"Tate" was running in her backyard.  Her owners just bought new patio furniture the day before.  "Tate" didn't realize the furniture was in her usual path until the very last minute. She tried jumping it but caught her knee on one of the pieces of furniture.  She had a small cut on the outside of her knee. X-rays showed far  more damage however. She had broken her knee cap!!  This is an extremely unusual break in animals or people.  "Tate" had her knee cap repaired with surgery at The Veterinary Surgery Center.  She will have a long recovery with many bandage changes to keep her leg immobile until the knee cap has healed completely.

 

Tate's knee cap  is broken into 2 large and several small pieces.

Henry with his favorite green rubber ball.

Henry is a typical Golden Retriever. He loves to carry things in his mouth, especially balls.  Unbeknownst to his owners, he also likes to chew up and swallow tennis balls, and even a part of an "indestructable" Kong toy.  Henry's stomach and intestines became plugged up with pieces of the tennis balls and Kong, requiring 2 surgeries to remove all the pieces.  But even after successful surgery, Henry continued to vomit. His stomach had been plugged up for long it no longer knew how to empty itself so it continued to fill up with stomach juices.  Henry's veterinarian sent Henry and his owners to us to provide 24 hour care to pump his stomach every 4 hours and administer drugs by IV drip to help his stomach and intestines move again.  It took several days but soon Henry was ready for his favorite ball again.

 

Dr. Richey was feeding her horses one early spring evening when she found an opposum sitting under one of the horses' feed tubs. She noticed it wasn't moving and appeared to have large wound on the left side of its chest.  Concerned that the 'possum might be critically injured, she scooped it up into a cat carrier and took it to work with her. Once at VECCH she carefully anesthetized it, taking care to avoid the very sharp teeth.  After the 'possum was asleep the wound was shaved and cleaned. Fortunately for all involved it was starting to heal on its own and did not require stitches. An injection of a long acting antibiotic was given and the 'possum was allowed to wake up quietly in the cat carrier.  It was later released on the back of Dr. Richey's farm.

By the way, it turned out to be a Ms. Possum. But no baby opposums were in her pouch.

"Ms. Possum" getting her wound cleaned under anesthesia.