MY DOG IS A HERMAPHRODITE.

[la_belle_laide]

Which is good news. Here's the story:

Haku was born with only one kidney. The "big tubular structure" they found on the ultrasound which they thought was an ectopic ureter leading to the wrong place in his bladder, actually was a random tube leading to a random sac. They were both full of pus. The sac, however, showed signs of uterine tissue.

And inside his abdomen was an ovary.

Yes, you read it here. Haku "He's Too Pretty To Be A Boy" is a hermaphrodite.

They biopsied his liver--which is abnormally small--and his one kidney to make sure there were no other so-and-so-pathies or disease processes going on. And if those results come back all right, then his prognosis is excellent, even with one kidney.

Also, it's possible that the seizure he had was caused by this random ovary which might have been shooting estrogen or progesterone into his brain. They sent out a blood panel for sex hormones to find out. If those come back high (I hope they do,) it explains the seizure and rules out a brain tumor and/or epilepsy. It also takes care of the problem because they took the ovary out.

Last night, didn't I say that I thought all these things were connected and that it was like House? I believe there actually was an episode of House where seizures were caused by hermaphroditism? Dude sometimes I scare myself.

I also came home and told my other dog, Sano, "My friend, you were right." ^_~

That's the whole crazy story as I know it so far. Haku is awake from surgery and is doing so well they might not even keep him for the prescribed three days. :)

ETA: It's also like a volume of Pet Shop Of Horrors. Count D would love this. I halfway want to believe that Count D had a hand in this, actually. ;D (See icon)

Comments

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

O_O that sounds about right for an episode of house.

now how in the hell did the fuckwit you used to work for not figure this out while he was in there?

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Dude I don't know. Maybe he never went that deep? I know he was screwing around in the inguinal area looking for nuts; I could be the bigger person and give him the benefit of the doubt saying that he likely never found the need to look into his abdomen.

However, this is a stroke of luck, and another good reason for losing that job: If I'd still been there, I would have taken him to Dr. Dickwhistle who would have invariably sent Haku home with phenobarb or some crap and told me to "wait and see."

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

yeah, for sure, good thing you found someone who would be thorough.

[torkell]

Good to hear your dog is alright!

On a completely unrelated note, you might be interested to know I've had yet more people asking me for your Zelda stories. Surely I can't be the only person who saved them!

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And, oh, that is so neat that people remember those. You can send them if you feel like it. I really haven't found them anywhere else. O_O But then I haven't really looked much around the 'net. :)

[redrupee.livejournal.com]

Only us, man.

It's kind of insane.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

I know; he definitely found his niche. O_o

[redrupee.livejournal.com]

Tell him that Meghan loves him, uterus or no uterus.

And if it helps, I have one too. :D

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Yes, but HIS was filled with pus and other cells from other body parts.

It's possible he absorbed a litter mate (after said unformed liter-mate absorbed his kidney, I guess.)

O_o

[redrupee.livejournal.com]

Did you know that was a House episode, too?

Double O_o

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah! I'm telling you, I saw it going this way. only my dog could end up as a House episode. ;)

[redrupee.livejournal.com]

Gosh, there's something wrong with us. I'm telling you.

Hermaphrodite dog... I still can't get over that. Maybe that explains why he's always pissed sitting down. O_O

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

I think the vet said that to my Mom! (She called my Mom while I was at school.)

It also explains why he's been licking his wiener for so long. He had all this infected stuff in that tubule around by there.

It's funny; I've seen hermaphrodite dogs before; I've known at least four of them. But never one that went undiagnosed this long, and never one without a kidney. O_o

[redrupee.livejournal.com]

We're not the type for normal. We can't just have a hermaphrodite - we need to have an undiagnosed-for-years hermaphrodite missing a kidney.
That's just how we roll. 8)

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

It's like he's an angel or something!

Only bad. ;)

[spatterdash.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that your dog is just a big middlesex circus freak instead of, you know, dying.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly. :) When I first heard, I laughed in relief.

After that I laughed in, you know, laughter. ^_^

Incidentally, there is a town in NJ called Middlesex, true story.

[skitty-kitty.livejournal.com]

Lol, holy crap! That's awesome in so many ways, so glad the pooch is doing better!

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I had a feeling you'd get a kick out of that. I'm just glad that this is a good prognosis. :D

I love my little shemale.