My 16 year old Sheltie had surgery to remove a tumor. Her appetite has not returned and she is not drinking. She has had a bolus of fluid injected and fluids are being given . She has had 2 seizures. Anyone else ever have had this happen post-op?
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dakotafang
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A few questions: Where was the tumor located? When was the procedure? Does she have any previous history of seizures? What was the duration of the seizures? I am sorry she is having such a hard time!
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I know this is probably hard to hear, but doing surgery on a 16 year old dog is like doing surgery on a 90 - 100 year old human. Either one is going to be really hard and recovery is probably not likely. I faced the same decision with my first pony 6 years ago. She was 28 and having a bad colic. I knew I had good equine hospitals nearby, if I wanted to do surgery, but I knew the odds for recovery in a 28 year old horse weren't good, so I made the choice to let her go rather than put her through surgery.
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The not drinking can be caused by the fluids she had, my 12 year old dog had that post op. She wouldn't eat or drink in the ICU. At home she was fine. She fully recovered. At 15 she had a lipoma removed from the abdomen and fully recovered. Both surgeries took place in a university clinic.
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