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My Lavender girl had GDV emergent surgery two nights ago and finally came home and is groggy, but healing nicely 🙏🏼 Because of this forum and all of the wonderful people sharing their stories and warning signs to look out for -we were able to catch this quick enough and save her life.. GDV is so terrifying and if you have a standard (as well as other breeds of course) learn the warning signs!! A sincere thank you to everyone and all the nice thoughts and prayers for our girl.. she is so so loved and I appreciate the many complete strangers concern for her. Sometimes the internet can be a really lovely place 🥰

My worst fear came true tonight.. my 2 year old standard Lavender was diagnosed with GDV 😭 If it wasn’t for this subreddit I would have never known the signs.. I’ve been so worried about it, even talked to my vet about preventative surgery. She talked me out of it and I wish I would have followed my gut and went for it. We spotted the signs right away, (started with whining, pacing and. General neediness. Took her out to go potty thinking she had to go.. while outside I noticed her belly was starting to look very full and felt tight, she started retching-nothing coming up)as soon as the retching started I knew. Got her to the emergency vet within about 90 minutes of first -and at the time unrecognized- symptoms. $12,000 (so far) later she is currently undergoing surgery. I could use all the good thoughts and prayers for her.. it was so hard leaving her there. Just waiting for a call from the vet, praying she makes it through 🙏🏼 Any tips for aftercare and/or what to expect afterwards is appreciated. ..trust your gut, get pet insurance (kicking myself because you always think it won’t be you 😵‍💫), and follow a Reddit page so you can be so paranoid that you recognize the signs! 🥴