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Why is my dog still vomiting and in pain days after minor surgery?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 8 years and 6 months old | 13 lbs

Hi my dog had a minor surgery on saturday i.e on the 22nd of July. And after the surgery she began experiencing some stomach pain, since she wasn't allowed to eat anything before the surgery and she wasn't even given any nutritional fluid even after the surgery. We had to rush back to the hospital, where they gave her an injection to ease the pain. Today is monday i.e 24th of July and we are still going back to the hospital daily and we haven't found any improvement. She keeps vomitting. Help!

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Answered By Rodrigo Roca, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 24th, 2017

Hello, sorry to hear about Sally's complications. Its hard to tell if this is a side effect of the anesthesia or the surgery itself or any of the medications she has received. Perhaps your veterinarian will investigate a little further as to the cause of her sudden onset of illness and may consider hospitalization for Sally. If sally had any pre-existing condition that could have been exacerbated with the anesthetic procedure, these should also be re-evaluated to ensure there has not been any progression of those. Hope this helps.

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