After Surgery, being told that stone is embeded in the bladder wall. Doc warned huge risk! Please help!

[juhe]

My pig is called Meng (boar). He had his first surgery today on May 18th in the afternoon. The stone is around 5.5mm on diameter and was discovered during the surgery that it is embeded inside the bladder wall. The bladder is filled with blood which indicates how severe the condition has already been. The doctor gave me two choices either to remove the stone by force which might cause major bleeding(dead) or just seal up, bring him home and give him pain killder and whatever vegs or fruits he loved in the past. I have been browsering websites trying to find a third option. It seems removing the entire bladder might be an way out. What do u guys think? please please help! I just want more advices from the third party, i mean me and my Meng have nothing to loss now, and we just want another chance. As for now, I picked the second one.

The attached picture contains a piece of blood clot connected with a stone fragment (yellow circle)
Blue circle is where the stone is on the X-RAY.

 

[Merab]

Welcome to the forum. I can’t advise you but one of the health experts will be along and will be able to help.
All I can do is offer support at a worrying time

 

[rudent]

Sorry to hear you're in such a terrible situation, that stone looks very large on such a small piggy. I'm wondering where you heard about removing the pig's entire bladder? I think your best course of action would potentially be to get a second opinion from another vet, perhaps if you provide your location someone can point you in the direction of a vet nearby who's very experienced with guinea pigs and bladder stones. In the mean time, please try to get him eating as this has been a major surgery for him. He should be on painkillers twice a day, antibiotics, and probably needs some critical care until he's able to eat enough by himself. You'll also want to keep an eye on his urination -- if he has an embedded stone he might be retaining urine which will cause big problems, so make sure he's weeing.

 

[juhe]

my pig just passed away, thank you for replying

 

[Merab]

So very sorry to hear this.
One of the forum threads is the Rainbow Bridge thread where you can post a tribute to Meng if you would like to.
Be gentle with yourself as you grieve

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

Aw, I'm so sorry that you lost him. You did all you could, sometimes our furry friends get things that even the best vets can't fix. Popcorn free Meng xx

 

[VickiA]

I’m so very sorry for your loss. You clearly did what you could for him. Sometimes it just isn’t possible to save them. You are welcome to leave a tribute on the Rainbow Bridge thread.

 

[juhe]

So very sorry to hear this.
One of the forum threads is the Rainbow Bridge thread where you can post a tribute to Meng if you would like to.
Be gentle with yourself as you grieve

THANK YOU

 

[juhe]

Aw, I'm so sorry that you lost him. You did all you could, sometimes our furry friends get things that even the best vets can't fix. Popcorn free Meng xx

Thank you

 

[juhe]

I’m so very sorry for your loss. You clearly did what you could for him. Sometimes it just isn’t possible to save them. You are welcome to leave a tribute on the Rainbow Bridge thread.

THANK YOU

 

[juhe]

Sorry to hear you're in such a terrible situation, that stone looks very large on such a small piggy. I'm wondering where you heard about removing the pig's entire bladder? I think your best course of action would potentially be to get a second opinion from another vet, perhaps if you provide your location someone can point you in the direction of a vet nearby who's very experienced with guinea pigs and bladder stones. In the mean time, please try to get him eating as this has been a major surgery for him. He should be on painkillers twice a day, antibiotics, and probably needs some critical care until he's able to eat enough by himself. You'll also want to keep an eye on his urination -- if he has an embedded stone he might be retaining urine which will cause big problems, so make sure he's weeing.

Thank you