Dizzy would rather sleep in his litter-box and eliminate on a towel, so that's what we did. You can see his feeding tube hanging out of the bandage. He never bothered it. Three times a day we mixed prescription diet A/D with water, and pain medicine. Morning and evening, we added antibiotics. At noon we […]
Category Archives: Trauma
Warning: Gross pictures below You may have seen Dizzy's picture with a face full of acupuncture needles. That's pretty much an "after" picture. We are definitely getting a happy ending. This is about the "before", when a good outcome didn't look too certain. One of our great clients moved into a new (for her) house […]
Abi is a beautiful, good-natured dog who got a little too close to a horse’s hoof. Actually, she got kicked in the head. It turns out to be not as cool as when Dean Martin sang about it. Incredibly, she is walking around like nothing much happened. When you look at a close-up of […]
I've talked about crushing injuries before more than once. They are a lot worse than cuts and punctures, and initially, it's pretty hard to tell just how bad they are. Hercules here used to be able to take on all comers. He's a farm dog and a pretty good kind of a guy. While he […]
Apparently, I have written about dislocated hips before, but I can't find my original post right now. I received an email on the subject from Ireland today. [These diagrams are lifted from Brinker, Piermatti & Flo (orthopedic text).] On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:18:56 -0000, Paddy from Wicklow, Ireland wrote I have a 4 […]
Here's Alley back for another check-up, 36 days after getting caught in the fan-belt. She looks pretty good overall, though she hasn't grown her hair back, obviously. You may recall when we started this case that I noted it's hard to tell whether traumatized skin will survive or not. An area can look pretty decent, […]
Alley still has a few "issues" as they say, but she is stuck back together. She's eating well, gaining weight, and feeling pretty good. For a long time she did NOT feel pretty good. Her whole body took a beating, not just her skin. We know she must have been thoroughly bruised inside and out, […]
Alley came back in so that we could recheck things and remove the surgical drains. It's looking good here. Very minimal swelling and drainage. I'm getting really optimistic.
I'm way behind on updating the Blog. Too many long days and late nights. After 3 weeks, Alley had mostly recovered from her ordeal under the hood. I thought you might find the follow-up interesting. As you may recall (if you followed the above link), Alley was caught in the fan-belt and the friction […]
Warning: Gross pictures at the bottom When you go outside to start your car, bang on the hood, honk the horn, and check around to see where the cat is. You might check under the hood. Every year, kittens are born in the spring and summer. Whether wet or dry, the weather is hot. Then […]