What a Dog!

Tony is doing well! He came through the surgery just fine. Luckily, they were able to flush the stones back up the urethra into his bladder, where they could remove all of the stones without too much trouble (cutting into the urethra itself would have caused a lot of problems, not least of which is that diabetics don't heal easily and that incision couldn't be sutured lest scar tissue develop and screw up his ability to urinate!). His vet warned me that there might be blood in his urine for the next 3-5 days (and there was some last night), but otherwise he should just take it easy for the next few days.

So, things will probably get back to normal now (I hope), and that's the way it is with this disease: days of routine interspersed with emergencies of varying degrees of seriousness. We've been lucky that Tony hasn't had any major blood sugar crashes, a problem that plagues my diabetic mother. In fact, when he has his blood sugar curve tracked, which necessitates him spending the whole day at the vet's, he has always shown the best possible reactions to food and his insulin. Obviously, this isn't always the case, and I'd love to hear how other people have handled problems with their diabetic dogs.