Roscoe's Case
Mr. Roscoe first came to see us in November of 2022. And as you can see from his pictures, he’s quite the handsome man. Unfortunately, he was struggling with trickling blood after urinating. So we did a full physical exam, and the doctor noted an enlarged prostate, which is common in our intact male dogs like Roscoe, and typically remedied by neutering. The doctor thought the inflammation and enlargement may be contributing to what dad was seeing, but wanted to do some further diagnostics. We took abdominal radiographs to look for bladder stones.
As you can see from the attached picture-we found one! Having a stone in the bladder causes irritation and discomfort, and that helped explain poor Roscoe’s symptoms. We made a plan to neuter him and remove that bladder stone in the same procedure, but shortly before the scheduled day, dad brought him back in for bleeding excessively from his anus. When Dr. Coppel examined him, she found a rectal mass, so we added removal of that to our surgical plan as well.
Mr. Roscoe went through 3 procedures in 1 day, and he managed it like a champ! We sent the stone out for testing at the Minnesota Urolith Center, and luckily, it came back as a common type that we deal with and know how to treat. To prevent reoccurrence , he will need to be on a prescription urinary diet life long, and need regular monitoring tests. The rectal mass came back as a polyp, which is typically benign. He recovered from the procedure quickly, and when we last checked in with dad, had no more bleeding, and was back to his happy self!