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Old November 30th 06, 09:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
Stacia
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Default Cat swallowed needle - questions about post-surgery


Last night at about 2:30 AM my husband woke me up to tell me our cat
Simon had possibly swallowed a sewing needle and thread. Sure enough,
after an emergency x-ray, the vet found it in Simon's intestine. The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.
The vet called today and said that Simon was still okay, he's in ICU
for a day or two, but his temp had gone up. The vet said this was a
morphine reaction and was common.
The vet has since gone on break or gone home already so I wanted to
ask here, as with the vet med center, you can't always find a vet to
talk to immediately. Is Simon's temperature something serious or does
it usually resolve well? What about post-surgery treatment, will I need
to feed him wet or special food or anything? What usually happens after
surgery like this?
If you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Stacia

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Old December 1st 06, 02:01 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
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"Stacia" wrote in message
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Last night at about 2:30 AM my husband woke me up to tell me our cat
Simon had possibly swallowed a sewing needle and thread. Sure enough,
after an emergency x-ray, the vet found it in Simon's intestine. The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.


I am so glad he is okay.


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Old December 1st 06, 02:17 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
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Default Cat swallowed needle - questions about post-surgery

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:09:14 +0000, Stacia wrote:


Last night at about 2:30 AM my husband woke me up to tell me our cat
Simon had possibly swallowed a sewing needle and thread. Sure enough,
after an emergency x-ray, the vet found it in Simon's intestine. The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.
The vet called today and said that Simon was still okay, he's in ICU
for a day or two, but his temp had gone up. The vet said this was a
morphine reaction and was common.
The vet has since gone on break or gone home already so I wanted to
ask here, as with the vet med center, you can't always find a vet to
talk to immediately. Is Simon's temperature something serious or does
it usually resolve well? What about post-surgery treatment, will I need
to feed him wet or special food or anything? What usually happens after
surgery like this?
If you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Stacia



I am curious about how your husband discovered this at 2:30 AM?





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Old December 1st 06, 02:42 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
Stacia
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Default Cat swallowed needle - questions about post-surgery

mlbriggs writes:

I am curious about how your husband discovered this at 2:30 AM?


He works nights and doesn't even get home until after 11 PM, so he's
up at 2:30 AM most every night. Why is that odd?

Stacia



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Old December 1st 06, 02:51 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
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"mlbriggs" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:09:14 +0000, Stacia wrote:


Last night at about 2:30 AM my husband woke me up to tell me our cat
Simon had possibly swallowed a sewing needle and thread. Sure enough,
after an emergency x-ray, the vet found it in Simon's intestine. The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.
The vet called today and said that Simon was still okay, he's in ICU
for a day or two, but his temp had gone up. The vet said this was a
morphine reaction and was common.
The vet has since gone on break or gone home already so I wanted to
ask here, as with the vet med center, you can't always find a vet to
talk to immediately. Is Simon's temperature something serious or does
it usually resolve well? What about post-surgery treatment, will I need
to feed him wet or special food or anything? What usually happens after
surgery like this?
If you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Stacia



I am curious about how your husband discovered this at 2:30 AM?



Heck I am up at 2:30 in the morning all the time


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Old December 1st 06, 05:09 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
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"Stacia" wrote in message
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mlbriggs writes:

I am curious about how your husband discovered this at 2:30 AM?


He works nights and doesn't even get home until after 11 PM, so he's
up at 2:30 AM most every night. Why is that odd?


I don't think it is the time that seems odd, but how did he KNOW
(or why did he suspect) that he swallowed the needle? It's a fair
question.


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Old December 1st 06, 06:23 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
Stacia
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Default Cat swallowed needle - questions about post-surgery

"cybercat" writes:
"Stacia" wrote:
mlbriggs writes:

I am curious about how your husband discovered this at 2:30 AM?


He works nights and doesn't even get home until after 11 PM, so he's
up at 2:30 AM most every night. Why is that odd?


I don't think it is the time that seems odd, but how did he KNOW
(or why did he suspect) that he swallowed the needle? It's a fair
question.


Except mlbriggs didn't ask why he suspected Simon swallowed the
needle, they were obviously concerned about the *time*.
My husband was sewing up some gloves after work, realized he'd left
the needle and thread out on the desk, turned to look and saw Simon
sitting on the desk with the needle and thread gone. Of course, since
it was 2:30 AM, it was *evil* needle and thread used to sew up *evil*
gloves.

Stacia

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Old December 1st 06, 04:58 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav,alt.med.veterinary
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"Stacia" wrote in message
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The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.


...........yikes!
but his temp had gone up. The vet said this was a
morphine reaction and was common.
The vet has since gone on break or gone home already so I wanted to
ask here, as with the vet med center, you can't always find a vet to
talk to immediately. Is Simon's temperature something serious or does
it usually resolve well?

..........Didn't know about the reaction cat's have to morphine - you might
Google that if no vet answers. I'd say that infection isn't out of the
realm of possibilities with intestinal surgery, but don't know. Hope you
still have a request for a callback at the vet's. And make sure to tell
them it's OK for them to talk to an answering machine! Nothing worse than
either sitting by the phone all day or having to be gone and getting a
*tried to call* message with no info on the machine!

Best of luck to you and your kitty. Danged cats will put the weirdest thing
in their mouths. I remember chasing one around the house with a wad of
dental floss hanging out of her mouth.
buglady
take out the dog before replying



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Old December 1st 06, 05:31 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Phil P.
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Default Cat swallowed needle - questions about post-surgery


"Stacia" wrote in message
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Last night at about 2:30 AM my husband woke me up to tell me our cat
Simon had possibly swallowed a sewing needle and thread. Sure enough,
after an emergency x-ray, the vet found it in Simon's intestine. The
surgery went well, the needle hadn't penetrated anything so that was
good.


Its a good thing you got him into surgery right away! The longer the time
between ingestion and surgery the greater the risk of perferation.


The vet called today and said that Simon was still okay, he's in ICU
for a day or two, but his temp had gone up. The vet said this was a
morphine reaction and was common.



Never heard of that. Fever could also be a sign of infection.



The vet has since gone on break or gone home already so I wanted to
ask here, as with the vet med center, you can't always find a vet to
talk to immediately. Is Simon's temperature something serious or does
it usually resolve well?


If the vet took the proper precautions and cleaned out the abdomen before
surgery there shouldn't be any serious problems. Otherwise, a fever could
be an indication of peritonitis or sepsis- septic peritonitis. Enterotomies
are a little tricky because there's always a risk of the intestinal contents
leaking into the abdomen during surgery or leaking through the incision
after its closed up (dehiscence). Symptoms of peritonitis usually appear
few days after surgery. Your vet is probably keeping your cat for a few days
to make sure he'll be ok and also to make sure he can poop. A lot of cats
develop ileus after intestinal surgery.



What about post-surgery treatment, will I need
to feed him wet or special food or anything? What usually happens after
surgery like this?


Hopefully nothing! Just watch him very closely- especially his litter box
behavior. If he vomits- even once- call your vet right away.

Good luck,

Phil


 




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