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Incredible Northern Vets - Season 2 Episode 13 -
That's My Family
That's My Family
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00:00This house is a cyclone.
00:02Oh my goodness, you're so excited, Johnny.
00:06Oh, he's got a sore on him.
00:08Buddy, he's fighting with a cat, probably.
00:11We don't want it to get worse and him to get systemically sick.
00:14Great boy.
00:16On x-ray, we can see that there's a really big mass in Buddy's abdomen.
00:20If we don't operate as soon as possible, Buddy could bleed out internally.
00:24I'm being strong for everybody.
00:26To lose him would be devastating.
00:28Poor guy.
00:30Across the country...
00:32Be nice.
00:33...Indigenous vets are using their knowledge and skills...
00:36Look at her.
00:37...to help the animals we love stay happy and healthy.
00:52Buddy!
00:53In here now?
00:54Yeah.
00:55Yes, sorry.
00:56B-b-b-buddy.
00:58We've had Buddy almost seven years since Buddy was four months old.
01:02He's a purebred golden lamb.
01:04Buddy has become a major part of our family.
01:07Do you need a hand, Brooke?
01:08No, it should be okay.
01:10We have three grandchildren, so Buddy has been a part of their life for seven years.
01:14Yeah, I know.
01:16He's very cool and calm.
01:18He's just such a pleasant dog.
01:20He brings such joy to our lives.
01:22Bye, Buddy.
01:23Buddy presented today to have his spleen removed.
01:26He came in a couple days ago for some kind of alarming symptoms not doing super well, the stunted abdomen.
01:33Great boy.
01:35We went on holidays for a week and when we came back, Buddy refused to eat.
01:40So when we got home and he wouldn't eat for six days, we were concerned.
01:44Last Thursday, we noticed that his stomach was bloated.
01:48Monday morning when we got up and it looked like he was pregnant.
01:52So then I phoned into the clinic and they said, bring him in right now.
01:57On x-ray, we can see that there's a really big mass in Buddy's abdomen.
02:02And via ultrasound, we can tell that it's attached to the spleen.
02:06We're going to take one more blood sample before we proceed.
02:10That wasn't that bad.
02:13Whenever you're dealing with a spleen, the highest risk is always hemorrhage.
02:18The spleen is so filled with vessels and vasculature, those masses can bleed at any time.
02:24To the point where that animal becomes anemic or dies because of an abdominal bleed.
02:31What we got?
02:327.4.
02:33Fantastic.
02:34We're where we want to be.
02:36Because Buddy is currently stable and he's not anemic or anything like that,
02:40we should operate on him as fast as possible because really he could go downhill quite quickly.
02:46He is so freaking cute.
02:49I hope this goes well.
02:51No, you're not going to get it off.
03:09I'm here today with my puppy, Kate Tube, for her last shots.
03:20This is the first time she's had a collar on.
03:24She's freewheeling.
03:25She does what she wants.
03:28She's a purebred Labrador and her favourite food at the moment is Saskatoon's.
03:38Here you go, Buddy.
03:41Well, my last dog was a female too.
03:45Kate won, well I had her for 11 years but unfortunately she ended up with cancer.
03:55Instead of a different name I just decided Kate too and that's her name.
04:03You shouldn't be so anxious, Kate.
04:06We're ready for her.
04:08We'll take her from you and then we'll vaccinate her and then Dr. Steven will come chat with you after.
04:13Kate.
04:14Good girl.
04:19Come on.
04:21Okay, come on.
04:23Hey little puppers.
04:26What's your story?
04:28You are going to be a very pretty dog.
04:32Her registered name is ImaKate2.
04:35Kate2's predecessor, Kate1, was very different in energy than Kate2.
04:44Oh my goodness, you're so excited.
04:47You can't eat the stethoscope.
04:50Your heart's just erasing.
04:52Kate2 is a happy, wild, hair straight back Lab puppy.
04:59And then we'll get her dewormer and then she can go.
