ONE OF THE COMPETITION ENTRIES BUT WHICH ONE SHOULD WIN????
Posted on Sunday, July 01 @ 16:46:33 BST by jenvetadmin
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Ok, I know of many vets/vet nurses who have many patients that steals there heart but there is all ways one that you never forget, that's sticks with you, you know the one I mean, the one you connect with, the one who beats everything against all odd and surprises you.
Well i had one like that back in 2005 and I saw him again last week, still doing well and owners still grateful and thanking me for the hard work I as a nurse had put into his recovery.
So, this one morning, just before lunch a lady walks in clutching her much loved Yorkshire terrier 'Raggs' explaining the horrors of that morning, she had been to the local park as she did every day, let him off his lead and all though he is 9yrs old he runs ahead but not too far.
All of a sudden a greyhound shoots past her and knocking her off balance, as she regains her balance all she can see in the distance is Raggs in the greyhounds mouth being shook from side to side then up and down banging his head to the floor, once he is still the dog lets go and carries on running with a rather shocked owner trailing behind.
Raggs's owner runs over a scoots him up, the greyhounds owner finally catches up with her dog and returns giving contact details of where she can be found (this I was amazed with, not many have the courtesy to do this) then Raggs is brought straight down to surgery.
On examination there are no major defects, Raggs is quite aware of his surroundings and didn't seem to be in shock so as a precaution the On call vet gave ab's and anti inf/pain killers, as I picked Raggs up from the operating table he started to 'Crackle' my hand seemed to vanish into his chest and then he turned nasty grey.
So it was onto the operating table and under a GA. X-rays showed broken ribs and lung problems, the vet operating opened Raggs up and as we did so there were no ribs to be seen just a pulsating heart beat which then stopped, we did cpr and then for the rest of the op I breathed for him, the vet sutured his lung back and placed a three way tap obviously the ribs were sorted and he was sutured back up, I really didn't pay enough attention to give the details due to being more concerned about keeping Raggs alive.
Thankfully the little man came round from the anaesthetic but needed hourly drainage, due to us not being on call and not having overnight staff there was no one to do it so I took him home in a small box and got up every hour throughout the night, hardly slept and fell in love with him. He was allowed home the following day and 10days later i had the biggest bunch of flowers from him and his owners.
I hadn't seen him for a few years and last week he came in again for chest x-rays, his heart is enlarged and he is now on meds for life, he has 2 teeth left (the others were bashed out when attacked) but still runs around like a nutter.
The owners thanked me again for what I had done 2 years ago and explained that they don't know what they would have done if he did not make it (the dog was there sons who had passed away a few years before), they spend all there pension/savings on him and Ijust wish there were more owners out there who appreciated the hard work and efforts vets and there nurses put into caring for there animals. This one stole my heart, he's a brave old soul.
P.S The greyhounds owners paid the bill in full and also sent Raggs a get well soon card. This entry from VN Sam.
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