I think I have something stuck in my throat!
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Murphy
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Murphy is a 18 month old red Dobie that
presented to us for coughing and gagging. He was
bringing up undigested food and foam (a regurgitation). He had
surgery elsewhere nine days ago to see if he had something in his
stomach. Nothing was found and he was no better.
He was on antibiotics, and other medications for his "stomach
ache"
On physical exam he was skinny and but not running a fever. He
had some loose stool on the thermometer. His Parvo test was
negative.
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During the exam, Dr.
Dayton felt a movable object when she palpated his throat. It was
suspected that Murphy had a foreign object in his esophagus. X-Rays
were taken of his throat. On the X-Ray we could see the linear
foreign body. (yellow arrow)
Murphy was scheduled for an endoscopy. Under a
general anesthetic, Dr. Crumley
explored the esophagus. After entering the throat about 6 inches
he felt resistance. The
camera revealed the stick that was lodged in Murphy's throat. In the
picture on the left, the end of the
stick is covered with dog food.
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The stick went all the way down into Murphy's
stomach. Dr. Crumley was able to use the endoscope to pull the stick
out just far enough to then grasp the stick with forceps and
pull it out the rest of the way. Murphy recovered fine from the
anesthesia and went home the same day feeling great.
It is hard to believe that a dog would
be able to swallow a stick that long.
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