05:03A Lab makes a good family dog.
05:06Here sweetheart.
05:07Dewormer.
05:08They're very loyal.
05:10They're very boisterous and bouncy.
05:13She's true to her breed.
05:15Some dogs eat to live but not Labs.
05:17They live to eat.
05:19We should send him with a bag of those.
05:22That'll help save his shoes.
05:27But at the same time, they require a lot of exercise.
05:32And you are their only playmate.
05:35And I'm pretty sure Bob is questioning his desire to have a new dog in his life.
05:43She's pretty darn cute.
05:44Hello, Laurie.
05:45How is she fitting in?
05:47She isn't.
05:49The house is a cyclone in the morning.
05:53She's a pain.
05:54Chewing everything.
05:56That's my first job in the morning is picking up after her and the cat.
06:01Makes the days go by.
06:03Yeah.
06:04Oh my goodness, you're so cute.
06:06Hey.
06:08I'm single.
06:10And between the cat, the dog, the two miniatures.
06:18That's my family.
06:20Bye, Princess.
06:22Hey.
06:23Oh, Princess Kate.
06:24That's a good name for you.
06:26You've had enough.
06:28Let's go.
06:29Casey.
06:30Thanks again, guys.
06:31Bye, Bob.
06:32Bye.
06:33All righty.
06:34Head valves start.
06:35Let's get sleepy.
06:36No, it looks like it's got lots of energy this morning.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Beautiful.
06:54Good boy, buddy.
06:56It takes a team literally for this sort of thing.
07:00So Kevin's going to be the lead surgeon and I'm there to assist and help when I can.
07:06It's a big tummy to suds up.
07:08It's a big tummy.
07:09Poor guy.
07:11I have done splenectomies before.
07:13This one's going to be interesting because it's a really big mass and there's a lot of risk associated with it.
07:18Because of the size of this mass and because of the risk of these masses spontaneously bleeding into the abdomen, we need to go in and surgically remove the spleen in its entirety.
07:30All right, team.
07:31Kevin, I'm moving.
07:33One, two, three.
07:40Awesome.
07:42He's a good dog.
07:43He will be so good.
07:44He is a good dog.
07:45This morning when I went up there to greet him, tail wagging.
07:49Labs.
07:50Labs, man.
07:51Okay.
07:52Okay.
07:53Big drape.
07:55Okay.
07:56Estimates of this thing were 20 plus centimeters diameter in at least two directions.
08:03So this is going to be a big hole.
08:05Let's get her done.
08:06This surgery requires such a large team because it's a large surgery.
08:09Like the mass is literally like this big in that dog.
08:13Okay.
08:14Incision.
08:16For Buddy, there's significant risk for him that he might bleed a lot during this procedure.
08:22And cut through that.
08:25It's worrisome.
08:26A very dramatic journey to head on.
08:29And to lose him would be devastating.
08:32I'm being strong for everybody.
08:35He's not ready to leave us yet because we're not done.
08:39Okay.
08:40There it is.
08:41Yeah.
08:42Okay.
08:43Just let me get my hand around this other end of this to pop it out a bit.
08:46Oh my goodness.
08:47This is a monster.
08:48Holy crow.
08:49Oh my goodness.
08:50My word.
08:51Buddy has got a huge mass on the spleen.
09:06I think it is the biggest splenic mass I've seen.
09:10This thing is heavy.
09:11It is.
09:12Probably 10 pounds.
09:13It's a pretty intense thing when you have a spleen that's 10 pounds in your body.
09:19Okay.
09:20So tail of spleen here, tail of spleen there, mass in the middle of the spleen.
09:27Spleen.
09:28Spleen.
09:29Tumor.
09:30Spleen.
09:31Like the amount of healthy spleen in this dog is very minimal.
09:34The majority of the spleen has been taken up by this invasive tumor.
09:38No such thing as routine.
09:40If we don't remove this, ultimately he could die of abdominal bleeding.
09:45I feel like we've done the easy part now.
