I got my hair cut!! I went to a little place called Beautify! and got my hair cut by a gal named Christina. Thank you Storey, for giving me her number, I love that place! I think she did a great job and I love it! =) 
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I got my hair cut!
I got my hair cut!! I went to a little place called Beautify! and got my hair cut by a gal named Christina. Thank you Storey, for giving me her number, I love that place! I think she did a great job and I love it! =) 
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday!!! The first day of Lent! I am supposed to give something up for Lent...I think it will be Starbucks this year. I go too often (not daily though) and it is hell on the Weight Watchers points! Augh, let's see how Faby does!
Cancer of the Pancreas
Today we got a case, well we have been trying to find out what is wrong with this cat for a few weeks now, but today we had some final results...anyway...we had a kitty with pancreatic cancer that was confirmed by doing an exploratory surgery. This is what it says about pancreatic cancer in Small Animal Clinical Oncology by Stephen J. Withrow.
Incidence
Incidence is very rare (<0.5%)>, especially in cats.
In this case, we discovered the cancer through the exploratory surgery (photos shown below) and called the owner to let them know that it had metastasized and prognosis was bad. The owner elected euthanasia, which was probably the kindest decision they could have made.
Incidence
Incidence is very rare (<0.5%)>, especially in cats.
Pathology
In a majority of cases, malignant cancer has metastasized to regional or distant sites before a diagnosis can be reached.
Clinical signs
Vague and nonspecific. There is commonly weight loss, paraneoplastic alopecia, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal distension, icterus and depression.
Diagnostics
Hematology may show mild anemia, neutrophilia and bilirubinemia. Possible inconsistent elevations in amylase and lipase. In extreme cases there are signs of pancreatic insufficiency. Radiographs may show slowed gastric emptying and/or compression or invasion of the duodenum. Most tumors may not be palpable through the abdominal wall. Ultrasonography can be a useful tool, but most diagnoses are made by exploratory laparotomy.
Therapy
Excision via surgery may be attempted although if it has metastasized to other organs or systems, it is not recommended.
In a majority of cases, malignant cancer has metastasized to regional or distant sites before a diagnosis can be reached.
Clinical signs
Vague and nonspecific. There is commonly weight loss, paraneoplastic alopecia, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal distension, icterus and depression.
Diagnostics
Hematology may show mild anemia, neutrophilia and bilirubinemia. Possible inconsistent elevations in amylase and lipase. In extreme cases there are signs of pancreatic insufficiency. Radiographs may show slowed gastric emptying and/or compression or invasion of the duodenum. Most tumors may not be palpable through the abdominal wall. Ultrasonography can be a useful tool, but most diagnoses are made by exploratory laparotomy.
Therapy
Excision via surgery may be attempted although if it has metastasized to other organs or systems, it is not recommended.
Prognosis
Very poor, no cases reported of patients living for more than 1 year post-diagnosis.
In this case, we discovered the cancer through the exploratory surgery (photos shown below) and called the owner to let them know that it had metastasized and prognosis was bad. The owner elected euthanasia, which was probably the kindest decision they could have made.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Gingival hyperplasia
Commonly seen in boxers, gingival hyperplasia is an excessive growth of the gums. Also sometimes called an epulis, although there are different types of epulides.
The Clinical Veterinary Advisor by Etienne Cote, describes an epulis as a benign, gingival proliferation of tissue in the oral cavity.
We took them off through electrocautery and then gave the dog a dental prophy.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Foreign Body Obstruction
Another big case we had recently was a foreign body in a dog. This dog thought it would be a good idea to eat her owners laundry and started off by throwing up a sock. Her parents were worried that she had eaten something else and she had stopped eating. So we took a Barium series to determine if anything was stuck in her GI tract.
Here is a radiograph before the barium, it is difficult to see the stomach very well and there is a lot of gas in the bowels. Gnarly spondylosis as well.
Here is the last of the barium series, before surgery. This was taken about 1.5 hrs after giving the barium and it looks just like the xray taken about 15 min after giving the barium. That lets us know that the barium doesn't seem to be moving through the GI system and there is probably an obstruction in the stomach.
Needless to say, we went into surgery. We removed the sleeve of a shirt which seemed to have lodged itself in the pyloro-duodenal junction. Our patient recovered very well after the surgery!
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