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00:00Friday is probably the cutest puppy you've ever seen.
00:05His tiny little teethers.
00:07What is it with puppies?
00:08Why are they so chaotic in what they eat?
00:10Well, there's certainly something in that stomach.
00:13What I see here is something
00:15that looks like a bunch of appendages.
00:21Hello.
00:23Oh, yuck!
00:25What is that?
00:30I'm Eugene Grodeski.
00:32Over the years, I have removed many weird
00:34and wonderful foreign bodies out of animals.
00:36Going in.
00:37My dad, he's like the most disgusting magician doing a trick.
00:41Oh!
00:42Dr. Grodeski is a legend.
00:43Going in.
00:44Bingo!
00:45I have removed an intact light bulb,
00:47a two-carat diamond ring,
00:49a garden hose from a lion.
00:51Underwear.
00:53Yuck!
01:00Hey, buddy.
01:13Oh, look at you so sad.
01:17Rocky?
01:18He's a German shepherd, pit bull, cross of some sort.
01:23We call him just a Heinz 57.
01:25Give me a hug.
01:27Three-year-old Rocky has a history of bizarre snacking.
01:32He's ripped towels apart.
01:34He's chewed shirts and some sort of shoe.
01:39Yesterday, he was vomiting excessively.
01:42Given the clinical history of the dog,
01:57it certainly is possible that foreign material might be involved.
02:05Howdy.
02:06This is my son, Ben.
02:07Hello.
02:08Hello.
02:09I've been a vet tech for a couple of years.
02:11Any time I hear that Dr. Grodeski is coming,
02:13I get really excited.
02:14Just the coolest things that he brings out
02:16out of these animals.
02:19Okay, so.
02:21Right here.
02:22This is probably our best view.
02:25We see that there is something in the stomach.
02:27Might very well be fabric or something else.
02:31He's had a history of eating fabrics.
02:33Okay.
02:34The owners let me know that he had chewed up a purse.
02:36Wow.
02:38I'm very impressed by Rocky's palate.
02:40It's, uh, very refined.
02:46Could there be pieces of purse?
02:48Potentially, yes.
02:52We shall see if we find something or not.
02:56We're good?
02:57We're good.
02:58Okay.
02:59I'm going in.
03:08Hey.
03:13Something grabs Dr. G's attention.
03:15What I see is slimy, mostly green with some yellow.
03:22There are some darker pieces.
03:27Yeah.
03:28It is not something that you see in normal stomach.
03:31We're going to try and get it out.
03:35Radiator forceps seem to be able to grasp a decent amount.
03:40So, we'll see how this one works out.
03:44Um.
03:45Whoa.
03:46P-8.
03:50Lo and behold, it's this gooey, stuck together, glommed up, absolutely nasty clump of grass.
04:11Wow.
04:12That's the preview of coming attractions.
04:13Yeah.
04:14Rocky seems to be enjoying his grass.
04:17Okay.
04:18Wow.
04:19That's a good chunk.
04:20He inhaled them.
04:21They're pretty long strands and they're intact.
04:22A muddy bird nest is how it kind of looked like.
04:24Anything evident?
04:25Grass.
04:26And a lot of grass.
04:28Hmm.
04:29There is another possibility for a foreign body.
04:32The only way to find that out is to clear the grass out.
05:01It would digest, wouldn't it?
05:03No.
05:04Grass does not digest.
05:06For you or me or a dog or a cat, we are not equipped with the right enzymes, with the right
05:13equipment, if you will, to digest grass.
05:20The pile of grass and the purse pieces that may be present can obstruct the flow of water and
05:29nutrients.
05:30Occasionally, I see dogs that are completely blocked.
05:39They can be in significant distress.
05:42The unknown is very concerning.
05:49You know, he's like a four-legged son.
05:52He's the first dog I've ever owned.
05:58He's brought joy to our lives.
06:01I just hope it all goes well.
06:02Grass marathon.
06:03Coming right up.