09:49Yeah.
09:50One by one, I think we just ligate our way across that.
09:52Yeah.
09:53With splenectomies, you can never have too many clamps in your pack.
09:56There's so much blood that goes to that organ coming off of the pancreas, coming off of
10:02the stomach.
10:03So we need to clamp all those vessels off to prevent any sort of bleeding when we lift that
10:08mass out of there.
10:09Do you want to try and attack that side?
10:11See it, baby.
10:12I'll hold.
10:13You can work there.
10:14You're pulling on something diaphragm-related.
10:16Oh, yeah.
10:17Because he's...
10:18Every time you move, I can see it in the rest.
10:20So it's pulling on things we don't want to pull it on.
10:23If there's any sort of movement that we don't like, if something's going to tear or rip or
10:28not going to go well, there's a huge risk of hemorrhage.
10:31Okay.
10:32Why are we dripping so much over there?
10:34I don't like that.
10:35I think...
10:36Coming from here, I think?
10:37Okay.
10:38It's coming from right here.
10:40I don't even want to think about the biggest fear.
10:45Buddy would definitely leave a hole in our family, our kids, grandkids, and obviously
10:52us.
11:06Okay, come say hi.
11:07Yeah.
11:08This is good.
11:09This is electroacupuncture, and then this sends electrical current through to his back.
11:16Big hairy dog with big teeth.
11:18Dr. Steven thinks it's a baby tooth that never came out.
11:21X-ray.
11:22The clinic is just hair straight back.
11:24It has not slowed down.
11:28Good boy.
11:30Hi, Johnny.
11:32He's not too concerned about life.
11:35Johnny's a clinic cat.
11:37He definitely does help alleviate some of the stress.
11:40This is a favourite of his.
11:43This is where he likes to hang out sometimes.
11:46And, like, he's the love of our life at work.
11:49He's unique.
11:51He's very much got a routine.
11:55And he's independent.
11:57He happily goes outside.
11:59You'll see him all over the clinic.
12:01I mean, it's 12 acres.
12:02You can find him anywhere.
12:04Johnny.
12:05Get out of there.
12:07He's a pain in the butt some days.
12:09But everybody that works there loves Johnny.
12:13Oh, he's got a sore on him.
12:16He's got something.
12:19What?
12:20As I was giving him a scratch, I noticed that he had a bit of matted hair underneath the
12:25one part of his chin.
12:27He's fighting with a cat, probably.
12:29He has stray cats that come around here and eat his food.
12:33Me being me, the doctor, I had to investigate.
12:37It's an abscess.
12:39An abscess is from a scratch or a bite.
12:42He's always and forever getting attacked by a squirrel.
12:47Oh, it looks like it's well on its way to being healed.
12:50Oh, never mind.
12:51Did you just squirt a bunch of cops out of it?
12:53It is definitely not.
12:54Did you just squirt a bunch of cops out of it?
12:55Did you just squirt a bunch of cops out of it?
12:56Oh, buddy.
12:57Dr. Pimple Popper.
12:59No, I know.
13:00It doesn't feel good.
13:01Oh.
13:02You come with me.
13:03I need a Johnny Wrangler.
13:04He has an abscess.
13:05Johnny.
13:06What side is it on?
13:07Right there.
13:08We took him to the treatment table and we cleaned him up.
13:09Johnny.
13:10It's a good thing you're the best cat ever.
13:12Well, he's not loving it.
13:13You're fine, buddy.
13:14Yeah, don't you want a bath?
13:16Jonathan.
13:17Okay, I'm almost done.
13:18Yeah.
13:19It just was full of a little bit of thick, yucky pus.
13:20I know he's going to be fine.
13:21Like, I know that I can make him feel better or some treatment.
13:24I'm just going to get him to the side of the side of the side.
13:26Right there.
13:27We took him to the treatment table and we cleaned him up.
13:28Johnny.
13:29It's a good thing you're the best cat ever.
13:30Well, he's not loving it.
