

CASE OF THE MONTH: A stomach full of gravel
Spencer is a 30-pound Corgi. He was brought in because he had vomited some gravel the night before. When I palpated his abdomen where the stomach sits, I could feel a LOT of gravel in his stomach. We took X-rays, and saw his entire stomach was full of gravel. There was no way that much gravel could pass through his intestines without causing a lot of damage, so we decided to go in surgically and remove it. Thankfully his owner brought him in quickly, so he was not yet dehydr