The Santifort Family: Hailey Jane

Feeling a little better the day after surgery

Last night was very scary! Hailey started throwing up around 7pm. We put her outside a few times thinking she would finish her business. Around 9:30pm I actually noticed how much she was throwing up....not much...just about a teaspoon full. When I saw that I started to get nervous. She was acting funny and she looked bloated. Rob and I got ready for bed thinking she would be better by the morning. As I was laying in bed I noticed she was breathing a little heavy. I let it go....slept for about an hour....and I was woken up by her crying in the living room. I went out and she was laying between the two couches (a weird spot that she never lays in). At this point I knew something was wrong. I woke Rob up to look at her and he agreed. She was very, very bloated. I brought her to the emergency animal hospital around 12am where she had an xray and told me her stomach had bloated and flipped.

They brought her into emergency surgery giving her only a 50/50 chance. Since she started vomiting around 7pm and thought her stomach had most likely flipped at that time. The doctor said she would have some kind of dead tissue and would most likely have to have her spleen removed. She went into surgery at 1am and was out by 1:45am. I deceided to stay and the staff there was wonderful. They gave me updated on Hailey's progress every fifteen minutes or so. I couldnt ask for anything more. The doctor came out and told me that the whole surgery couldnt have gone any better. There was no dead tissue and they thought her stomach was actually flipped for much less time. Probably for around 2 hours versus 6-7. He was able to derotate her stomach and leave her spleen in. He was pretty confident that she would make a full recovery.

I picked her up around 6:30am from the emergency hospital and brought her to Faithful Friends (our regular vet) where she spent the day. She did so well I was able to pick her up that night. She has been doing better and better everyday! Im so happy and relieved to have my puppy home. What would we do without Hailey Jane!!