Cyndy--I am sorry you are leaving the list. Honestly, I am concerned that a vet would say that all Labs get LP, or perhaps I am not understanding your post. I...
Hi, My name is Karen and my service dog, T'Keyah was just diagnosed with LP a week ago Friday. The Vet said she doesn't need surgery but to keep her cool and...
Karen, The only way to know for sure whether a dog has LP is to scope the dog--and this should be done by a board-certified surgeon who has lots of experience...
My cocker spaniel, Pippin (9.5 yrs) was just diagnosed with LP on Friday. The bloodwork to check thyroid (I'm not holding out much hope it is hyporthyroidism)...
Hi Paulette I can help you get in to see Nick Trout at Angell if you would like. The cost of the surgery can be $2000 plus if issues arrise. It is best to...
Hello-- Perhaps you could tell us more about your dog and where you live, etc. Service dogs are wonderful. Debbie gave you the best advice so let us know how...
Hi Karen, By black lab Zeke had LP and never had surgery. He was scoped by a board certified surgeon and it was recommended to me that surgery was not...
Paulette, Welcome. How did they diagnose Pippin? It can be done only by scoping. Symptoms can suggest LP, but not diagnose it. And no holistic treatments will...
Hello everyone, My name is rynie and I have a 10 year old chocolate Lab named Bounder. Bounder had a bilateral tieback in March of 05, and on June 5th of this...
Rynie, Welcome. I am not familiar with Bounder's second surgery. Is it to address the LP? If so, how does it do this? In fact, it is uncommon that I dog would...
Hi Rynie Sorry to hear about Bounder. Why did he need this other surgery and why was it done through the mouth? I am curious as to the rationle for this if...
Hi Rynie and Bounder, Welcome even though it means Bounder has LP. I'm sorry he has already gone through 2 surgeries and a possible 3rd in the future. It is...
3/28/05 These guidelines will be automatically sent to the list every two weeks, so please don't think I'm picking on any one person when they appear. I just...
LP@yahoogroups.com
Jul 3, 2006 7:23 am
36982
Betty says, "It is not uncommon for a dog to need repeat surgery." I had just gotten done posting that it WAS uncommon for a dog to need repeat surgery. It is...
Hi Rynie, I, too, am curious about the information you shared. It was my understanding that if a tieback was going to fail, it would do so in the first 6-8...
Well it has been 12 weeks since surgery, and 7 weeks since AP was diagnosed. Gambit's lungs appear to be clear from the X-rays on Saturday. Let's hope they...
Hi Laura-- We love good news. Be careful in the heat and humidity with games that are very rigorous--just to be on the safe side. They don't know when to...
Glad to hear Gambit is doing so well. I will leave the Prilosec discussion to Terri, as I don't know about it. But I used a combination of meds for Otis (died...
hello to all dog lovers/owners faced with LP....... i'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with this information...sienna is 12 1/2 and had alot of health issues from...
Hi Debbie, Sorry, I didn't really mean it was commom to have repeat surgeries for LP. My experience is only from what I've learned on list. I was thinking...
Hello All, Thank you for all the quick responses. In answer to all the questions- Bounder's second surgery was a through the mouth resection of his ...
Cheryl, First off, I LOVE bloodhounds and I hardly ever see them around. Poor Ms. Sienna has been through a lot. LP is progressive and it is unpredictable when...
Betty, Thanks for explaining--of course you are right: there have been instances where repeat surgeries have occurred. Three surgeries seems strange to me,...
Hi Cheryl--Debbie has covered all of the important things when considering LP surgery--please keep us posted and do check out the surgeons and pre and post op...
Hi Cheryl, So sorry to hear of Sienna's problems. It is an overwhelming and scary diagnosis, as we all know. As Debbie said, your first step is to get a...
Hi Rynie Thanks for sharing this info so we could understand. So the first surgery was through the neck, but for some reason they opted for the bilateral?...
Hi Rynie, Thank you for clearing that up and answering all our questions. I'll pray that Bounder doesn't have to have more surgery. The main thing is having...
for owners of dogs who have laryngeal paralysisIt has been 3 weeks since Dixie's surgery.. She is doing well although not quite as well as I had expected. She...
Hi Angie Dixie is still very much in recovery mode and you really want to take your time and not hurry to exercise or stress her system at this point. Heat,...
Penny is just over 2 weeks post-op and doing great! She had her stitches removed on Monday and the incision looks good. I started her back on her Science...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