06:04Dr. G takes on a feast of grass to see if there are pieces of purse hiding inside Rocky.
06:19I will be here for a while.
06:20Ben, may I ask you to occlude the neck for me?
06:21Sure.
06:23Yeah.
06:24I ask Ben to apply pressure to the neck so that air stays in the stomach and they can
06:26see what I'm doing.
06:28With the pathway from Rocky's mouth constricted, air from the endoscope can
06:32be able to breathe in the stomach.
06:33Dr. G takes on a feast of grass to see if there are pieces of purse hiding inside Rocky.
06:36I will be here for a while.
06:37Ben, may I ask you to occlude the neck for me?
06:38Sure.
06:40Yeah.
06:41I ask Ben to apply pressure to the neck so that air stays in the stomach and they can
06:46see what I'm doing.
06:48With the pathway from Rocky's mouth constricted, air from the endoscope can blow the stomach
06:58up like a balloon, making it easier for Dr. G to visualize.
07:07It feels amazing to be able to just go with the flow and help my dad out.
07:12I'm ready for anything.
07:14That's a, that's a sour smell.
07:21Sour hay.
07:23Yeah.
07:24Yeah.
07:25Lightly, lightly fermented.
07:26Sounds like a good name for beer.
07:28Oh, gross.
07:34It keeps going and going and going.
07:37So, I went for it to the end.
07:44Okay.
07:45Whoa.
07:46Hey, that's not, uh, that's not grass.
07:49It's hairball.
07:50That's a hairball?
07:51Yeah.
07:52It's an enormous hairball.
07:53It's a little bit strange.
07:54We were all expecting a purse or something.
07:57I'm hunting for purse pieces.
07:59Oh.
08:00Oh.
08:01Yeah.
08:02It does look like there's another hairball.
08:05Yeah.
08:06Oh, that's enormous.
08:07Hairball.
08:08Whose hair is this?
08:09Oh, here's, by the looks of it, yeah.
08:10Okay.
08:11Oh, okay.
08:12Oh, okay.
08:13That's enormous.
08:14Oh, okay.
08:15Oh, okay.
08:16Okay, okay.
08:17I have a purse or something.
08:19Hunting for purse pieces.
08:20Oh.
08:21Huh.
08:22Oh.
08:23It does look like there's another hairball.
08:25Yeah.
08:26Oh, that's enormous.
08:27Hairball?
08:28Oh.
08:29Oh, that's enormous.
08:30Hairball.
08:31Who's hair is this?
08:32Uh, here's by the looks of it, yeah.
08:34Okay.
08:35Uh, there's a purse or something.
08:37Uh, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.
08:44I am deeply sorry to disappoint, but there was no person that dug.
08:53That's okay, we'll settle for grass.
08:57It really seems like Rocky's found the perfect pairing.
09:02How truly delectable a hairball with a side of grass can be.
09:07All right.
09:09Thanks for coming in Eugene.
09:10Have a good day.
09:11Pleasure at home.
09:12Bye Ben, nice to meet you.
09:13Good day.
09:15Dr. Godeschi was incredible.
09:17He's the man I rely on.
09:18He's done a remarkable job.
09:29Are we gonna go see your mom?
09:31Come on papa.
09:32Rocky!
09:33Yay!
09:34Sweet!
09:35Aw, Rocky!
09:36When I brought Rocky back to see his mom, you could tell that she was so relieved.
09:46He made a beeline to you.
09:49Of course.
09:50I know it's a little yucky, the evidence right here.
09:55Oh my God!
09:56This is essentially what he has been consuming.
10:01You know how cats hack up fur balls?
10:03This is like a thousand times worse with a bunch of grass.
10:07I don't know if I'll ever get over that.
10:09He doesn't even want to look at it.
10:11He's like, that wasn't me.
10:12Grass is pretty tasty, I guess.
10:18A lesson for us is to make sure that we watch him.
10:21Oh buddy!
10:22Oh buddy!
