my dog has a piece of bone stuck in her abdomen.?

Question

i have a 12 year old staffie who managed to get hold of a lamb bone on sunday and has been ill since.
i took her to the vets yesterday (monday) as she was straining to go to toilet and the vet said her rectum was completly empty, but gave her an injection to try to relieve any stomach ache she may of had.
she was restless all night and wouldn't eat or drink anything, she then started to throw up the tablets the vet gave us for her. so i took her back today and the vet said her rectum was still completly empty, but he then said he would take her in for an x-ray to check there was no blockage.
the x-ray has now shown she has a peice of bone causing a blockage in the top of her abdomen, she has now been admitted and put on a drip and painkillers and will be re x-rayed to see if there is any movement of the bone by the morning. if not they will have to operate on her to remove it.
i was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with their dog and if the dog was ok after

Answer 1

My cases were a little bit different since it was an intestinal blockage. The items in question had passed through the stomach already.
My first dog ate a corncob which is strange since I don't eat them, so no idea where he got it from. He had a fenced in yard. and daily walks .
The symptoms were the same as you describe.
The dog had Emergency Explorative surgery and came out the surgery fine. Three days later he started vomiting bile and vet says he had to : "go back in" We found that the intestine had kinked and gangrened against the stomach.
There was nothing left to do. Joker..RIP
Fast forward about 8 years, my dog had a piece of Tennisball lodged in her intestines...Same symptoms..had surgery, dog came out fine and lived.
One year later same dog ( Kitty) presented the same symptoms once again. I couldn't believe it, since she had nothing in her reach that could get stuck in her.
Once again surgery. Turns out she swallowed a 4 inch stick that had perforated her bowels.
Several feet of intestines were removed. She came out just fine, started to eat, I thought she was out of the woods when she started pooping solid blood after about 8 days.
I decided to not put her through any more and put her to sleep.
She was only 4 years old, Joker was 18 months. They were both Staffies.
I know you must be worried sick. I know I was. You have to do what is necessary even if it takes surgery to get the dang bone out. I have friends whose dogs have had successful surgeries like the one you describe.

The good thing is that the surgery in the stomach is going to be less likely to get contaminated by fecal bacterias etc, so the risk for infection is reduced. It is a pretty straight forward procedure.
I hope it all works out.
I wish you could give an update. PM me if you like