Dollar, the super entertaining conure is back to his high spirit as he enjoys the nebulization session.
Dollar has been diagnosed with aspergillosis, one of the most deadly fungal infection affecting the respiratory system in birds. Although his prognosis is gaurded, he is responding well to treatment :)
Thank you Dr. Shashikant for conducting his x-ray effortlessly, aiding in the diagnosis.
** YET ANOTHER MIRACLE MANIFESTED ! **
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Bruce, a male, pariah cross, came to me as a two month old pup, two months ago. In a freak accident, he landed up with a tibial crest fracture on his right hind limb and had lost his propioceptive reflex (his right hind paw had lost complete sensation).
Bruce has always been a very happy puppy, and hence he landed up with severe secondary wounds as he dragged his affected limb while playing (as much as he was tried to be restrained, in vain). Osteomyelitis (bone infection) was revealed in the radiographs, which meant that if we did not arrest this infection, we may have to ampute his leg.
We started a holistic healing approach for this young boy that encompassed allopathic supplements, homeopathy, accupuncture, hydroptherapy, passive physiotherapy, light therapy along with a 24/7 brace placement. After 1.5 months of rigourous follow ups, we can now confidently say that Bruce has had a 95% recovery. A month more of treatment, and he should be all new :)
A huge shout out to Bruce's parent, Vice president at CERA, who did not give up come what may! I still remember the conversation I had with him where I tried explaining to him that limb amputation might be our last resort. But he said "he is improving and he will be fine :)" . Bruce being a growing dog required a new brace with different measurements every week - a team at CERA was appointed for doing this! Bruce has his own pool too, where he swims thrice a week 😵. Bruce travelled every single day for three weeks from Kadi to Ahmedabad and back (90kms), always on time for their appointment. His NEIGHBOURS did the ordeal for him, EVERY SINGLE DAY! Now that's what we would call being born with some great luck!
So a leg amputation, hopeless case is back to sprinting his puppy power, all thanks to one man, Dr. Bharat Tiwari sir. The man who makes impossible things happen! Thanks Aditi Bhatt for giving us an opportunity to serve Bruce. Thank you, all
** DO NOT NEGLECT THAT EAR INFECTION**
Cupcake, a 2 month old, male Siberian husky puppy, on a routine vaccine consult, was found to have unclean ears and a mild external ear infection. Interestingly, with such a mild infection, Cupcake was exhibiting intermittent Horner's Syndrome - unequal pupil size, a severe symptom which is seen mostly in middle or internal ear infection, head trauma etc.
We have chalked out a schedule for him that includes a deep ear clean, instillation of a higher antibiotic - anti-inflammatory ear drops, oral antibiotics and a nerve tonic. Cupcake has responded very well to treatment just within 3 days.
Cupcake also felt very nauseous during car rides and vomited once in a way, which is a common symptom in ear infections. Post treatment, these symptoms seem to have alleviated.
A note for pet parents-please make sure your pet's ears are cleaned regularly, even the slightest infection is not ignored, if your dog feels nauseous intermittently (this may have different reasons, but should not be ignored), please see your vet.
A special mention to Cupcake's pet parent for being extremely vigilant and letting us know of this symptom which may seem very vague to a first time pet parent.
Much love to this mutt <3
The vet life can be exceptionally draining. While most of the times we fight hard compassion and ethical fatigue, patients like Angel relieve us of the stress by potraying their antics!
Payal, hats off to you for raising your kids so well :)
P.S. For people who may not know, training a cockateil so well is very difficult. It requires tremendous patience and perseverence.
** NOTHING BEATS THE WILL TO LIVE **
Meet our fighter Gappu, a 3 month old Indian Pariah, male pup who has come a long way in this battle to fight death!
One of our pet parent rescued this young chap a month ago. He was found paraplegic on the road, with a huge abcess on his back. We suspected it to be a severe case of dog bite. Fortunately he could evacuate voluntarily.
On presentation, he was in immense pain. Although many of us would consider putting to sleep such a case, we decided to support Gappu to fight this out. Even when he was in so much pain, he still had a voracious diet.
We kept him on medication to heal his external wounds and worked on his diet and over all well being along with physiotherapy and supplements. He began to respond to treatment and he could intermittently support on his hindlimbs.
We felt it was the perfect time to introduce him to electro-accupuncture to improve his reflexes and mobility. It has been only 2 sessions now and Gappu has responded beautifully. A few more sessions and he should be all new again!
We thank Sir for his selfless dedication to serve animals and always voluntaring to help get back cases from the dead with his accupuncture skills (remember Jack the Husky?!)