10:23Are you ashamed?
10:25You did good.
10:27I'm glad that he's able to come home.
10:31Come on.
10:32Come on.
10:45Owners came in this morning, kind of rushed him in.
10:49Friday, a 10 week old golden retriever has a troubled tummy.
10:57There's some distention with a regularly shaped soft tissue.
11:01So I guess that's what the foreign material might be.
11:05We are concerned about Friday.
11:08The owners have seen him ingest something.
11:10Not quite sure exactly what it is.
11:13That's what we're here for today is to find out what's going on
11:16and get it out as fast as possible.
11:1810 week old Friday is believed to have eaten something strange.
11:33Someone with a 604 area code said let me know when you want us to pre-med.
11:37Would you like to reply?
11:38Yes.
11:39I am on my way.
11:43What is it with puppies?
11:44Why are they so chaotic in what they eat?
11:47They are inquisitive.
11:49They study the world quite often through chewing and biting on it
11:53and occasionally ingesting it.
11:55It's so cute.
12:02Okay, sir.
12:03You're so floppy.
12:05I call them toilet paper dogs because they look like they're on the toilet paper commercials.
12:10It's okay. We'll just give you some more drugs.
12:15Good afternoon.
12:17Hello, sir.
12:19How are you doing?
12:20I'm well, thank you. And you?
12:21I'm good.
12:26That's a tight squeeze.
12:28And we're in.
12:31And what's his weight?
12:327.4 kilograms.
12:3410 weeks?
12:35He's a big boy.
12:37Okay.
12:39The cuteness of Friday is undeniable.
12:41Everyone in the room has a smile on their face.
12:44Even my dad.
12:47Do you mind showing me the x-rays of the beast?
12:49Yeah.
12:50So this is our little pup here.
12:51Uh-huh.
12:53The only thing that I can see definitively is that the stomach is not empty.
12:59There is certainly something in that stomach.
13:02I am unable to tell whether what I am looking at is food or foreign body or combination.
13:10Hopefully we are going to...
13:12Get it out.
13:13Yeah.
13:16Okay.
13:17Go again.
13:18Okay.
13:19The oesophagus looks pretty normal.
13:20Okay.
13:21Now I am going into the stomach.
13:22I see something that distinctly does not belong.
13:26No good.
13:27I can only see part of the foreign body.
13:28It appears to be soft.
13:29It appears to be pliable.
13:30Some fabric material.
13:31Oh.
13:32That is yellowish in color.
13:33Oh, hello.
13:34Oh, hello.
13:35What could it be?
13:36A small ornamental squash?
13:38Well, we are about to find out.
13:39Oh.
13:40I see something that distinctly does not belong.
13:42I see something that distinctly does not belong.
13:43Oh, good.
13:44Oh, good.
13:45I can only see part of the foreign body.
13:51It appears to be soft.
13:52It appears to be pliable.
13:54Some fabric material that is yellowish in color.
14:00Oh, hello.
14:01What could it be?
14:02A small ornamental squash?
14:04Well, we are about to find out.
14:11The object appears to have finger-like segments.
14:15What I see here is something that looks like a bunch of appendages.
14:20Okay.
14:21We are going to tackle the foreign body now.
14:24This piece right there looks pretty good to me to get a snare around it.
14:31My plan is to try and snare one of the aforementioned appendages.
14:38The foreign body, I suspect, is relatively sizable.
14:43The snare gives me possibly the best grabbing power.
14:56And we got a grip.
14:57Let's see if we can move it.
15:01So what I did is I moved some of it into the esophagus.
15:14Dr. G has pulled one part of the fabric out of the stomach.
15:20But the rest of it will not move easily into the narrow pipe to Friday's mouth.
15:26Oh.
15:27Wow.
15:28Doesn't wanna.
15:29It is quite a bit of resistance.
15:30Okay.
15:31Um.
15:32Well done.
15:33We need a really good grip on it.
15:35Come on.
15:36That's tight.
