Gallstones & Puppy Kissing Diseases
I thought maybe a health update was in order too.
My MRI came back all normal. Well, except that I have gallstones. Huh. The GI guy said I need to have my gallbladder removed. Gosh, I wish someone had told me that before. ;) Anyway, no renegade gallstones; they’re all in my gallbladder, huddled together awaiting the big surgery day.
The surgery is now scheduled for March 23rd. The surgeon had to be out of town on the 16th. Oy. But at least my mother is coming to visit and now at least I won’t be spending my birthday recovering from surgery and she won’t spend her birthday flying 12 hours to be hear for my surgery. She’s already talking about all of the lobster she’s going to eat. Ick.
However, this did get me worried about what I can eat after surgery. So far no one has mentioned an after gallbladder surgery diet. Everything I’ve seen on the web about it has basically said low-fat healthy diet. Well, I already eat that way, but I’m talking about the day and week after the surgery. I want to make sure my fridge is stocked correctly so I’m not having to go to the grocery store with discharge instructions in hand after the surgery and worse, try to tell my mother where the grocery store is here because she gets lost way easier than I do and she will surely buy the wrong brands. 
Yes, I’m a worrier.
And since we’re on the subject of worrying. Well, I got to worrying about this wart and cough my Pugly developed. It didn’t seem like kennel cough but the wart is inside his mouth and it’s ugly and big and white and came on quite sudden. So, I took him to the vet Saturday. Turns out he’s got this contagious puppy kissing wart disease. Apparently there’s no treatment except time. It’s contagious to puppies under two years but after they’ve let it run its course, they’re immune. The cough is because the warts are in his throat and some puppies get it so bad that it interferes with their eating and the warts have to be removed, but then they aren’t immune.
So, he got this disease from some hussy puppies at the daycare…I’m telling you, they love him. And now he has to stay home until they go away. It could take weeks or months.
The first few days he was well-behaved but yesterday he was very destructive. I don’t know how the cats or the house or even he is going to survive.
On top of that, it turns out he’s gained 4 pounds at daycare. My mom thinks, and probably rightly so, that they are giving him treats. I’ve been so careful about his food intake, but he’s gained about a pound a month! That’s a lot for a small dog! The vet says he has to go on a diet. The poor thing is obsessed with food. I don’t know how he’ll survive.
tags: gallbladder, gallstones, surgery, Pug, dog
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on February 26, 2007 at 12:01 pm
buttercup said:
Oh no! I’m sorry you have to have surgery but glad there are no renegade gallstones. My sister’s husband had gallbladder surgery and it went well. I think he healed faster than I did after my apendectomy.
on March 17, 2007 at 5:24 pm
susan said:
if i were you, i would do a heck of a lot of research on your gallbladder situation. surgery is NOT the answer. many people continue to have symptoms after surgery. there is also a SIGNIFICANT correlation of cancer in people who have had their gallbladders removed.
do some homework on this, because once it’s out, there is no turning back!
I heard an MD on the westcoast speak about this. His name is TomCowan MD, i think his website is Four Fold path to healing….something like that. do a consult with him!
good luck!
susan rubin DMD