Cynthia BlueWell, us humans and Lucy are doing okay! I am very happy to say that we got two whole cans of food down her yesterday. Not all at once, of course. I threw a can in the blender, then one can of water, and blended it up nice and smooth. Then throughout the day I fed her 1/2 cup of the mix at a time. I’m so glad it was a Saturday so I could be home with her all day. My husband has been doing so much, running her back and forth to the vet, taking care of her, and going through all that stress that I wanted to take over this weekend and do all I can for her.
She has an enlarged esophagus and the food is getting stuck in there, and the point where her esophagus goes into her stomach (I forget what it’s called) is small, and so the food is not getting through. But the very watery mixture seems to be going through okay. She did regurgitate a little bit last night before bed, I probably bed her too much at once and didn’t keep her upright long enough afterwords. And she regurgitated a little bit this morning before I got up. But this morning is also so far so good. And my timer is going off, saying it’s time to give her a bit more food!
Her poop, today, was better. It was bigger, and a bit more solid. So that means the food is going through her okay and coming out the other end. Yay! We love our Lucy collie girl, and will do whatever it takes to keep her healthy and happy. Then we can all check out some Orlando vacations to bring the dogs on!
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Some owners of dogs with megaoesophagus teach the dogs to eat whilst in the ’sit’ or ‘begging’ position. It stretches the oesophagus so that food going down goes straight onto the sphincter at the opening of hte stomach, and less accumulates in hte oesophagus itself. Your dogs are pretty clever, you might be able to convince Lucy to take food while she’s sitting upright.
Keep persevering!
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thanks Doc Ferox! We have tried this a little bit.. Lucy is actually pretty good about it. She’s obedience trained and so is pretty good at learning new ‘tricks’. I think we have to keep her upright longer, though, as she’s still regurgitating some. I do worry that she’ll get some in her lungs… but other than that I think we are getting the hang of it. Thanks for your advice too we need all we can get right now!
Glad to hear you all isolated the issue. Glad to to hear she is holding some of it down and her poop is solid.
Continuing to keep paws crossed
Ahh glad to hear that things are getting a bit better. It makes my heart ache when the pups aren’t feeling well.
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Thanks Ann.. she seems perky today, too.
Thanks Christy. I’m so glad she’s feeling better, though I’m still worried about her.
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Glad to hear Lucy is doing better!!
I hate to see my dogs or cat sick. It can seriously ruin my day, and makes me feel helpless. Sounds like you are doing a great job though..
Fingers crossed she will continue to keep food down.
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