I am short of words to describe how much effort has Gappu's foster parent put in to get this boy to where he is today. People like him do exist where genuine efforts are put in for stray animal welfare without any social media coverage.
Much much love to this crazy mutt <3
***As we complete one successful year in two days, this case, by far has been the most challenging - emotionally, mentally, physically and professionally***
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Many a times, certain instances occur that one's belief in the "Law of Attraction" and fate and destiny (all the heavy words one can think of) strengthens.
Brownie, an approx 30 day old, female, beagle pup, weighing barely a few grams was presented to the clinic with severe gastroenteritis, ever since her pet parents brought her home, three days back.
Everything had gone wrong with this pup and her first time pet parents. Firstly, they were duped of a whooping amount, "sold" a "female" pup stating that its a "male" and that she was severely sick. Nothing was right about her medical treatment either.
But Brownie's dad was hell bent in doing anything and everything to save her. And like they say, the Universe conspires-he heard Chirag Bhatt's interview on radio mirchi, made a few quick phone calls, procured his number and there after he was refered to me.
On physical examination, Brownie was a classical case of PTS (put to sleep peacefully) - her suffering was beyond imagination and in medical terms her prognosis was gaurded. I was treating a suspected Canine Distemper case three months ago. I couldn't save him and for me, it has been my biggest career failure. It might sound absurd, but there was a strong gut feeling that he had come back in the form of Brownie, this time to be saved!
Brownie, even if force fed, could not retain it and the vomiting made her condition even worse. As per protocol, she had to be Nil By Mouth and on saline for 24 hours to maintain hydration and prevent Hypoglycaemia and shock. I went back home after a busy day and as usual I discussed this with my husband, and after this, what he said, was the game changer "What are you waiting for?! If this is the protocol, go ahead, get her home. Its a long
** Treating a rescued dog over long distance consultations, and then see him bloom, is a feeling one can't express in words **
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I am one of those vets who strongly recommends to examine a patient before prescribing any medication, how so ever small the clinical presentation be - mis-diagnosis and hence treatment over a call/photos/videos can lead to life threatening complications. Hence, when I was requested to consult for a rescued dog, diagnosed for a form of cancer, critically suffering in Coimbatore, I was not sure if I could help. The subject Oncology being my keen interest, I decided to take up the challenge.
His name is Sultan, a young, male labrador dog who was found abandoned with a huge mass on his left flank. This mass was diagnosed to be a mast cell cancer, one of the most malignant cancers. Fortunately, this was localised to the skin and had not spread to any of his internal organs.
What surprised me was that he was on treatment since August 2017 (over 5 months) with a series of blood tests done, all of them signifying "tick fever" and none of his treatment protocols suggested anything to treat it. The primary focus was on the cancer, which although was important, but a concurrent, more life threatening disease was completely missed out. I remembered my professor's lecture where he spoke about how it is easy to get trapped in the "tunnel" where you visualise only what you "see" and tend to completely ignore something more important.
I recommended a treatment protocol that targeted at treating Sultan's tick fever first, and nurse his cancerous wound - pumping the platelets up, stabilizing him so as to make him clinically healthy for him to successfully take the surgery required to remove the cancer and chemotherapy post that, if needed.
Sultan has responded beautifully to the treatment (his blood counts look great too!), has put on weight and has bloomed into a mad puppy. It is heart warming for us to
** Post treatment video of Scooby **
- kindly refer earlier post for details.
Scooby, who was abandoned because he was crippled, now, a healthy 7 month old pup running around for treats.
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** WILL POWER is like a muscle, the more you use it, the more it is built **
Scooby, a two month old, male, rottweiller pup personifies the above message. He was abandoned at an animal shelter because he was crippled. He found shelter with an active animal rescuer.
On physical examination, Scooby looked very malnourised, with a bloated abdomen and could not support on his limbs. He was suffering from multiple issues, but the most alarming one's were his liver infection and poor bone density (the reason for him not being able to support himself). Inspite of the major liver infection and the pain, Scooby's appetite was great.
We knew he had to tread a long journey towards recovery, with potentially a prognosis that was gaurded. At such a point, we believe, that the will power of the animal and the pet parent plays a much more important role than medicines alone. Scooby's foster dad was ready to do anything and everything for him.
After a series of injections and oral medication, Scooby slowly began to lift himself up and transformed into a new dog within a span of 2 months - he is now a handsome 7 month old dog, who's coat shines, who still hogs on food like a goat AND has found his forever family, who loves him to bits. And with that happy ending, our belief in miracles strengthen :)
We whole heartedly thank Scooby's foster dad who worked very hard on him and a loud round of applause and appreciation to his dad who adopted him - it takes a lot to adopt a dog with a critical medical history who would need attention for the rest of his life!
