Day at the LSV

I arrived at the LSV just in time to find a grey long haired cat crashing with techs and a vet wrapped around him trying to get him to come to. The cat in a geriatric feline who came in for a routine dental cleaning only to react poorly to the anesthesia...he had died three times by the time I arrived to the clinic. He had an interesting time with anesthesia the last time he was under in that it took him unusually long to come out of it. In preparation for that, his dose was much reduced...so this time instead of staying out too long he tried to just die in the process. He managed to pull his catherter out and was coughing up a bit of blood. He had to be shaved (I wasn't there for that) and his owners wanted to know about his beautiful grey hair...no offense but the cat is trying to die...the last thing anyone was worried about was the way he looked. He was put on oxygen and got a couple injections(I cannot recall the types) and another catheter couldn't be put it because his blood pressure was far to low and no one could get in inserted. *grumble*

Not long after a pit bull type dog was prepped for neutering which was a success. Then I observed a female mixed breed get spayed. As I walked out of the OR I saw something big and black on the floor of the clinic and thought "WOW, that is a huge dog...um...calf? There is a calf back here and not in the barn?!?!?" It was a two week old black angus bull calf with a bad case of scours...meds, some IV fluids, and ringer solution later and he was feeling much better! Hopefully he will continue to improve.

A year old male St. Bernard came in and weighed in at only 110lbs, already 10-15 lbs less than the previous weeks he had come in. He was presenting with some rattling sounds in his chest as well as discomfort in his hindend as well as abdomen. He was taken to have a chest x-ray where it was found he has a large foreign body in his stomach and will need a trip to the OR. The owner confessed he had eaten shoes as well as random objects. Silly puppy!

Lunch arrived and unfortunately that is my time to leave because I have classes shortly after.

I grabbed my own cat out of the cat kennel. She was just diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure on Friday and spent her weekend getting IV fluids. Her levels of creatine and something else are being rechecked to see if they have come down some. She is on 2.5mg Benazepril a day for 28 days and she will be assessed as needed.

Anyway...welcome to my day. lol