This is the lovely Loki enjoying his hydrotherapy session on the underwater treadmill at the Shrewsbury hospital. He is recovering well after an operation on his elbows and certainly seems to be enjoy his rehabilitation exercises 😃
Here is Maggie, eagerly awaiting her dinner after her dental procedure today 🙂 nice to see she still has her appetite, even when she’s had some teeth removed!
Some afternoon cuteness 😻
Two kittens from Sleapy Cat Rescue keeping themselves entertained! Looks like the grey one was the winner here!
(They are currently not yet up for adoption as they’re a little bit poorly at the moment, but once they are over their illness, if you’re interested you can contact Eve from the rescue)
The snow is coming down fast in Whitchurch now! Stay safe humans and animals.
This little old girl is Holly. She has been at our Wem surgery today to have a dental procedure. She has had some teeth removed today but this hasn’t stopped her appetite!
We like to feed soft food after animals have had extractions and advise you do so at home for a few days whilst your pet’s gums are settling down.
It is important to get your pet’s teeth checked at each visit to ensure there are no signs of dental disease developing.
This is what we love to see from our patients! Happy waggy tail from this lovely 7 week old cavalier puppy.
FELIX, PART 4;
Felix was going to require very close monitoring for the following 72 hours and was going to need a pain relief infusion for the most part before being tried on oral pain relief medication.
We were all very pleased when we received this video of Felix only several hours post operation. He was obviously feeling very well 😁
We would continue to monitor Felix closely for any further signs of a pneumothorax, hoping and praying that surgery was a success.
PART 5/FINAL PART coming soon.
FELIX, PART 3;
3 areas of lesions were located on Felix's lungs, this required the surgeon to perform 3 partial lobectomys (surgical removal of the affected part of the lung lobe), the video is showing the surgeon using a specific suture pattern to prevent any leaking from the surgical site once the affected site is removed.
No other leaks could be seen so Felix's chest was closed and a chest drain was placed to remove any trapped air or inflammatory fluid post operation.
Felix very quickly started to breath on his own 😁
PART 4 coming up.
FELIX, PART 2;
So Felix's owner elected for us to attempt surgery.
2 weeks after initial presentation we placed Felix on an intravenous infusion of very strong pain relief, another infusion of intravenous fluids to help maintain blood pressure throughout the procedure and then gave him an general anaesthetic, we were then ready to perform a thoracotmy (incision into the chest wall by breaking through the sternum).
A nurse was required to breathe for Felix throughout the procedure, we had him hooked up to a multi-parameter monitor so his vital signs could be monitored closely and attempted to locate the fault in Felix's chest.
If you watch the video attached towards the end, you can just see air bubbles rising through the saline when the nurse gives Felix a breath, this located the first hole in one of his lungs.
PART 3 coming up.