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** A HAPPY POST from us at Happy Pets to end this year - yet another MIRACLE MANIFESTED! **
Mercy, a young German Shepherd dog was found abandoned in a pityful state - he was lying prostrate, couldn't move a bit and was in immense pain. He was rescued by an animal foundation in Ahmedabad, thereafter taken care of by active animal rescuers working towards animal welfare.
On clinical examination, we suspected a fracture in the thoraco-lumbar veterbrae (a part of the spine). This was confirmed on Xray where we could see two major fractures, in a way as if someone had hit him with a rod multiple times!
Inspite of the immense pain, fortunately Mercy was eating well. After a round of injectables, he is now on oral meds to heal his fracture and strengthen his spine. It has been a little over 20 days and this boy has made a huge progress in his recovery - he can leash walk for as long as you want him to! :)
Neuro musculo skeletal cases take time to heal. In our opinion, the doctor's contribution towards it's treatment is only 10%, 90% of the recovery is dependant on the pet parent and their faith in the doctor's effort. We thank Mercy's rescuer for being that pet parent to him, for giving him that time to heal, that love that he needed even in times when he exhibited aggression out of pain and insecurity, at a time when his own humans potentially hit and abandoned him.
His progress will be monitored routinely. We wish Mercy a very happy and a healthy life ahead <3 More power to people who come ahead to help such souls!
Tyson, a 6 month old, intact, male, Labrador retriever dog was presented at Happy Pets with an abnormal, head-down position gait (Please see the video).
Tyson has been our patient since he was a 45 day old pup and is always so happy and playful. We noticed that, interim his gait became normal and as soon as he was extremely excited he exhibited this abnormal gait.
Further history revealed a possible paracetmol toxicity-he had slipped into the first aid box and grabbed on some tablets two days ago. He was also fed a lot of chocolates over the past few months, which is poisionous to dogs! He also has access to a huge garden, and there was a possibility of eating a pesticide treated plant or a poisonous/poisoned insect/animal/bird.
Fortunately, all his vitals were normal, and no other abnormality was detected on routine neurological examination. We immediately started him on intravenous fluids, drugs to reduce the intracranial pressure, antibiotic that would pass the blood brain barrier to control any infection, anti inflammatory and nerve tonics.
Tyson responded to treatment after the first dose itself, and resumed normal gait, however, we completed the course to prevent any recurrence.
We sincerely appreciate that Tyson's pet parents are a lot more vigilant about his food habits now (and do not offer him the things that are not good for him, inspite of him making the puppy face :) ) and for getting him for regular follow up's.
Please note certain human drugs, chocolates, certain fruits etc are lethally poisonous to dogs.
Much love to this mutt who didn't stop eating our treats even though he was seriously unwell :)
A milestone achieved! A case and a dog very close to my heart - Dr. Mugdha Dipesh Raksh*t #personalpost
It is a pleasure for me to introduce you to Jack, an intact male, 1.5 year old Siberian Husky - The Absolute Fighter! Having survived parvovirus when he was a 3 month old pup, I am not surprised that this boy has survived and is up and running after recovering from a severe life threatening paralytic heat stroke.
He was brought to Happy Pets precisely 35 days ago, wrapped in a bedsheet, paralytic, not able to respond to any stimuli and lying prostate. Having seen a few vets in town, he came to me when we had already lost 5 precious days (he had a fall 40 days back, and didn't get up after that). I was asked sensitive questions by his deeply concerned pet parent about assurity of his survival and recovery, about even trying to treat him or just put him to sleep peacefully. It was hard, and these are questions genuinely caring ,dedicated vets struggle to answer every single day. It might sound absurd, but I spoke to Jack while I examined him, and as we had that deep eye contact, I heard him say "I am going to stand-up, please do not give up on me". That's when I decided I am going to give all that I have to this boy to get him up and running. After a long 45 minute consultation, we all finally decided to start his treatment the next day (he had already been treated by a vet that evening). That evening while leaving the clinic, his parent parent said to me "Please aap aapki taraf se puri koshish karna" and I replied as I held the door open for him while he held his baby in a bedsheet "200%, mere wada raha aapse" - I had absolutely no clue how I was going to do this, but I had a strong belief that it would work out somehow!
The next day we started our journey towards recovery that involved several drips, medication, physiotherapy and Jack began to respond to treatment. Within a week, he could now balance his head. However, I felt that his recovery was stagnating.
