The tale of Maximus and the Chicken Bone

Once upon a time there was a West Highland Terrier named Maximus. Maximus lived with his owners Camron and Stacy at the Rockville Town Center. He was a very loved pup, who often got many treats from the dinner table. One Sunday afternoon, Camron was having an after church snack of Buffalo wings. He thought Maximus would love to devour the excess chicken meat off the chicken bone. Little did he know Maximus would swallow the entire bone in one bite!!!

So Maximus was taken to the Animal Emergency room where these lovely portraits were taken...

You can see the bone right here..^.........It was just chillin in his stomach!!

Here is an enlarged view of the bone....


We were sent home with our options and given the night to think about what to do...either take the risk of letting it pass on its own (could potentially cause worse problems) OR have the vet go in and take the bone out of the stomach. The next morning, I called for a second opinion and found a nice vet willing to take another xray and charge me half price, just to see what the bone had done over night...

Low and behold, there is no visible chicken bone on the second set of xrays! The bone had broken down to small enough pieces that it is passing through his intestines with NO PROBLEMS!!! I was shocked, the vet was shocked, and Max is one lucky pup!!

I know it seems silly, but thanks for those of you who prayed for Max! He seems healthy and happy and back to normal.