I don’t want viewers of Marley and Me to come away with the idea that old dogs can’t have surgery just because they are old, or that recurrences of GDV cannot be prevented. Platt, well-played by Ann Dowd, made the statement that “this could happen again, and I don’t think he would survive surgery at his age.” Now, don’t get me wrong, I know it’s “just a movie” and to have a heart-wrenching Hollywood plot Marley had to die.īut, in real life Marley didn’t have to die!After the first GDV event, Dr. I have a bone to pick with how this illness was portrayed. Later, he had a second episode that proved fatal. Marley had a first episode with GDV in which the veterinarian was able to pass a stomach tube through Marley’s esophagus and remove the gas which was dilating his stomach. In the end Marley succumbed to a condition known as Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV), in which the stomach of large-breed dogs fills with gas and often flips over inside the abdomen, cutting off blood circulation for the stomach as well as inflow through the esophagus and outflow into the duodenum (small intestine). In fact, husband “John”, played by Owen Wilson, said that Marley outdid even his own worst behavior the day he pooped in the ocean at the dog beach. It was a nice little movie about the most ill-behaved dog ever to exist. My wife, Brenda, and I just finished watching Marley and Me.
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