When I
first came in today, I saw we had a black-coated retriever named Jett who was
in a closed cage receiving a humidifier-like treatment. Pat told me she had some sort of pneumonia (the
doctors thought it may have been a fungal infection because the x-rays showed a
white fuzz-like substance throughout the lungs, and Jett had some lesions [wounds]
on her body that looked like fungal lesions; but they weren’t able to tell for
a fact that it was indeed a fungal infection), and the saline nebulizer was
acting as a humidifier to help try and break up her congestion and all the junk
that was in her lungs. She was also receiving
oxygen, as well as the antibiotics Baytril (helps treat respiratory
infections), Doxycycline (helps fight bacterial infections), and Clindamycin (helps
fight severe bacterial infections in the lungs by stopping the growth of
bacteria). She’s a bit lethargic and
having a little difficulty breathing, but other than that she doesn’t seem to
be doing too bad, so hopefully that continues and she will be able to fight off
the pneumonia.
Jett recieving the 'humidifier' (saline nebulizer) treatment.
X-rays #1 (on the left) and #2 (on the right) of Jett's lungs. Some white, foggy spots/swirls can be seen in the lungs, which id the fluid/possible fungal infection. #1 was taken when Jett first came in yesterday, and #2 was taken today to see if there was any improvement.
More X-rays of Jett's lungs, taken at a different view.
One of the lesions (most likely fungal) on Jett.
The
other two major patients we had today (it was another slow day with no
surgeries) were a poodle named Daisy and a Domestic Short-Haired kitten named
Tex. Daisy had been bitten by a coyote a
couple weeks ago (she had gone to a different animal hospital when that
happened), and received a broken rib as well as a few other minor injuries that
required some sutures. She had a large
chest bandaging/cast to stabilize her ribs, and she was getting the bandage and
sutures off today as well as re-check x-rays.
She was a very nervous little poodle.
Her owners were supposed to bring the first x-rays that were taken at
the other hospital so we could compare them, but they didn’t so we had nothing
to compare our x-rays to. Dr. Amanda
thought the x-rays looked okay, though, so she told the owner that Daisy seemed
to be healed and could go home without getting any re-bandaging. Tex is here because he has hypothermia (extremely
low body temperature), hypoglycemia (glucose deficiency in the blood), and
excessive diarrhea. He is in a heated
incubator with heating pads and blankets, and he is on the medication metronidazole
(used to treat urinary and anal infections, so to help with the diarrhea). He was also being given (and force-fed, since
he didn’t feel well and didn’t want to eat) lots of food as well as some sugary
substances to raise his glucose levels. Hopefully he will be getting better as
well.
Daisy the Poodle.
Tex, the Domestic Short-Haired cat.
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