13:31You're fine, buddy.
13:32Yeah, don't you want a bath?
13:34Jonathan.
13:35Okay, I'm almost done.
13:37Yeah.
13:38It just was full of a little bit of thick, yucky pus.
13:42I know he's going to be fine.
13:44Like, I know that I can make him feel better or some treatment.
13:47He'll be great.
13:49If that doesn't work, then we'll step up our game and we'll put him on antibiotics.
13:53Well, eat your feelings.
13:55Hmm.
14:10What's our time, Brooke?
14:11We are an hour surgical right now.
14:14How are you doing, Kevin?
14:16I mean, quite frankly, my arm's getting tired and all I'm doing is balancing this thing.
14:22Yeah.
14:23It's that heavy.
14:24When you're doing surgeries with multiple surgeons, it's because it's an intense surgery.
14:28Okay, something's bleeding here.
14:30What can I hold?
14:31Oh, it's this again.
14:32Just one sec.
14:33Let me reclamp that.
14:34It's a long procedure when you're lifting a large spleen out of an animal.
14:39So it's so important that we communicate back and forth with each other so we know exactly what we're doing.
14:44We're actually really close.
14:45We're close.
14:46Yeah.
14:47Got it.
14:48Okay.
14:49Okay.
14:50Let's cut between these two clamps.
14:52Okay.
14:53All right.
14:56Mass removed.
14:58Aw, heck yeah.
15:00Thank you, Dr. Petra.
15:01Yeah, no problem.
15:02That was an adventure.
15:034.6 kilos.
15:04Bigger than my cat.
15:07We're just going to flush and then close.
15:10Surgery went fantastic with Buddy.
15:12We were able to remove that mass.
15:15We can live without our spleen.
15:17We can live very well without our spleen.
15:19However, when you have a mass growing that large, it's one of two things usually.
15:25A hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma.
15:29The latter of which is a really scary type of cancer.
15:34All right.
15:35Closing linear.
15:36Woo!
15:37Good work, guys.
15:38Sterile high five.
15:39We're going to send the spleen away to a histopathologist and they're going to be able to tell us if that is truly a benign or cancerous type mass.
15:48Buddy.
15:49Buddy.
15:50Buddy.
15:51Buddy.
15:52Hopefully that histopathology report will come back soon.
15:54We just got to cross our fingers and wait to see what happens with that, but I'm hoping for the best.
16:00She said to come about 5.30, but we're just a little anxious.
16:03Of course.
16:04Yeah.
16:05No, he did fantastic.
16:06Closed beautifully and the histopathology will tell us more as to what it actually is.
16:11Okay.
16:12All right.
16:13I'm hoping for the results to come is a bit of a concern for us, but he's young, he's active, and I'm hoping this is just a bump in the road.
16:23There's nowhere to go but up.
16:25Yes.
16:26Right?
16:27It's all going to be good.
16:28Yeah.
16:29Right?
16:30He's a happy boy.
16:32Oh, easy, buddy.
16:45I know.
16:46Not been feeling good for a few days.
16:49There we go, bud.
16:51Hey, big dude.
16:53Tater, sit.
16:54Come here.
16:55Oh, you are falling asleep in my arms.
17:00Johnny.
17:01Oh, you stink again.
17:06I picked him up and I cuddled him right up to my face and we were snuggling.
17:11And then I inhaled quite deeply and it just smelled rotten.
17:16His little abscess is filled back up.
17:18So now I guess we'll sedate him and we'll try and get it cleaned up.
17:23He's getting pretty sleepy.
17:25Johnny had an abscess.
17:27It seems to not be getting better.
17:29So we need to delve into this a bit more assertively.
17:38He now needs to actually become a patient.
17:40So that was the original wound.
17:42We're going to sedate him, clean it, flush it.
17:47Okay.
17:48Because we don't want it to get worse and him to get systemically sick.
17:52We'll give you extra supper.
17:57If you wouldn't fight with the squirrels.
