonnie and I were very confident that Jake was in good hands. We left him at the office, said our goodby's and were told to call about 12 noon.
The hours dragged by and this house seemed so empty and quiet without Wonder Dog! We called as instructed and got the news. Dr Mel had been working on Jake for about 4 hours! His jaw was filled with infection and he had to have 15 teeth pulled! We delayed coming to the office until 4pm so they could watch Jake for a couple of hours before sending him home. The tab was $370 not including the pre surgery antibotics
I was SO GLAD to see the little guy! The boy was woozy and had no interest in food or drink. That was OK as Dr. Mel said we should withhold food and water. Bonnie stayed over and I'm awfully glad that she did. The boy was pretty sick.
Next, came a couple of days and nights with Jake coughing and throwing up. It's good that I had plenty of paper towels and Windex! Even though he was pretty sick, he never "went" in the house. The little Trooper showed us that he had to go and went out to do his business as usual. He gets a gold star!
Now, four days later, he's almost back to his old puppy self! He runs a little in the yard and crawled up in my arms to snooze a few times. We got our puppy back!
So for what it's worth, here's what I learned:
Dog breath is one thing. When it gets too bad, something is wrong. Don't wait!
Any swelling outside the mouth....get to the Vet.
Plan on pretty intensive care for several days. I stayed right with the boy all day every day.
I'm absolutely certain that those infections would have killed him. He was very sick.
I just about crapped about the $400 bill until I saw how empty this house was without Jake. I'll pay it gladly.
Jake must have been in terrible pain for a long time. That's hard to live with, for me.
Flash
For a while, Jake yelped when he was eating his dry "crunchy" dog food. We figured that he had pain in his mouth, but we never really found anything wrong. He finally had some swelling on the sides of his jaw. That did it!
We took Jake to the famous East side "Dr. Mel" who has taken care of him since he was a puppy and we scheduled a surgery for 2-15. Until then, we gave Jake some antibiotic from an eye dropper twice per day.
Jake loves Dr Mel (and she loves him), so friend Bonnie and I were very confident that Jake was in good hands. We left him at the office, said our goodby's and were told to call about 12 noon.
The hours dragged by and this house seemed so empty and quiet without Wonder Dog! We called as instructed and got the news. Dr Mel had been working on Jake for about 4 hours! His jaw was filled with infection and he had to have 15 teeth pulled! We delayed coming to the office until 4pm so they could watch Jake for a couple of hours before sending him home. The tab was $370 not including the pre surgery antibotics
I was SO GLAD to see the little guy! The boy was woozy and had no interest in food or drink. That was OK as Dr. Mel said we should withhold food and water. Bonnie stayed over and I'm awfully glad that she did. The boy was pretty sick.
Next, came a couple of days and nights with Jake coughing and throwing up. It's good that I had plenty of paper towels and Windex! Even though he was pretty sick, he never "went" in the house. The little Trooper showed us that he had to go and went out to do his business as usual. He gets a gold star!
Now, four days later, he's almost back to his old puppy self! He runs a little in the yard and crawled up in my arms to snooze a few times. We got our puppy back!
So for what it's worth, here's what I learned:
Dog breath is one thing. When it gets too bad, something is wrong. Don't wait!
Any swelling outside the mouth....get to the Vet.
Plan on pretty intensive care for several days. I stayed right with the boy all day every day.
I'm absolutely certain that those infections would have killed him. He was very sick.
I just about crapped about the $400 bill until I saw how empty this house was without Jake. I'll pay it gladly.
Jake must have been in terrible pain for a long time. That's hard to live with, for me.
Flash
