Laparotomy, Enterotomy

Lateral abdominal xray
With Labradors the mouth is faster than the eye.
Tilly 4 hours postop
My grandfather had a sign that said “even a fish wouldn’t get in trouble if he kept his mouth shut”. What are the consequences of operating one’s mouth in a unmindful way? This is Tilly 4 hours post-op, walking out of Georgetown Vet.
Mao, Liberty and unknown
Tilly swallowed that third button to the right of Mao and Walking Liberty. And the consequences… When did it go down? How did it go down. It resided in her stomach (how long? long enough for the button message to be digested), got ejected through her pyloric valve, raked through the duodenum and hung up in the jejunum 20” from her stomach. The surgeon did a midline incision, a laparotomy, pulled her guts out. A linear track of inflammation was visible along the anti mesenteric surface of the bowel. The surgeon made a longitudinal incision about 1.2” through the bowel lumen and removed Tilly’s prize.
Where did she find it? Probably on the side of the road in Charlottesville
rocking the E collar
She feels much better. Resting. Sleeping a lot, on several meds and delicious food. Wearing an Elizabethan collar…

worried

sad Tilly
Tilly vomited all day yesterday. Kept down some water late last night and early this morning. Currently not interested in food.

Giselle Gautreau

Rivanna River
Giselle Gautreau, paints, one of the FLOW Plein Air Painters along the right bank of the Rivanna this past Saturday at Riverview Park

ears back

two dogs
Tilly, down, ears back, going for the Corgi look, trying out for Queen Elizabeth’s pack.

wet

want rain
rain or shine, happy to walk. Thank you for this day, everyday.

day of rest

Church Proffit VA
Cornerstone Life Christian Church, Proffit, Virginia–c 1881.

“Listed in the Virginia Landmark Register (1998) and the National Register of Historic Places (1999), Proffit is described as “a rare survivor of the black communities established in Albemarle County after the Civil War, but which have largely disappeared or been rebuilt.”–read more about Proffit National Register District

two pack

in the Rivanna
Celeste and Matilda hung out yesterday. Hoping that some of Celeste’s character traits will rub off on Tilly.
Trail walk
The two met when Tilly was a youngster.