Diago Update! 🩵
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve been active here, we’ve had a bunch of appointments for little Diago.
Next month, it’ll be a year since the desexing went wrong. I am just so incredibly grateful that Diago is still here with us and being such a good boy.
Diago’s bladder got retested to see how much he empties and while it still isn’t 100% great, it’s a lot better than previous visits. He was trialed on different medicines over the past few months to see if his incontinence is functional vs his insides not working together due to his prostate cut out. Since the medicine didn’t work, it means that it’s highly likely he has a structure (scar tissue) from where they rejoined his urethras to his bladder. The vets are worried about touching this area to fix it, as they said everything is really closely joined. Due to Diago’s small size/the breed, there is no room for error. The saying in that vet room always goes, if it was a bigger dog - than no problem! But we all know how small papillons are.
Diago is going in this month for a contrast due study, where they will view on an ultrasound where his urine goes and if it’s leaking anywhere + to see the size of the stricture.
If there’s a stricture, than will need to source a balloon catheter and hopefully it can burst the scar tissue. However it’s extremely high risk and could also rupture his urethras. While this wouldn’t result in death, we do not want to mess up his urinary track system anymore.
My husband and I are more than happy to have Diago with his incontinence/urine dripping however long term it will cause his bladder to weaken which can become a serious problem so unfortunately this issue has to be fixed.
Otherwise Diago has been such a good boy, playing heaps with his brother Jakey and just enjoying his little life! I guess I’ll be back with an update for how the dye study goes. 😊 Sometimes I feel so awful about this happening to him but we are always grateful for how amazing vet medicine is and how far he has come.