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00:00Princess Kate!
00:02How is she fitting in?
00:03She isn't.
00:04The house is a cyclone.
00:06Oh my goodness, you're so excited, Johnny.
00:10Oh, he's got a sore on him.
00:12Buddy.
00:13He's fighting with a cat, probably.
00:16We don't want it to get worse and him to get systemically sick.
00:18Great boy.
00:20On x-ray, we can see that there's a really big mass in Buddy's abdomen.
00:24If we don't operate as soon as possible, Buddy could bleed out internally.
00:28I'm being strong for everybody.
00:30To lose him would be devastating.
00:32Poor guy.
00:35Across the country...
00:37Be nice.
00:38...Indigenous vets are using their knowledge and skills...
00:41Look at her!
00:42...to help the animals we love stay happy and healthy.
00:56Buddy!
00:58In here now?
00:59Yeah.
01:00Yes.
01:00Sorry.
01:01Buddy!
01:03We've had Buddy almost seven years since Buddy was four months old.
01:07He's a purebred golden lamb.
01:09Buddy has become a major part of our family.
01:12Do you need a hand, Brooke?
01:13No, it should be okay.
01:14We have three grandchildren, so Buddy has been a part of their life for seven years.
01:19Yeah, I know.
01:21He's very cool and calm.
01:23He's just such a pleasant dog.
01:26He brings such joy to our lives.
01:27Come on, Buddy.
01:28Buddy presented today to have his spleen removed.
01:32He came in a couple days ago for some kind of alarming symptoms, not doing super well, the stunted abdomen.
01:39Great boy!
01:41We went on holidays for a week, and when we came back, Buddy refused to eat.
01:45So when we got home and he wouldn't eat for six days, we were concerned.
01:50Last Thursday, we noticed that his stomach was bloated.
01:53Monday morning when we got up and it looked like he was pregnant.
01:57So then I phoned into the clinic and they said, bring him in right now.
02:02On x-ray, we can see that there's a really big mass in Buddy's abdomen.
02:07And via ultrasound, we can tell that it's attached to the spleen.
02:11We're going to take one more blood sample before we proceed.
02:15That wasn't that bad.
02:18Whenever you're dealing with a spleen, the highest risk is always hemorrhage.
02:22The spleen is so filled with vessels and vasculature, those masses can bleed at any time,
02:28to the point where that animal becomes anemic or dies because of an abdominal bleed.
02:35What we got?
02:367.4.
02:37Fantastic.
02:39We're where we want to be.
02:40Because Buddy is currently stable and he's not anemic or anything like that,
02:45we should operate on him as fast as possible because really he could go downhill quite quickly.
02:51He is so frickin' cute.
02:55I hope this goes well.
03:10No, you're not gonna get it off.
03:15I'm here today with my puppy, Kate Tube, for her last shots.
03:25This is the first time she's had a collar on.
03:28She's freewheeling.
03:30She does what she wants.
03:34She's a purebred Labrador.
03:37And her favorite food at the moment is Saskatoon's.
03:42Here you go, buddy.
03:46Well, my last dog was a female too.
03:50Kate won, well, I had her for 11 years but unfortunately she ended up with cancer.
04:00Instead of a different name, I just decided Kate too and that's her name.
04:08You shouldn't be so anxious, Kate.
04:11We're ready for her.
04:13I'll take her from you and then we'll vaccinate her and then Dr. Steven will come chat with you after.
04:17Kate.
04:22Good girl.
04:24Come on.
04:26Kate, come on.
04:29Hey little puppers.
04:31What's your story?
04:33You are going to be a very pretty dog.
04:37Her registered name is I'm a Kate too.
04:42Kate 2's predecessor, Kate 1, was very different in energy than Kate 2.
04:49Oh my goodness, you're so excited.
04:52You can't eat the stethoscope.
04:54Your heart's just a racing.
04:57Kate 2 is a happy, wild, hair straight back, lab puppy.
05:03And then we'll get her dewormer and then she can go.
05:08A lab makes a good family dog.
05:11Here sweetheart, dewormer.
05:13They're very loyal, they're very boisterous and bouncy.
05:17She's true to her breed.
05:19Some dogs eat to live, but not labs.
05:22They live to eat.
05:24We should send him with a bag of those.
05:29That'll help save his shoes.
05:32But at the same time, they require a lot of exercise.
05:37And you are their only playmate.
05:40And I'm pretty sure Bob is questioning his desire to have a new dog in his life.
05:48She's pretty darn cute.
05:49Hello, Laurie.
05:50How is she fitting in?
05:52She isn't.
