![]() My beautiful 2-year-old whippet/lab cross called Nala sadly passed away today.Ī week ago she stopped eating and began to have low energy and on Wednesday she started to vomit bile multiple times. ![]() Luckily, these jobs can be carried out elsewhere if the spleen has to be removed. The main jobs of the spleen are to act as a blood storage reservoir, to make red blood cells, to filter out and remove old blood cells and to fight infection as part of the immune system. It is a very vascular organ, meaning it is full of blood vessels and blood storage areas. It is sometimes described as being shaped like a slipper because it is long and narrow with curved borders and has a narrower part in the middle. It is smaller in size than the liver but larger than a kidney. ![]() So, where is the spleen and what does it do? The spleen is situated on the left side of the abdomen, close to the stomach. Very short walks on a lead, away from his boisterous friends, were all that he was allowed during his recovery, but now he is beginning to get back to normal gradually. After major surgery he had to take it very easy, which was hard for him. After several days of hospitalisation at the vets, Biggles began to feel so much better that the challenge was to stop him from doing too much.
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