gypsy84 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 My poor girl Today Gypsy was playing with her rope toy, and all of a sudden she stopped and started sniffing something on the ground. I took a closer look and there was a white shard of tooth on the carpet. I opened up her mouth and it was literally dripping with blood. So I stuck her in the car and drove to the vet clinic where my sister works, which took 40 minutes instead of 15 like usual since last night we had the first big snow of the year and traffic was crawling. The vet looked at her and said it would have to come out, so she's having surgery today It was so unexpected and I'm glad I saved up a bit of extra money for emergencies just like this... Here's the tooth shard beside a dime. Almost half its length is from the root, and the other half (bottom right) was the exposed tooth. The vet thinks she cracked it on a nylabone a little while ago and the rope just caught it and pulled it out today. And apparently after I left her in the kennel, she started baring her teeth whenever anyone walked past her other than my sister. WTF? My dog??? I guess she's in a lot of pain and really scared She was given something for pain and to sedate her a bit until they can operate, which should be any minute now. At least I'll be able to pick her up tonight. *sigh* if you wouldn't mind sending a bit of board mojo we'd both appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie'sMom Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Aw, poor Gypsy. Well wishes from Lewie and me to Gypsy and you. Hugs to you and her. Hang in there, she'll be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Mom Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 *pat pat* and *doggie loves* I know exactly how you and her feel, Shadow had a similar surgery Wednesday. Its amazing how fast they recover though! I'm sure she'll be just fine in a couple of days =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieDog Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 What tooth did she break? Maggie sheared off a part of her carnassial molar and the vet thought the same thing had happened: broken on a nylabone or similar hard chewie. You've got our healthy teeth vibes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryP Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Awe, poor baby. She'll feel better tomorrow, I'm sure. Good teeth mojo coming your way from me and my boys in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsy84 Posted November 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thanks everyone. It was her carnassial molar. Apparently it had been cracked for a long time since the vet said it was infected and oozing pus, but on the plus side the infection helped it come out really easy and she was only under the anasthetic for 1/2 an hour. She came home yesterday and was super tired and almost stoned from being under, but didn't seem to be in any real pain and managed to scarf down her dinner (one kibble at a time as per the vet's directions ). She's on pain meds and antibiotics for the infection, but doesn't seem any worse for the wear... I think my wallet took a bigger beating than she did - it's now $384 lighter than it was But she's happy and healthy, and you certainly can't put a price tag on that! I love my little dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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