05:55The house is a cyclone in the morning.
05:58She's a pain.
05:59Chewing everything.
06:01That's my first job in the morning is picking up after her and the cat.
06:07Makes the days go by.
06:08Yeah.
06:09Oh my goodness, you're so cute.
06:11Hey.
06:13I'm single.
06:14And between the cat, the dog, the two miniatures.
06:22That's my family.
06:25Bye princess.
06:27Oh, Princess Kate.
06:29That's a good name for you.
06:31You've had enough.
06:32Let's go.
06:33Thanks again, guys.
06:35Bye, Bob.
06:36Bye.
06:49All right.
06:50All righty.
06:50Head bow, start.
06:52Let's get sleepy.
06:54The dog looks like it's got lots of energy in the spine.
06:57Yeah.
06:57Beautiful.
06:59Good boy, buddy.
07:01It takes a team literally for this sort of thing.
07:04So Kevin's going to be the lead surgeon and I'm there to assist and help when I can.
07:10It's a big tummy to suds up.
07:12It is a big tummy.
07:14Poor guy.
07:16I have done splenectomies before.
07:18This one's going to be interesting because it's a really big mass and there's a lot of risk associated with
07:22it.
07:23Because of the size of this mass and because of the risk of these masses spontaneously bleeding into the abdomen,
07:30we need to go in and surgically remove the spleen in its entirety.
07:34All right, team.
07:35Kevin, I'm moving.
07:37One, two, three.
07:44Awesome.
07:46He's a good dog.
07:47He will be so good.
07:48He is a good dog.
07:49Okay.
07:50This morning when I went up there to greet him, tail wagging.
07:53Labs.
07:55Labs, man.
07:56Okay.
07:57Big drink.
08:00Okay.
08:01Estimates of this thing were 20 plus centimeters diameter in at least two directions.
08:07So this is going to be a big hole.
08:09Let's get her done.
08:10This surgery requires such a large team because it's a large surgery.
08:14Like the mass is literally like this big in that dog.
08:18Okay.
08:19Incision.
08:21For Buddy, there's significant risk for him that he might bleed a lot during this procedure.
08:27And come through that.
08:30It's worrisome.
08:32A very dramatic journey to head on and to lose him would be devastating.
08:39I'm being strong for everybody.
08:41He's not ready to leave us yet because we're not done.
08:46Okay.
08:49There it is.
08:51Okay, just let me get my hand around this other end of this to pop it out a bit.
08:55Oh my goodness.
08:58This is a monster.
09:00Holy crow.
09:05Oh my goodness.
09:07My word.
09:09Buddy has got a huge mass on the spleen.
09:12I think it is the biggest splenic mass I've seen.
09:15This thing is heavy.
09:16It is.
09:17It's probably 10 pounds.
09:18It's a pretty intense thing when you have a spleen that's 10 pounds in your body.
09:24Okay, so tail of spleen here, tail of spleen there, mass in the middle of the spleen.
09:33Spleen, tumor, spleen, like the amount of healthy spleen in this dog is very minimal.
09:39The majority of the spleen has been taken up by this invasive tumor.
09:43No such thing as routine.
09:45If we don't remove this, ultimately he could die of abdominal bleeding.
09:50I feel like we've done the easy part now.
09:54Yeah, one by one, I think we just ligate our way across that.
09:57Yeah.
09:58With splenectomies, you can never have too many clamps in your pack.
10:01There's so much blood that goes to that organ coming off of the pancreas, coming off of the stomach.
10:08So we need to clamp all those vessels off to prevent any sort of bleeding when we lift that mass
10:13out of there.
10:14Do you want to try and attack that side?
10:16Yeah, maybe.
10:16I'll hold.
10:17You can work there.
10:19You're pulling on something diaphragm-related.
10:21Oh, yeah.
10:21Because he's...
10:22Every time you move, I can see it in the rest.
10:25So it's pulling on things we don't want to pull it on.
10:28If there's any sort of movement that we don't like, if something's going to tear or rip or not going
10:33to go well, there's a huge risk of hemorrhage.
10:36Okay, why are we dripping so much over there?
10:39I don't like that.
10:40I think...
10:40Coming from here, I think?
10:43Okay.
10:43It's coming from right here.
10:46I don't even want to think about the biggest fear.
10:49Buddy would definitely leave a hole in our family, our kids, grandkids, and obviously us.
11:10Okay.
11:11Come say hi.
11:12Yes.
11:13Good.
11:13This is called electroacupuncture.
11:15And then this sends electrical current through to his back.
11:20Big hairy dog with big teeth.
