Today was pretty busy, there was a lot going on in every direction. First, I held Patrick for a lion cut shave.
Cooper, a mastiff mix, had a mass removed on his leg and now has a drain in. The drain was bleeding pretty profusely after he woke up enough to move around a bit. We decided there should be a small bandage on his leg to soak up the oozing blood. Holly bandaged the leg, wrapping him around his hips and abdomen to hopefully keep the bandage up.
Beau, a golden retriever that came in a week ago for a laceration on his foot that we sent to Vescone after flushing the wound came in for a bandage change. I held him while Holly changed the bandage.
I removed a catheter from a cairn terrier named Beauty. Sabrina and I also cleaned up her rear end since she had bloody diarrhea all day.
Then I cleaned up the treatment area and restocked a few things. I also cleaned out some cages in the kennel from animals that had already gone home.
A dalmation mix puppy came in who had eaten a fern. I gave him 150 ml’s of fluids SQ then 1 ml of Cerenia also SQ. I also gave him 10 ml of Toxiban orally to line his stomach and intestines to hopefully not allow any toxins to enter his body. He loved the Toxiban, and was looking for more.
Mable, a geriatric beagle, needed a heartworm/Lyme test and her ears cleaned and nails clipped. I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative. And then cleaned her ears and clipped the nails.
Cooper needed to be walked, so I took him outside, however, he was not interested in doing anything except trying to pull me across the street. So we went back inside, and I took his bandage off since it was sliding anyway. Then I cleaned him up since there was blood all over his fur. Most of the bleeding had stopped by now anyway.
Then I cleaned the cold sterile packs and the endotracheal tubes (see procedures.)
Then I did some laundry and cleaned the dishes.
I cleaned up Cooper one more time before I brought him out to his mom.
Snowfall, the DSH cat that came in last week who has Eosinophilic granulomas, came in for a shot of 1 ml of Depo-medrol. Since he is a known fractious cat, Sabrina and I decided to just take the top off the carrier instead of dragging him out and upsetting him. Then Sabrina held his head and I gave the shot IM in his leg and we popped the top back on and it went much better then normal.
Loki an Abby, two chocolate labs, came in for appointments, and then wanted their nails done as well. The two dogs are a little shy, so they typically go into room two with the owner and it goes much better this way, then separating them and bringing them back to the treatment area. I went into the room with the owner and the dogs and clipped them. They were very good so I gave them a treat.
Then Sabrina and I did our end of night duties and went home.
Cooper, a mastiff mix, had a mass removed on his leg and now has a drain in. The drain was bleeding pretty profusely after he woke up enough to move around a bit. We decided there should be a small bandage on his leg to soak up the oozing blood. Holly bandaged the leg, wrapping him around his hips and abdomen to hopefully keep the bandage up.
Beau, a golden retriever that came in a week ago for a laceration on his foot that we sent to Vescone after flushing the wound came in for a bandage change. I held him while Holly changed the bandage.
I removed a catheter from a cairn terrier named Beauty. Sabrina and I also cleaned up her rear end since she had bloody diarrhea all day.
Then I cleaned up the treatment area and restocked a few things. I also cleaned out some cages in the kennel from animals that had already gone home.
A dalmation mix puppy came in who had eaten a fern. I gave him 150 ml’s of fluids SQ then 1 ml of Cerenia also SQ. I also gave him 10 ml of Toxiban orally to line his stomach and intestines to hopefully not allow any toxins to enter his body. He loved the Toxiban, and was looking for more.
Mable, a geriatric beagle, needed a heartworm/Lyme test and her ears cleaned and nails clipped. I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative. And then cleaned her ears and clipped the nails.
Cooper needed to be walked, so I took him outside, however, he was not interested in doing anything except trying to pull me across the street. So we went back inside, and I took his bandage off since it was sliding anyway. Then I cleaned him up since there was blood all over his fur. Most of the bleeding had stopped by now anyway.
Then I cleaned the cold sterile packs and the endotracheal tubes (see procedures.)
Then I did some laundry and cleaned the dishes.
I cleaned up Cooper one more time before I brought him out to his mom.
Snowfall, the DSH cat that came in last week who has Eosinophilic granulomas, came in for a shot of 1 ml of Depo-medrol. Since he is a known fractious cat, Sabrina and I decided to just take the top off the carrier instead of dragging him out and upsetting him. Then Sabrina held his head and I gave the shot IM in his leg and we popped the top back on and it went much better then normal.
Loki an Abby, two chocolate labs, came in for appointments, and then wanted their nails done as well. The two dogs are a little shy, so they typically go into room two with the owner and it goes much better this way, then separating them and bringing them back to the treatment area. I went into the room with the owner and the dogs and clipped them. They were very good so I gave them a treat.
Then Sabrina and I did our end of night duties and went home.
