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jack67rs · #21 05-12-2006, 06:14 PM

Steve, glad everything came out alright! We lost both of our Italian Greyhounds in the last year. One from old age the other got very sick and the bills got to high with no clue as to what was happening. They were just going to have to open her up and go from there. Try explaining that to the kids. We are now looking to get a whippet or two. Do you know of any litters available, they are tougher to find than the Italian Greyhounds.

hapevo · #22 05-12-2006, 06:25 PM

Hey Steve,

Glad to here she is doing better!

My wife and I have three dogs and two have been to vet way too many times lately. Thankfully we have pet insurance! It has helped ease the pain of the larger vet bills.

Of course we would not hesitate to pay whatever it takes to make them better.

Ross

**jonny51** · #23 05-12-2006, 06:28 PM

Nice, glad to hear she is doing good and back at home.

quadfather · #24 05-12-2006, 08:25 PM

maybe buisness was alittle slow at the vet. so they put some coins down on the x-ray table first. make a little extra cash. (lol) . but i'm glad to hear it's all cool.

DRJDVM's '69 · #25 05-12-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by quadfather

maybe buisness was alittle slow at the vet. so they put some coins down on the x-ray table first. make a little extra cash. (lol) . but i'm glad to hear it's all cool.

Not funny.........

Steve
Everything in the intestinal tract is constantly moving and changing. Its like taking a picture of a big snake curled up in a box and then looking at the box again hours later and it may look completely different. Look at an xray... its made up of several different shades of gray composed of multiple tissue all piled on top of each other. All in one dimension....Its not nearly as straight forward as people seem to think it is. If it was, there would be no need for ultrasounds, MRI and CT scan machines.

People seem to base all their perception of medicine on TV shows etc and nothing could be farther from the truth. I drive my wife crazy when we watch medical based shows and I completely rip apart the medicine and quick definitive conclusions they make off one tiny bit of info.

If you look at it from a car analogy...... if you have a car that sputters or hesitates in 3rd gear at around 40 MPH but doesnt do it all the time... so what causes that ??? Gee where do we start....... there are about a dozen or so causes...... sometimes reading the spark plugs help but not always.... sometimes those changes to the spark plug color etc can be caused by several different problems.... you may narrow it down but cant jump right to "its the jets" or "its the rings".... you need to narrow it down and systematiclly eliminate each possibility. Sometimes its a quick answer... sometimes before you know it, you have the whole motor torn down...

You also need to stop looking at it from "they didnt find squat".... just because the test didnt say what it is, doesnt mean the tests were a waste of $$. Each test allowed the vet to eliminate possible causes of you pets illness. They know she isnt in kidney failure, doesnt have diabetes, doesntt have a bowel obstruction, doesnt have a stomach torsion etc etc etc........ all the $$ you spent eliminate alot of possibilities and your pet is getting better with the treatment they did.

I'm glad your dog is doing better. We all hope to get a definitve answer on why some things happen and what caused them, but the world of medicine isnt that straight forward quite often.

BC69 · #26 05-12-2006, 11:54 PM

Glad to hear everything is okay Steve! Never want anything bad to happen to a pet!

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I am a vet by the way..... DRJDVM's '69

I always wondered what your SN meant when your name is Ned. Now we know!

Tim

quadfather · #27 05-13-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

Not funny.........

Steve
Everything in the intestinal tract is constantly moving and changing. Its like taking a picture of a big snake curled up in a box and then looking at the box again hours later and it may look completely different. Look at an xray... its made up of several different shades of gray composed of multiple tissue all piled on top of each other. All in one dimension....Its not nearly as straight forward as people seem to think it is. If it was, there would be no need for ultrasounds, MRI and CT scan machines.

People seem to base all their perception of medicine on TV shows etc and nothing could be farther from the truth. I drive my wife crazy when we watch medical based shows and I completely rip apart the medicine and quick definitive conclusions they make off one tiny bit of info.

If you look at it from a car analogy...... if you have a car that sputters or hesitates in 3rd gear at around 40 MPH but doesnt do it all the time... so what causes that ??? Gee where do we start....... there are about a dozen or so causes...... sometimes reading the spark plugs help but not always.... sometimes those changes to the spark plug color etc can be caused by several different problems.... you may narrow it down but cant jump right to "its the jets" or "its the rings".... you need to narrow it down and systematiclly eliminate each possibility. Sometimes its a quick answer... sometimes before you know it, you have the whole motor torn down...

You also need to stop looking at it from "they didnt find squat".... just because the test didnt say what it is, doesnt mean the tests were a waste of $$. Each test allowed the vet to eliminate possible causes of you pets illness. They know she isnt in kidney failure, doesnt have diabetes, doesntt have a bowel obstruction, doesnt have a stomach torsion etc etc etc........ all the $$ you spent eliminate alot of possibilities and your pet is getting better with the treatment they did.

I'm glad your dog is doing better. We all hope to get a definitve answer on why some things happen and what caused them, but the world of medicine isnt that straight forward quite often.

ease up dude i was just making light of it. i glad to hear his pup was ok that's all.

Speedster · #28 05-13-2006, 08:24 PM

Our dog just passed away this afternoon. He was a black lab and was going to be 15 later this year. So, I am glad that everything worked out with your dog Steve, it is never fun losing one. Actually, it pretty much sucks.

**Streetking** · #29 05-14-2006, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Speedster

Our dog just passed away this afternoon. He was a black lab and was going to be 15 later this year. So, I am glad that everything worked out with your dog Steve, it is never fun losing one. Actually, it pretty much sucks.

Sorry to hear about your dog, we lost our Samoyd after 15 years also, I know how you feel...

SW