18:05He doesn't want to be cuddled or coddled.
18:08Okay.
18:09It's done.
18:10He says, I'm up.
18:14Once he's ran out of patience, you just best let him be.
18:19We were able to get some of that post and purulent discharge out of there.
18:23And then I just flushed it.
18:25We're going to put Johnny on some antibiotics.
18:28And then on the weekend, he's going to come home with me.
18:30And he'll live with the doctor.
18:33Okay.
18:34Don't get into any more trouble.
18:36Johnny has a few lives.
18:40He's used up a few.
18:42I don't want to even think about what it would be like without him.
18:52Johnny is going to live forever.
19:05So I'll give him two pokes, one in each back leg.
19:08Lately, he is just crumbling.
19:11Sorry, bud.
19:12It was an intense month here at Rocky Rapids.
19:16Okay.
19:17Draping.
19:18You're very beautiful.
19:19Literally anything can happen anytime.
19:22We get to see a lot of different things.
19:24A wide caseload.
19:25You know, you're getting pulled a million ways all the time.
19:27Easy, easy, easy.
19:28I'm just going to take that.
19:30Ultimately, that's the beauty of the job.
19:32When things come in, you just kind of do what you got to do.
19:35And I hope there's more to come.
19:38Specialties.
19:39Oh, it's beautiful out today.
19:43Hello, critter.
19:45How are you?
19:46You look amazing.
19:47Look at this.
19:48Hey, do you want to come out?
19:50There you go.
19:51How are you?
19:53It's been phenomenal.
19:54He's so resilient.
19:56Diet, exercise, and rest are the keys to recovery.
20:00And that's our goal right now.
20:02Look at that.
20:03Oh, wow.
20:04Yeah, that healed up really nice.
20:06Nice.
20:07That's awesome.
20:09Good job.
20:12And good news for him with his reports and everything.
20:15No better.
20:16Like, no better.
20:17I was sitting at home waiting for the results to come.
20:20And he said, well, I have absolutely wonderful news for you.
20:24The results are back and it's benign.
20:26I think probably none of us really thought it was going to be benign.
20:30So we did a happy dance last Wednesday.
20:33It was just like, we won the lottery.
20:36That's great.
20:37I'm super happy.
20:38I am too.
20:39The joy that Buddy brings to all of our family is just absolutely priceless.
20:44Like, on Wednesday, on his checkup, he had lost 12 pounds.
20:48Yeah, that's being less, I think, 10 pounds alone, so.
20:51Yeah.
20:52I'm hoping for at least another 10 fabulous years with Buddy.
20:55Lots of fabulous memories.
20:57Onward and upward.
21:01Oh, yeah.
21:04That's the best result that we could get with Buddy.
21:07Yeah, it's one of those satisfying success stories.
21:10Can I shake a paw?
21:11Paw?
21:12And Buddy should ultimately live a really long, happy life.
21:16Awesome.
21:17Thank you, Dr. Petra.
21:18Yeah.
21:19Thanks for showing me.
21:20We don't have enough words to say thank you.
21:21Oh, I'm so happy.
21:22Okay.
21:23You take care.
21:24Yeah.
21:25Vet medicine is challenging and difficult and a headache at times.
21:29But I love what I do and I love being able to help as many critters as I can.
21:35That's why I like practicing veterinary medicine and that's why I keep coming back.
21:42Not the best.
21:43Sure.
21:44I'm happy, but it's the best.
21:45I love being able to help.
21:47And let me go.
21:48Bye-bye.
21:49I love being able to help you.
21:50Go, hi.
21:51Go on, go.
21:52Go, go.
21:53Go, go.
21:54Go, go, go.
21:55Go, go.
21:56Go, go.
21:57Go, go.
21:58Go, go, go.
21:59Go, go.
22:01Go, go, go.
22:02Go, go.
22:03Go, go.
22:04Go, go.
22:05Go, go.
22:06Go, go, go.
22:07Go.
22:08Go.
22:09Go.
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