Kim Y
Super Boxer
POTATO!!!
I just got off the phone with the vet (again). Guess what they found plugging him? A POTATO! A STUPID POTATO! Now I know I'm guilty for giving him quite a few veggies but I have never given him a WHOLE POTATO. Where/when did he get this????? The surgeon was laughing when she told me and apologized but had to say it was a first. She said "I began to palpate the stomach and felt a HUGE mass we didn't see on scope. Believing it to not be an ulcer, I went in and removed the mass. It was very odd-looking and squishy. The other vet assisting and I had no idea what it could be. Then I squeezed it until its contents could be exposed. Potato. Kinda like a whole baked potato. We both had a good laugh." Leave it to Oscar. I tell ya, he's given me more gray hairs then both my skin-kids combined.
Turns out his entire gut (stomach/intestinal tract) had begun to shut down also so it was good I got him in when I did. He has quite a major incision but should be home tomorrow.
Thanks for all your good thoughts/wishes. Remember to keep those potatos out of reach!
I just got off the phone with the vet (again). Guess what they found plugging him? A POTATO! A STUPID POTATO! Now I know I'm guilty for giving him quite a few veggies but I have never given him a WHOLE POTATO. Where/when did he get this????? The surgeon was laughing when she told me and apologized but had to say it was a first. She said "I began to palpate the stomach and felt a HUGE mass we didn't see on scope. Believing it to not be an ulcer, I went in and removed the mass. It was very odd-looking and squishy. The other vet assisting and I had no idea what it could be. Then I squeezed it until its contents could be exposed. Potato. Kinda like a whole baked potato. We both had a good laugh." Leave it to Oscar. I tell ya, he's given me more gray hairs then both my skin-kids combined.
Turns out his entire gut (stomach/intestinal tract) had begun to shut down also so it was good I got him in when I did. He has quite a major incision but should be home tomorrow.
Thanks for all your good thoughts/wishes. Remember to keep those potatos out of reach!
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