-Veterinary Cases-
Here is a favorite patient with a very difficult problem. Daisy is a young boisterous Golden Retriever with a zest for life and almonds. Her owner helped her burn up some energy by tossing her almonds in the evening. She loved it! However, one evening she played her game by catching an almond and sneezing the nut up into her nose! The owner was unaware this had happened until she began to "snort" nearly continuously and she came to Mesa Veterinary Hospital to see Dr. Batch. He tried simple medications at first, but it was soon evident that Daisy had a more severe problem.
Here we see Daisy laying in our endoscopy suite under anesthesia. Click on the picture for a closer view of the area!
Daisy was anesthetized to permit a closer endoscopic examination of her posterior nares (the back side of her nose!) The scope revealed a large almond stuck securely within the opening. The picture below shows part of the nut only after it was poked and prodded out of its very secure location!
The almond had become lodged and was still in one piece, but it broke in two
when it was grabbed by one of our many grasping tools within the nose. A
very difficult thing to do!
This picture show a catheter which was used to gently push the
nut out to where it could be flushed out into the throat.
Keep in mind you are looking at the posterior nares above the hard
palate!!
Finally the offending almond laying out on the table where it belongs!!
Click on the pictures to get a closer view!
Here we have a kitten who was caught in a reclining chair and managed to dislocate his elbow! The first picture shows the post procedure kitten with a cast. The two x-rays show the dislocation and the replaced elbow in the cast. The final picture is the kitten weeks later without the cast and growing up!
Kastor is shown here asleep preparing for a major tendon repair. He is a police dog who mistakenly was lacerated by something very sharp in his own back yard. (Not by a "bad guy"!) His front flexor tendons were totally separated and he had each repaired His front leg was splinted to allow them to heal. He has done very well!
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How about the tumor to beat all tumors?? This is a series of pictures with Shadow having a lipoma/sarcoma removed from his back over his hips. The first shows him in the initial exam and the series is in the surgery with the last couple of pictures showing a happy dog after the sutures were removed. The tumor had been very slow growing and since Shadow was 11 years old, the owners had been reluctant to have him undergo the surgery. As you can see, Shadow is still going strong!
The tumor had a low grade malignancy and has not returned as of September 2009.