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.

Charlie

Charlie is an 8-year old German Shorthair Pointer who was adopted by his owners from a local humane society 7 years ago. Recently he was diagnosed with a high-grade sarcoma over his left caudal hipbone. Unfortunately the mass could not be removed entirely by surgery; therefore, Charlie's family veterinarian in Charleston referred him to the Oncology service at UVS. Our oncologists developed a definitive treatment plan for him that included radiation therapy as well as chemotherapy to aggressively treat the rapidly growing cancer. Charlie underwent 19 radiation treatments to the residual tumor and draining lymph nodes. He stayed here at UVS during the week and was able to go home on weekends. It has been six weeks since he has completed his treatments. In conjunction with his regular veterinarian, we continue to monitor him closely. Charlie was a joy to have in the hospital, and everyone enjoyed taking care of him!