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Bladder Stones...

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Gem

Wise Old Thumper
Have anyone had a bun have surgery for a bladder stone?

How did they recover?

Harley's going in for an ultra sound and possible x-ray if the scan is no good, she's had this possible stone for near on 6 months and its finally causing her a issue.

Of course, we are also considering it to be a tumour of some sort but we shall find out tomorrow.

I am almost certain if it is a stone she will go ahead and have the surgery there and then and have her teeth burred (That's another issue :( )
 
Artie had surgery for bladder sludge, to the best of my knowledge there were no stones as such but the sludge was so thick it had to be surgically removed as it would have caused damage to his tubes and risked blocking them if they had tried to send it out the normal route.

He had a cystotomy, not sure of this is the surgery for removing stones but I'm guessing it is.

Artie recovered well bless him. He stayed at the vets 6 days after the surgery (my vets keep them a long time as they like to see good recovery before they go home). He was on strong painkillers for the first few days. That's a bit over two years ago and he's had an excellent quality of life as a result of the surgery. He needs his bladder expressing every 6 weeks and daily meds to keep on top of it, not sure what the prognosis is for stones returning though.

Good luck with the outcome, I was scared witless when Artie was undergoing it but the difference it's made to his life is amazing.
 
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