11:23Dr. Steven thinks it's a baby tooth that never came out.
11:25X-ray.
11:26The clinic is just hair straight back.
11:29It has not slowed down.
11:32Good boy.
11:35Hi, Johnny.
11:37He's not too concerned about life.
11:40Johnny's plenty of cat.
11:41He definitely does help alleviate some of the stress.
11:44This is a favourite of his.
11:48This is where he likes to hang out sometimes.
11:50And like, he's the love of our life at work.
11:54He's unique.
11:56He's very much got a routine.
12:00And he's independent.
12:01He happily goes outside.
12:04You see him all over the clinic.
12:06I mean, he's 12 acres.
12:07You can find him anywhere.
12:09Johnny, get out of there.
12:11He's a pain in the butt some days.
12:14But everybody that works there loves Johnny.
12:18Oh, he's got a sore on him.
12:20Or, he's got something.
12:23What?
12:25As I was giving him a scratch, I noticed that he had a bit of matted hair
12:29underneath the one part of his chin.
12:31He's fighting with a cat, probably.
12:34He has stray cats that come around here and eat his food.
12:38Me being me, the doctor, I had to investigate.
12:42It's an abscess.
12:44An abscess is from a scratch or a bite.
12:46He's always and forever getting attacked by a squirrel.
12:52Oh, it looks like it's well on its way to being healed.
12:55Oh, never mind.
12:57It is definitely not.
13:01Did you just squirt like she pops out of it?
13:01Oh, buddy.
13:05Dr. Pimple Popper.
13:08No, I know.
13:09It doesn't feel good.
13:14You come with me.
13:16I need a Johnny Wrangler.
13:19He has an abscess.
13:20Johnny.
13:21Which side is it on?
13:22Right there.
13:23Took him to the treatment table and we cleaned him up.
13:26Johnny.
13:28It's a good thing you're the best cat ever.
13:29Well, he's not loving it.
13:31You're fine, buddy.
13:33Yeah, don't you want a bath?
13:36Jonathan.
13:39Okay, I'm almost done.
13:42Yeah.
13:43It just was full of a little bit of thick, yucky pus.
13:47I know he's going to be fine.
13:48Like, I know that I can make him feel better with some treatment.
13:52He'll be great.
13:53If that doesn't work, then we'll step up our game and we'll put him on antibiotics.
13:58Well, eat your feelings.
14:00Hmm.
14:14What's our time, Brooke?
14:16We are an hour surgical right now.
14:20How are you doing, Kevin?
14:23I mean, quite frankly, my arm's getting tired and all I'm doing is balancing this thing.
14:28Yeah.
14:28It's that heavy.
14:29When you're doing surgeries with multiple surgeons, it's because it's an intense surgery.
14:34Okay, something's bleeding here.
14:36What can I hold?
14:36Oh, it's this again.
14:38Just one sec.
14:39Let me reclamp that.
14:40Okay.
14:41It's a long procedure when you're lifting a large spleen out of an animal.
14:44So it's so important that we communicate back and forth with each other so we know exactly
14:48what we're doing.
14:49We're actually really close.
14:50We're close, yeah.
14:52Got it.
14:53Okay?
14:53Yeah.
14:55Let's cut between these two clamps.
14:57Okay.
14:59All right.
15:02Mass removed.
15:03Aw, heck yeah.
15:05Thank you, Dr. Petra.
15:06Yeah, no problem.
15:07That was an adventure.
15:084.6 kilos.
15:10Bigger than my cat.
15:12We're just going to flush and then close.
15:14Surgery went fantastic with Buddy.
15:17We were able to remove that mass.
15:19We can live without our spleen.
15:21We can live very well without our spleen.
15:24However, when you have a mass growing that large, it's one of two things usually.
15:31A hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma.
15:34The latter of which is a really scary type of cancer.
15:38All right.
15:39Closing linear.
15:40Woo!
15:41Go to work, guys.
15:42Sterile high five.
15:43We're going to send the spleen away to a histopathologist.
15:46And they're going to be able to tell us if that is truly a benign or cancerous type mass.
15:53Buddy.
15:54Ba-ba-ba-buddy.
15:56Hopefully that histopathology report will come back soon.
15:59We just got to cross our fingers and wait to see what happens with that.
16:02But I'm hoping for the best.
16:05She said to come about 5.30, but we're just a little anxious.
16:08Of course.
16:08Yeah.
16:09No, he did fantastic.
16:10Closed beautifully.
16:12And the histopathology will tell us more as to what it actually is.
16:16Okay.
16:16All right.
