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04 February 2006

Hi everyone today my dog got disemboweled. Seriously. Come inside and I'll tell you all about it.[More:]

So I'm sitting at the computer, as usual, when I hear the most disturbing painful screaming coming from outside. It sounds like the usual beagle scream that sadie usually makes except about ten times worse. It's coming from the front yard though so I didn't think it was her. This goes on for about 20 seconds seconds while I listen and am pretty sure that's the sound of a dog dying

Suddenly, the front door slams shut and I hear "BOBBY! GET DOWN HERE". I run downstairs to find my mom laying on top of sadie who is continuing this god awful death scream.

Apparently what had happened was this: My mom had taken sadie outside on a leash in the front yard to use the bathroom. Sadie just got spayed two days ago so she was taking it easy. The neighbors dog was also outside, about to take a shit in our yard while their owners watched, as usual. Sadie is a pretty antisocial dog so she starts screaming at it and it runs away. This is when it happened. Dear god. She starts to scream and bam, the incision opens and her guts start to come out. My mother instantly grabs her and runs inside, where I come in.

She tells me to hold sadie down on the front door rug while she gets a blanket to wrap her in and the car keys. The entire time she's doing this, sadie is continuing the screaming. The worst, most horrific sound I've ever heard. I can barely stop myself from crying while I'm laying on top of her trying to hold her intestines in.

We wrap her in a blanket and run to the car to go to the 24 vet 20 minutes away, through rush hour traffic on the highway. The entire time I'm holding sadie in my lap trying to keep her calm. Every bump, acceleration and lane change brings more pain-filled screaming.

And the smell. The smell was worse than the sound. Dogs intenstines have a very distict, very foul stink. Combine that with shit, piss and blood and you can imagine what my pants smelled like. I could barely stop myself from vomiting.

So we got to the vet and admitted her. They immediately rush sadie into the operating room while I handle the bill and my mom is crying uncontrollably. Apparently we had an outstanding bill. Thank god for credit cards.

The surgery lasted an hour, which my mom and I spend watching WWE Smackdown with the volume turned all the way down. They had midget wrestling, which helped to lighten the mood a little.

I had to wear scrub pants since my sweats had shit and piss on them and my boxers were soaked in dark red blood.

The doctor comes into our holding room and tells us that she had to remove 5 inches of intestine that had died and filled our dog full of synthetic blood.

I got home and immediately took a shower. I could still smell that awful stink as I went to the convience store to buy beer. And now I'm drinking corona, typing this, trying to forget everything that happened today, but I doubt I will.

Oh yeah, sadie will be hospitalized for a few days and should be ok after a week. There's still a chance she could face another surgery or even die.
omg, what a horrible thing for you & your Mom ... eeek, your poor doggie. Hope everything will be OK for you & sadie! *sending my best karma your way*
posted by madamjujujive 04 February | 14:32
oh my god. that's just...

...my thoughts are for you, Sadie, and your family. Be well.
posted by muddgirl 04 February | 14:33
oh man -- I really feel for you. That's pretty traumatizing. I'm sending you every good vibe I know how to call upon.

It's especially heartwrenching when bad things happen to our dogs, because they depend upon us so totally. But you acted really fast, and that is for the best. Here is every hope that she (and you) will be OK.

And, what's up with whoever stitched her up after the first surgery? Sounds like maybe a bad job?
posted by Miko 04 February | 14:34
oh god, I'm so sorry -- all best thoughts for Sadie. My parents had a similar thing (in terms of sudden, major, doggie-scream-inducing trauma -- not specifically the guts spilling out) happen to our westie, Murray, about 10 or 12 years ago, and my mom and dad were shaken for a good long time afterwards. (Things did not turn out good. I won't go into details.)

My fingers are crossed for you and your beloved pup.
posted by scody 04 February | 14:47
Oh God, what a horrible experience, for you and poor Sadie.
posted by essexjan 04 February | 14:48
jeez, that's rough p&c. consider my fingers crossed too.
posted by jonmc 04 February | 15:00
Oh my god. How unbelievably horrible. Jesus.
posted by iconomy 04 February | 15:10
Poor doggie... And yeah, that really shouldn't have happened, right? I'd probably get a new vet, or at least another vet's opinion on whether this was chance or negligence. Good luck to you and Sadie (I love that name).
posted by amro 04 February | 15:11
We asked the doctor why this would happen and she said the most likely cause would be a bad reaction to whatever material was used in the original sutures that enflamed and weakened her flesh. But we didn't see anything like that prior to this happening so I'm guessing theres a vet working for the SPCA that I'll be seeing soon.

