More x-ray info for Kendra...

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Posted by Booger's Dad on January 22, 2000 at 05:05:13:

BabyHerp is right in saying food does show up in an x-ray, but I was actually trying to get at another point with all my technical mumbo-jumbo.

I assumed that the vet had seen food in an x-ray before, so by specifically pointing out "something in the stomach", I got the impression that the vet was implying that there was something not quite "normal".

As several of us posted, any "bad" things (rocks, pebbles, kitty litter, earring backs, etc.) will show up clearly and unmistakeably on an x-ray, whereas food is more of just a gray blob in the midst of all the other gray blobs (i.e. you won't see the clear outline of a green bean).

Now, as I didn't quite say before, if there was nothing that was recognizably foreign, then yes, it probably is just food.

I just felt that the vet drawing attention to it was somehow significant, and if I caused you any worry I apologize.

In Booger's x-ray, both the gravel in her intestines and the abnormally large gas bubble in her hindgut, were quite clear (as were the metal clips from her spaying when she had been egg-bound). The large lump that the vet had felt when he first examined her (impacted poop) did not show up as anything distinguishable..it was just the same shades of gray as all her other innards.

Again, I apologize if I went a little overboard in trying to help you.

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Re: More x-ray info for Kendra...long one .... Kendra 01/22/00 (4)
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  - Re: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR to that vet! Ditto from me,, cirsisue 01/24/00 (1)
    - Re: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR to that vet! Ditto from me,, Kendra 01/24/00 (0)
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: BabyHerp is right in saying food does show up in an x-ray, but I was actually trying to get at another point with all my technical mumbo-jumbo. : I assumed that the vet had seen food in an x-ray before, so by specifically pointing out <i>"something in the stomach"</i>, I got the impression that the vet was implying that there was something not quite "normal". : As several of us posted, any "bad" things (rocks, pebbles, kitty litter, earring backs, etc.) will show up <b>clearly and unmistakeably</b> on an x-ray, whereas food is more of just a gray blob in the midst of all the other gray blobs (i.e. you won't see the clear outline of a green bean). : Now, as I didn't quite say before, if there was nothing that was recognizably foreign, then yes, it probably is just food. : I just felt that the vet drawing attention to it was somehow significant, and if I caused you any worry I apologize. : In Booger's x-ray, both the gravel in her intestines and the abnormally large gas bubble in her hindgut, were quite clear (as were the metal clips from her spaying when she had been egg-bound). The large lump that the vet had felt when he first examined her (impacted poop) did not show up as anything distinguishable..it was just the same shades of gray as all her other innards. : Again, I apologize if I went a little overboard in trying to help you.

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