Herschel
Herschel is an 11.5-year-old Terrier cross who initially presented in March for discomfort when being picked up. At that time, a chest mass was identified, though he was otherwise clinically stable at home, and the owners were appropriately concerned about surgical risk and timing. By June, his clinical signs had progressed, including labored breathing as […]
Tallulah
Tallulah is a 12-year-old Doodle who was diagnosed with a liver mass and underwent surgical removal. She has been doing very well so far in her recovery, and her progress has been very encouraging since the procedure. She was referred by Dr. Stacy at Avondale Veterinary Hospital, and her diagnostic workup included a full collaborative […]
Kodak
Kodak was seen by Dr. Cross on December 4th for a right hindlimb lameness, and he was diagnosed with a right distal tibial bone tumor. His chest radiographs were normal. Dr. MacDougall did a hind limb amputation on December 8th, and he recovered beautifully. He started chemotherapy with Dr. Cletzer in early January, and has now graduated from treatment! He […]
Oakley
Oakley is now an 11 yo FS Lab. She presented in November for a splenic mass and suspected metastatic lung nodule. She was asymptomatic at home, other than she had vomited once and not eaten well for a few days. She presented through outpatient ultrasound with Dr. Sepulveda, who identified a splenic mass. Radiographs of […]
Sam
Sam Cantrell is a 2-year-old F intact German Shepherd who presented with an uncommon but fascinating condition called hypertrophic osteopathy. This disease causes periosteal reaction and bone thickening in the distal limbs (in her case, around her ankles and wrists) due to a mass in the chest, in Sam’s case the mediastinal area. She was […]
Peepers
Peepers is a 3-year-old FS DSH cat that presented for vomiting and not eating for several days. She is notorious for playing with a string. Our ER clinician looked and did not see the string under her tongue, but it was white, fine, and tough to see. She was taken to surgery, where the string was identified in […]
Oscar
Oscar Clarke is a 14-year-old MC Schnauzer cross that presented for a melanoma on the metacarpal pad of his right front limb. This is the large meaty pad above the toes. He was taken to surgery on October 27th, after staging him (including blood work, chest radiographs, and abdominal ultrasound). His right prescapular lymph node was removed, […]
Daisy
Daisy Matthews is a 2-year-old FS Golden that presented for eating a glass plate. A plate was knocked off the counter that contained chicken, and then broke. She gobbled up the chicken with the glass pieces before the owner was able to pick up the food or the plate. She was sent for esophagoscopy with […]
Charlie
Charlie was adopted by her people when she was about 5 months old. She had a history of being bitten on the head by another dog but had since healed. Her owners noticed that she did not open her mouth to play like normal dogs. When we examined her a few weeks later, she could […]