BTW, thanks to dodgy for posting this for me, I tried to post last night when this happened but apparently it was too long. cheers.
posted by puke & cry 04 February | 15:12
My best to you and your family. Sadie will pull through... dogs are tough. I'll keep good vibes flowing your way.
posted by moonbird 04 February | 15:32
Lots of love to Sadie. And third or forth the sugestion to find a new vet.
posted by arse_hat 04 February | 15:46
oh yeah, thanks for the love everyone. This is most likely the only time I'll tell anyone about this.
posted by puke & cry 04 February | 15:48
how awful! i'm so sorry...pick up some soft treats or something for her when she comes home...treat her like gold
posted by amberglow 04 February | 16:09
I sincerely hope that everything works out.
posted by interrobang 04 February | 16:10
p&c - so sorry you AND sadie - and your mom! - had to go through this. Keeping my fingers crossed and wishing you good vibes & I'm glad it sounds like it's all going to be okay.
posted by mygothlaundry 04 February | 16:11
oh, p&c, I'm so, so sorry for you all!

The strange thing is the dead section of intestine... That wouldn't happen in two days, would it? It may be that there was a prior condition that reached a crisis point, and erupted (or whatever), and this just happened to coincide with the (post)spaying. I'm even wondering if it might not be a fortunate coincidence in that case... Like, maybe it could even turn out that it saved her life that some of that stuff was able to get out of her body.

In any case, I'm wishing and hoping for the very best outcome.
posted by taz 04 February | 16:19
We were told that section of intestine that died was the part that she scratched a little bit, it was looped around her foot at one point. The doctor informed us that when something like this happened, the dog will immediately try to chew or scratch the exposed intestine, which we minimized by acting quickly. Blegh.
posted by puke & cry 04 February | 16:25
There is no way anyone could express enough sympathy at what you just had to go through or enough hope for everything to turn out okay. So just imagine that I/we did.

Love and best wishes to you and Sadie.
posted by kmellis 04 February | 16:30
Oh, what a horrible thing to happen! I'm sitting with my own dog lying down right next to me as I type this and I can't even imagine if we were put in the same situation. I'm so sorry for you guys and I hope that everything turns out okay and that poor Sadie will be okay.
posted by kosher_jenny 04 February | 16:31
What can I say but to add my deepest sympathy for Sadie. "Get Well Dawg" just isn't enough...
posted by wendell 04 February | 16:55
All my digits are crossed for Sadie! Poor pooch, and what a helpless feeling for you and your mom. I hope the speedy actions saved her.
posted by chewatadistance 04 February | 17:02
I'm so so sorry for you and Sadie, p&c. Thank goodness you acted so quickly and have given her a good chance of recovery.
posted by gaspode 04 February | 17:06
Oh, good god. I hope Sadie will be all right and I'm sorry that she, you and your family are having to go through this.
posted by ooga_booga 04 February | 17:14
Oh my goodness! I am so so so so so sorry :-(
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 February | 18:05
Well, I just spent the last five minutes typing, deleting, typing, deleting, trying to come up with something even remotely sympathetic enough for what you just went thru. Jesus, that's awful. I hope you and your mom are okay, and it goes without saying that I hope Sadie heals quickly!
posted by codeofconduct 04 February | 19:15
What a horrendous thing for you three to have gone through, puke & cry. I hope you all heal well and can put it behind you.
posted by deborah 04 February | 19:26
Jebus, this was one of my worst fears realized. I'm sorry to hear about Sadie and hope she'll be okay.
posted by fenriq 04 February | 19:51
I'm so sorry, p&c. What an ordeal for all of you. I just gave my dog an extra hug, hoping there's some way of sending it via secret dog communicator to Sadie.
posted by tangerine 04 February | 20:22
Wow...what an awful, awful thing to go through both for you and Sadie...I would definitely talk to another vet about this!
posted by bunnyfire 04 February | 20:48
staying well in times of stress (pdf)
posted by warbaby 04 February | 22:02
Jesus. Thank you for reminding me to hug both my cats and tell them I love them.

I hope Sadie comes through all right - and you and your mom as well.
posted by yhbc 04 February | 22:55
We got sadie spayed at the SPCA. The people that are basically in charge of that kind of thing. So I can tell you this, in the future I will only get pets spayed and neutered at only the most trusted and proven vets, no matter the cost. I think it's worth it.
posted by puke & cry 05 February | 01:25
Fuck. Nothing hurts worse than when someone you love hurts and you can't even explain what's happening to her. Fuck, I can't say anything except I know how you feel, and it sucks.
posted by Wolfdog 06 February | 19:23
How is she doing today?
posted by matildaben 06 February | 19:26
She's back home, taking it easy. She seems to be doing pretty good really. Just taking it one day at a time. She's on a lot of antibiotics of course and we're watching her very closely.
posted by puke & cry 08 February | 14:51
The fucked up thing about this whole situation is that I don't even like this dog. She's a really malbehaved dog. She growls at any other animal that gets close to her and we have three cats and another dog so it happens alot. I hate the beagle scream, which she does whenever we let her out due to the stray cats that run around our yard. But I'll be damned if I wouldn't have done anything to help her. sigh.
posted by puke & cry 10 February | 00:32
This is my final Springsteen-related post, I promise || it is too bad when you are

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