Northlake

Meet our patient of the week, Samantha!

Samantha is 16 years old and living with advanced stage chronic kidney disease. Her very dedicated owner provides regular treatment for hydration, hypertension control, and phosphorus control. These treatments are preserving kidney function and prolonging Samantha’s life, and she’s doing fantastically for a cat with her diagnoses. We even documented weight gain at her most recent visit, not very common for kitties with her age and disease.

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Meet our patient of the week, Sinclair!

Sinclair is a young cat that presented with acute vomiting. Radiographs revealed a very large bladder. Interestingly, he didn’t have abnormal urinary symptoms at home. Direct bladder palpation induced pain and unsuccessful attempts to urinate.

He was diagnosed with a urethral obstruction, and luckily it was caught early – he had no signs of kidney damage or electrolyte disturbances. He was anesthetized to pass a urinary catheter to de-obstruct his urethra; a plug of crystalline grit was obstructing his distal urethra. He was hospitalized to maintain his urinary catheter and treat dehydration.

Sinclair made a quick recovery and is doing well! He was the sweetest patient.

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Meet our patient of the week, River Lee!

He came to us in June with an inflamed mass on one of his paws. It was painful to walk on and starting to ulcerate from pressure.

Surgery recovery wasn’t his favorite – he needed a bandage to cover the paw and was on exercise restriction until healed. Not to be deterred, he did manage to get in the pool once against doctor orders and needed another bandage change 😅.

After the all clear, he got back to swimming in the pool he loves! Now 3 months later, he’s happy as can be and 8 lbs slimmer from all that exercise! The removed growth was diagnosed as a sarcoma, so we are monitoring closely, and pleased to see no signs of recurrence!

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Meet our patient of the week, Ruby!

She presented in June for an acute hind limb lameness. After 2 weeks of conservative treatment, her limp wasn’t any better, and joint exam showed concerns for instability of her right knee.

Radiographs showed joint subluxation consistent with a cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) tear – this is comparable to a human tearing their ACL. Ouch! Unfortunately this is actually a common injury in dogs, usually due to degenerative disease, but sometimes caused by trauma alone.

Ruby was referred to a specialist surgeon at Arista and had a TPLO surgery with a metal implant to correct the instability. She’s now about 2 months into recovery and rehab and doing great, getting back to her normal self and able to run free again!

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Meet our patient of the week Link! He’s the sweetest cat you’ll meet.

Link came to us for vomiting and loss of appetite. Radiographs showed intestines obstructed by foreign material. Surgery that day removed a hair tie. Link is on the mend after surgery and getting back to his normal self! We hope he learns to eat food only from here on out!

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Meet our patient of the week Lizzie! She’s a delightful dog! ❤️

Lizzie presented with acute illness last week. Prompt evaluation and diagnostics revealed a bleeding mass on her spleen. She had emergency surgery to remove the organ (the mass was 11cm wide!), and was hospitalized afterwards to treat her blood loss and a common post-operative arrhythmia.

Lizzie is doing great this week, and our whole team was overjoyed to learn her biopsy report came back with great news – her mass is benign with no signs of cancer! 🎉

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