Saffy doing her best to use her legs. She
is still making a good recovery. A few weeks ago she couldn't even stand.
She is now going to try hydrotherapy.
See Saffy in action on the Larkmead YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WypccrqkFpw
This
is Saffy. She is a 7 year old German Shepherd.
Saffy came into the Didcot surgery
just under 3 weeks ago. She was unable to stand on her back legs. She had some
special imaging performed which showed she had a collapsed disc in her spine.
Vet Tim operated on her immediately.
Since then she has been having intensive
physiotherapy and has slowly been making good process. She is now able to stand
for short periods,but she still needs help getting about. We will keep you
informed on her progress.
So far Tim has done 6 spinal operations this year. All have recovered well so
far.
This
is Luna, a 9-month old cat, recovering from surgery at our Didcot practice. She
was brought in by her owner after she was found in the garden unable to use her
back legs. It is not known whether Luna was hit by a car, attacked by a dog, or
had a nasty fall. Vet Rebecca examined Luna and found that her left knee was
unstable. Luna was given pain relief and IV fluids to stabilise her. She was
then sedated so that Emma could take x-rays of the damaged leg.
The x-ray showed that Luna had fractured her femur just above the knee, and the bone fragment was displaced.
This
copy of the x-ray has been marked to show the line of the fracture in
blue, with the red lines indicating the normal outline of the femur.
Vet Tim Hutchinson repaired Luna's fracture using wires to hold the very small piece of bone in
place. The post-op x-rays show how well her leg has come together.
Luna
is now resting at home and we look forward to monitoring her recovery!
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