Miss Daisy

Miss Daisy presented earlier this spring to our Internal Medicine service for severe bruising and anemia. It was found that her platelet count was very low, causing spontaneous hemorrhage. We ran some diagnostic tests and found that she was suffering from immune mediated thrombocytopenia, a condition in which the immune system destroys the platelets in the body. Miss Daisy received a blood transfusion and was placed on medications to suppress her immune system. She responded very well to treatment. She is currently being weaned off her medications and enjoying her summer on the lake.

Princess Dolly

Princess Dolly, a 5-year old Malamute, came to UVS on emergency from her family veterinarian. Paralyzed on her right side, our Admissions department first assessed her condition and found that Dolly had a fracture and subluxation at her C3-C4 vertebrae. The neck fracture was initially diagnosed on radiographs and then a CT scan was performed to evaluate the true severity of the fracture. With surgery, Dolly was given a 60-70% chance of recovery. Her owners elected to pursue surgery, and she underwent a cervical vertebral fusion. The surgical repair went extremely well. Postoperatively, Dolly was placed in a neck brace for four weeks to protect the repair. She made a rapid recovery and was walking within two weeks. She is now almost back to normal and enjoying time in her backyard.

Scrappy

Scrappy, a 10-year old, male neutered, Chihuahua, was diagnosed one year ago with spindle cell carcinoma after having his anal sacs removed. Once healed from surgery, the oncology service began treating Scrappy with chemotherapy. The aggressive cancer spread to his lymph nodes, which required more surgery and several changes in his chemotherapy to combat the cancer. Scrappy responded really well to the treatment. We are happy to report that his last ultrasound revealed no evidence of cancer anywhere!