Remembering Doodie (aka Phoozie)

She was known as Phoozie when she was presented at the clinic. Not eating, inactive and basically not herself.

She was diagnosed with chronic renal failure.

Checking Phoozie's real gender, it turns out that she is a castrated male, (a HE)!!! Yes, for the longest time that Phoozie was with his real owners, they didn't know that since they only got Phoozie from the streets and adopted his as thier own. Upon knowing this, they changed his name to Doodie.

For several weeks, Doodie was hospitalized and blood counts, chemistries and electrolytes were monitored. He got well eventually and this video is the first time he started eating again.

She went home a few days later.

Yet after a few months, since kidney disease continually progresses, she was back at the clinic.

After a few days, it was time to say goodbye.

Goodbye Doodie. We will always remember you as one of the good tempered and sweet siamese we cared for in the clinic with such loving and caring owners.

ALI

Ali was actually a colleague's case. He was admitted due to a non-healing and infected wound. Prior to admittance, he underwent umbilical hernial repair from another establishment. Yet, days after the surgery, the owners noted that the surgical incision was swollen with pus and fluid oozing and is actually not healing. Upon assessment and repair, it appears that the whole wound is actually infected and there's more pus and necrotic tissues underneath. We cleaned the area and resutured the dehisced internal layers. We left the wound open covered with wet sterile bandages with antibacterial dressing to help keep the wound clean and for new granulation tissues to form prior to closure. A few days after presentation, we also noticed something: Ali is unable to stand up. Though actually responsive and with appetite, her limbs are stiff and extended. Is this tetanus? Concerning that he had a prior history of an infected wound, we assumed that this could be the T thing. Medications against tetanus were given and Ali was monitored for a few more days - three weeks total more or less.

The picture above was taken a few days prior to Ali's release. Slowly, she was able to gain back control of her limbs and was able to stand up on her own.

Clostridium tetani, the bacteria responsible for the production of the toxin causing tetanus is actually found in the soil. It can gain entry and cause infection in pets through wounds especially deep puncture wounds or those that have been in contact with the soil or area with the bacteria. Dogs and cats are actually pretty resistant to tetanus, however, predisposing factors may make them susceptible to the disease.

EMBOLISM

This is a ragdoll. A cat if you are not so familiar with the breed.

Anyway, she has an wound problem. Apparently there was an embolus affected one of her hindleg. As you may know, an embolus may be an air, a clot, a fat lobule, hair or any particle that travels within the blood vessel which may cause obstruction of the vessel. This condition is called embolism. If this happens, the affected area loses blood supply and if this happened that area will slowly die. If medical intervention is done then the area may be saved, if not, the body may still try to save itself but usually takes longer and the dying area may be predisposed to infection and gangrene (gangrene is the term to describe the death of a part of a body due to lack of blood supply as a result of several conditions like trauma, embolism, vascular disease or infection) thereby worsening the condition.


Here are some pictures of the case.
IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH, ITS TIME TO RUN AND SCREAM LIKE CRAZY!!!
if you can handle this one then go on.


Do you want to faint? Ok if you can handle things then i'll go on.







These two pictures were taken after some of the areas affected died leaving an open wound. There are different types of managing an open wound (of which i will not go into more detail) and here, they treated the area as an open wound, applied bandages and cleaned the area on a regular basis such that they slowly tried to close the area when granulation tissue formed and there is enough skin to cover the wound.

















This was taken during one of the many wound cleaning visits of this cat. Bandages were replaced every now and then and the wound is monitored for improvement and healing.






























After some time the wound healed and treatment ended on September 9, 2008, with a little less a bone and tissues.

Now look at the healed leg of this ragdoll, unfortunately she is unable to use this leg but i think she's fine with three legs though.

This was a case in the AI Animal Medical Center and the present condition of this cat was relayed by Dr. Yunuki Toshi.

this japanese domestic cat

about 2 days before i left japan, this cat was presented at the clinic. unable to stand, weak and dehydated. owners told us that the cat went missing for several days and when they found her (cat), she was in this condition. radiograph revealed comminuted fracture of the proximal third of the right femur, we suspected hit by car incident or trauma/blow. blood tests were also done and we found out that the cat was positive for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) aka Feline Aids (another story). This cat underwent surgery 2 days later which i wasn't able to see coz i was on my way back to manila.

If this happened here in the philippines there are several ways this cat will end up.

1. an individual who can afford the surgery and loves this cat will have a go for surgery and confinement.

2 an individual will bring this cat to the clinic but declines surgery, opts for other choices and may have the cat euthanized.

3. a person will bring this to the clinic and abandon it.

3. will end up on the streets to die.

Anyway, since this took place in japan, it was brought to the clinic and care was given.

I did some follow up through e-mail to Dr. Toshi (hi doc!) and he said that she got well, she was able to walk. Apparently an infection occured at the limb with the implant and they need to remove the implant (not the limb!) and it became better.