15:37Whoa.
15:38The dog is going to come off the table.
15:42When they ingest something that's pretty similar diameter to their esophagus, they start to go with the object.
15:45So you have to make sure they don't fly off the table.
15:46So you have to make sure they don't fly off the table.
15:47It takes three hands.
15:48You have to make sure they don't fly off the table.
15:51It takes three hands to hold Friday in place.
15:56Now, I will try to go back towards the stomach and get a hand to go back.
15:57It takes three hands.
15:58So you have to make sure they don't fly off the table.
15:59Oh, the dog's going to come off the table.
16:05When they ingest something that's pretty similar diameter
16:08to their esophagus, they start to go with the object.
16:11So you have to make sure that they don't fly off the table.
16:15It takes three hands to hold Friday in place.
16:21Now I will try to go back towards the stomach
16:24and get another grasp.
16:26Dr. G will maneuver the scope to another part of the item,
16:34lasso it, and try to coax it the rest of the way
16:38up to Friday's mouth.
16:42I don't want to apply too much pressure,
16:44so I'm going to regroup and try again.
16:56Dr. G has pulled one part of the fabric out of the stomach,
17:08but the rest of it will not move easily.
17:10Oh, come on!
17:16Oh!
17:21Holy!
17:22What is that?
17:24Yuck!
17:25The unusual meal pulled out of Friday is a curious sight.
17:30Wow!
17:30It appears to be some kind of a French fry resembling creature.
17:35It looks like some kind of an animal.
17:37Teddy bear!
17:41Is it an octopus?
17:43Is it a...
17:44I don't know.
17:45Nice one, Friday.
17:48Sometimes the object remains a mystery despite my best efforts.
17:51It appears to be missing a part.
17:56A head by the looks of it.
18:00It's ripped.
18:01There's sort of like a bit of stuffing coming out,
18:03and there's a sense of it got decapitated.
18:07Is there a chance that the head is still in the stomach?
18:11We're looking at the stomach right now.
18:15He's got to do his best to check the whole thing
18:17as far as he can see
18:18and make sure that Friday is safe and sound.
18:21It's definitely not in the stomach.
18:23It looks relatively happy.
18:27I'm in the small intestine.
18:31And I am not seeing anything that does not belong in there.
18:36The missing head may have digested
18:38beyond the range of Dr. G's scope.
18:41Friday should be able to pass it naturally.
18:44I am unable to find the rest.
18:45However, it appears to be relatively small,
18:48so that is not much of a concern.
18:51We are good.
18:54And out.
18:56Good job. Good job.
18:57Thank you, thank you.
19:00I'm glad that I was able to help Friday.
19:03What I have to do now
19:05is I have to be on my way to the next case.
19:08Oh, you're about to wake up.
19:09Don't eat that.
19:11Look at these teeths.
19:12Oh, his tiny little teethers.
19:16Looks like we're all clear
19:17and we're good to go.
19:19Can you hold his mouth shut
19:20so he doesn't chew the tube?
19:22Okay, bubba's.
19:32They're a little sleepy yet.
19:35Today was super successful.
19:37Looks like you got your energy back, buddy.
19:40We all really enjoyed working with Friday.
19:43He's just a little love bug.
19:45You're the cutest thing ever.
19:46In the future,
19:49I'm hoping that teeth sticks to food
19:51rather than inanimate objects.
19:54Okay, time to go.
19:56All right.
20:07Pretty busy week.
20:11Getting motion sick
20:13from so much driving around.
20:15How much ground
20:18do you think you cover in a week?
20:20Oh, just 1,000 kilometers per week.
20:23That's wild.
20:25So is it a little bonus
20:26having me in the car?
20:28Well, that's the least of my concerns.
20:32I can get there anyway,
20:34but it's not the greatest advantage
20:36of having you here.
20:38That was the most circuitous route
20:42towards a compliment I've ever heard.
20:44Get used to.
20:45Get used to.
20:45Get used to.
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