Day 37: Lump Removal and Blocked Urethra

                Today, in addition to some Technician appointments, we had two new patients in the recovery room: the first named Beefcake, who is a Border Collie mix, and the second named Adonis, who is a Domestic Short-Haired cat.  Beefcake was in for a well-needed lump removal; he had a huge lipoma (a harmless growth of fatty tissue) on the outside of his back right leg that covered nearly the entire area of the outside area of his thigh, which Dr. Mark removed during the afternoon.  Adonis was an emergency patient who came in sometime early morning.  He had a blocked urethra (from bladder stones), and he couldn’t urinate because of that.  As a result, his bladder was extremely large because it kept filling up with urine that it wasn’t able to get out.  Dr. Mark performed surgery on him as well (though during the early morning), and by the time I saw Adonis, he was recovering in his cage with a catheter draining urine from his bladder into a small IV bag.  His urine was very bloody, but this is normal for the time being, since he had had so many problems with his bladder and with urinating before he had his surgery.

Beefcake, the Boarder Collie mix.

The lipoma that was removed from Beefcake's thigh.

Part of the large area that the lipoma took up on the thigh (picture taken after it was removed).

Adonis, the Domestic Short-Haired.

Adonis was a bit chubby, but very cute and suprisingly friendly for being in as much pain as he was in.

The IV bag that was collecting his bloody urine (this was taken during surgery and right after the bag had been emptied).

Flushing the urethra to ensure all the bladder stones were out.

Adonis a bit after his surgery; he felt so much better!  He was able to sit up and walk again without being in a lot of pain, and he wanted to be pet and played with.