16:17And waiting for the results to come is a bit of a concern for us.
16:21But he's young, he's active, and I'm hoping this is just a bump in the road.
16:27Do you know where to go but up?
16:29Yes.
16:30Right?
16:30It's all going to be good.
16:31Yeah.
16:32Right?
16:33He's a happy boy.
16:48Oh, easy, buddy.
16:49I know.
16:50Not been feeling good for a few days.
16:54There we go, bud.
16:55Hey, big dude.
16:57Tater, sit.
16:58Come here.
17:00Oh, you're falling asleep in my arms.
17:04Johnny.
17:07Oh, you stink again.
17:11I picked him up and I cuddled him right up to my face and we were snuggling.
17:15And then I inhaled quite deeply and it just smelled rotten.
17:20His little abscess is filled back up.
17:23So now I guess we'll sedate him and we'll try and get it cleaned up.
17:27He's getting pretty sleepy.
17:30Johnny had an abscess.
17:32It seems to not be getting better.
17:33So we need to delve into this a bit more assertively.
17:42He now needs to actually become a patient.
17:45So that was the original wound.
17:47We're going to sedate him, clean it, flush it.
17:53Okay.
17:54Because we don't want it to get worse and him to get systemically sick.
18:00We'll give you extra supper.
18:03If you wouldn't fight with the squirrels.
18:09He doesn't want to be cuddled or coddled.
18:13Okay.
18:14It's done.
18:15He says, I'm up.
18:19Once he's ran out of patients, he just best let him be.
18:25We were able to get some of that posthum purulent discharge out of there.
18:28And then I just flushed it.
18:30We're going to put Johnny on some antibiotics.
18:33And then on the weekend, he's going to come home with me and he'll live with the doctor.
18:39Okay.
18:39Don't get into any more trouble.
18:44Johnny has a few lives.
18:46He's used up a few.
18:51I don't want to even think about what it would be like without him.
18:56Johnny is going to live forever.
19:10So I'll give him two pokes, one in each back leg.
19:13Lately, he is just crumbling.
19:16Sorry, bud.
19:17It was an intense month here at Rocky Rapids.
19:21Okay, draping.
19:22You're very beautiful.
19:24Literally anything can happen anytime.
19:27We get to see a lot of different things.
19:29A wide caseload.
19:30You know, you're getting pulled a million ways all the time.
19:32Easy, easy, easy.
19:33I'm just going to take that.
19:35Ultimately, that's the beauty of the job.
19:37When things come in, you just kind of do what you got to do.
19:40And I hope there's more to come.
19:46Oh, it's beautiful out today.
19:48Hello, Critter.
19:49How are you?
19:51You look amazing.
19:52Look at this.
19:53Hey, do you want to come out?
19:55There you go.
19:56How are you?
19:58It's been phenomenal.
19:59He's so resilient.
20:01Diet, exercise, and rest are the keys to recovery.
20:04And that's our goal right now.
20:07Look at that.
20:08Oh, wow. Yeah, that healed up really nice.
20:12Nice.
20:12That's awesome.
20:15Good job.
20:16And good news for him with his reports and everything.
20:19No better.
20:20Like, no better.
20:21I was sitting at home waiting for the results to come.
20:25And he said, well, I have absolutely wonderful news for you.
20:28The results are back and it's benign.
20:30I think probably none of us really thought it was going to be benign.
20:35So we did a happy dance last Wednesday.
20:37It was just like, we won the lottery.
20:40That's great.
20:41I'm super happy.
20:42I am too.
20:43The joy that Buddy brings to all of our family is just absolutely priceless.
20:49Just priceless.
20:51On Wednesday, on his checkup, he'd lost 12 pounds.
20:54Yeah, that's painless.
20:55I think 10 pounds alone, so.
20:56Yeah.
20:57I'm hoping for at least another 10 fabulous years with Buddy.
21:00Lots of fabulous memories.
21:04Onward and upward.
21:07Oh, yeah.
21:09That's the best result that we could get with Buddy.
21:12Yeah, it's one of those satisfying success stories.
21:15Can I shake a pop?
21:17Pop.
21:17And Buddy should ultimately live a really long, happy life.
21:22Awesome.
21:22Thank you, Dr. Petra.
21:23Thanks for showing me.
21:24I don't have enough words to say thank you.
21:26Oh, I'm so happy.
21:27You take care.
21:28Yeah.
21:29Vet medicine is challenging and difficult, and a headache at times.
21:33But I love what I do, and I love being able to help as many critters as I can.
21:39That's why I like practicing veterinary medicine, and that's why I keep coming back.
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