OF COURSE, he is now all cleaned up and awake, on the road to recovery. (Disclaimer: This photo was taken just after surgery. Let's send a MEGA BRAVO to our vet team for performing for the first time, this incredible surgery to give this cutie pie a healthy, incredible life without irritation or complications due to an incredibly rare birth defect. but today was a long enough procedure so we will go with meds and recheck to see if we need to close up that eye in the future. There is no eyeball in there and normally we would close that up too. Easy and clean! On top of that he had two baby teeth pulled and his eye assessed. Shamrock also had a catheter placed for the area to heal and as you can see, now when Shamrock urinates it will look more like when a little girl pup squats to go.
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Also, his urethra is now safe and sound under the skin where it belongs. He had his testicles removed and the one sac removed to alleviate irritation. Today Shamrock got his penile tissue and penile bone removed. We have come so far with surgery and efficiency. A centralized, standardized database for animal shelter statistics is critical for the animal welfare. Personally, my very first PRAA surgery that I assisted in was with with Sangria in 2014. The Most Trusted Source for Animal Sheltering Statistics. Again, shamelessly, I find myself with my hands folded in prayer on my knees begging you to donate towards her cares that we can give this girl the best fighting chance possible! To her family, we promise we will do everything in our power to save her and nurse her back to health. For now we will be tube feeding until we can get her in as soon as possible to see our specialist at Oregon State University. The good news is, we have a very high success rate in correcting this vascular issue where one of the vessels from the heart wraps around the esophagus, squeezing it off and causing the esophagus to enlarge like a balloon if you will and not allowing food, nutrients to pass into the stomach. With cardiology surgery we can attempt to close that vascular section and remove it, freeing the esophagus and hopefully because she is so young, her esophagus will reduce in size and the regurgitation can potentially cease or at least minimize. X-rays we’re done and this is what we all believe is the culprit to her condition. Angel Animals Network / Angel Animals & Educational Foundation (AAF), PO Box 26354, Minneapolis 55426, (952)925-3309. Before X-rays we’re even done I suspected PRAA or a vascular ring anomaly causing megaesophagus (ME). American coot American crow Bald eagle RSG. Her owners have done so right by her and have gone in constantly to try to find answers before turning to us because they didn’t want to watch her whither away without a fighting chance. Minnesota Bird Songs - an interactive audio guide to songbirds from the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine RSG - Animals listed on the Rare Species Guide. She’s merely 3 pounds and has been losing weight rapidly and struggling to keep any food down. New emergency intake! This teeny 11 week old Frenchie mix came in needing our expertise.