[Dailydrool] Buford--1st update

[Heidi I Sarver]

I dropped my boy off at 7:30 this morning...they couldn't tell me the  
surgeon's schedule.  I almost freaked out.
At 8:30 the phone rang and it was the surgeon---I almost had a heart  
attack!  Why was he calling so soon???
Fortunately the call was a GOOD thing.  He wanted to talk to me and  
discuss in detail everything he was going to do.  He had not called  
earlier this week because he wanted to first meet and exam Buford.   
One of the first things he asked me was if he was always so happy and  
energetic!  He added that he thought was a very sweet boy.  This made  
me feel good and that my boy was in good hands.

Surgery is set for first thing after the lunch hour.  He's going to  
do the gastopexy--and like everyone else, he hopes this will solve  
the major problems.  He made sure I understood that even after this  
Buford could still bloat but that at least I would not have to worry  
about a full blown GVD (twist).  Heck, the boy has lived on Gas-X for  
10.5 years, if that's all it will take after all this, I'm over it!    
He also said they'll take tissue samples of the stomach and bowel,  
check for other possible problems yet unseen by films (tumors lurking  
in remote areas of his belly, etc.), send everything out for biopsies  
just in case there is another underlying cause contributing to  
everything.

He is **NOT** going to do the pyloroplasty!  He concurs with both the  
internist and our regular vet that the "outflow process" is not a  
problem  He said that it might be something that needs to be done  
down the road 6 months to a year from now.

That's all for now----thank yous to EVERYONE who has emailed me or  
posted.  I've tried to get back to each of you--I apologize if I've  
missed anyone.  There is once again not doubt in my mind that the  
folks on the DD are simply the best!

--heidi (and the gang)