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Aren’t dogs incredible? ❤️
2018
Thank you for making this a great year for our business! We can't wait to see what 2018 has in store! #HappyNewYear
Many of you read about Angus or saw him featured on our page. He is a mastiff puppy from the Gulfcoast Humane Society that was born with a defective heart valve. He was evaluated by Dr. Arsenault and determined to be a good candidate for a procedure called a balloon valvuloplasty to open his abnormal pulmonic valve. He underwent his surgery last Tuesday which was performed through the jugular vein in his neck. Dr. Arsenault and Dr. Rehling along with their great technical team were able to successfully open the valve and lower the pressure in his right heart. He did great for the procedure and was back at home the next day. We all fell in love with this sweet boy and their were some tears when he left. ❤️❤️❤️
Meet Leo! He is a 4 month old, 3 lbs kitty who came to SWFVS with inability to open his mouth and unable to eat due to an abnormally healed jaw fracture. After a CT examination, Dr. Nanai and her surgery team removed his entire left jaw bone to free up his mouth. The procedure was very delicate and required special anesthetic considerations such as tracheal intubation (placing the tube for gas anesthesia through a surgically made incision directly into the trachea/wind pipe, instead of placing the tube normally, through the mouth into the trachea). Here is Leo 1 day after surgery, enjoying his first meal with the freedom to be able to open his mouth again. He will need dental work by Dr. Gingerich(veterinary dentist) in the future. Leo hopefully will continue to improve and be a normal, happy kitty again.
So here is the video. Warning: there is some blood. You are looking at incision in the dogs neck and you can see the worms being pulled out of the jugular vein. So satisfying to get these things out of there and his heart will function so much better for it!
Miko's Pacemaker
This video shows the permanent pacemaker lead being advanced in from the right. It is not yet in the correct position. The temporary pacemaker is the wire from the left that is sitting in the correct position in the right ventricle. Also shown are external pacing pads which are placed on the chest and can also be used for temporary pacing, but these were not used in Miko’s procedure.
Miko's Pacemaker
This video shows the permanent pacemaker lead being advanced in from the right. It is not yet in the correct position. The temporary pacemaker is the wire from the left that is sitting in the correct position in the right ventricle. Also shown are external pacing pads which are placed on the chest and can also be used for temporary pacing, but these were not used in Miko’s procedure.
Miko's Pacemaker
This video shows the temporary pacemaker being removed after the permanent pacemaker is in place.
