Sun’s Recovery From Wen Trim Surgery
Inside the waiting room sat a couple whose dog was seen about the pace maker it had. Appears the situation was under control and details were being explained to the family on things to watch out for and how to monitor their dog for preventative measures.
Two girls, very skinny young ladies, came in with a small dog on a leash. They were there to retrieved their silver/gray Weimaraner. I believe the Weimaraner had suffered an injury on it’s leg and was treated and was ready to be released. The poor dog was rather skinny as well. However he looked as if he was loved quite a bit. When I was younger I had pets, but wasn’t until I grew older before I really began to learn about the love these pets had to share. Until I learned I didn’t own a pet, instead shared an existence with another species, I was just simply a pet owner. Now I’ve learned the specialness of these creatures we call pets and am better for it.
I saw a person come in with a rabbit in a pet carrier and I saw a black cat in another carrier. The lady place the carrier on the floor and the black cat looked at me looking at him/her.
Later I spoke with a woman with a pet bird (Conure) in a cage. The bird was missing quite a few feathers and I figured that was the reason she had brought it to the veterinarian. Actually the Conure had a bad foot bothering it which stressed it causing it to pluck it’s feathers. The Conure had been a member of this woman’s family for 13 years at this point. The woman spoke of “Bud” the Conure as if it were her child.
I on the other hand had walked into the Kansas State University Veterinary Hospital with an orange Homedepot bucket containing about 4 gallons of water from a fish tank along with Sun, my Fancy Oranda Goldfish. Supporting me and always by my side was my wife of 30 years. You know your wife loves you in a case like this. Face it, you don’t see too many gray haired old men with a goldfish at a veterinarian clinic.
Sun’s surgery went well and he has been recovering the last couple of days. At first he didn’t move around a lot and didn’t eat. Now he eats and is getting around a bit better.
Wen Trim Surgery ~ Success
Sun Can See ~ Yeah!!!
The above photo shows Sun’s Right Side. Sun had partial vision with this eye, but very little.
The above photo shows Sun’s Left Side. His Wen had this side completely covered for several months now.
Here is Sun’s front view. He appears to be smiling.
Click this link to see Sun before his Wen Surgery.
Click this link to see Sun in a video prior to his wen trim surgery.
The treatment performed on Sun is as follows:
Sun was placed under anesthesia with Tricaine Methanesulfonate and sodium bicarbonate as a buffer. Under anesthesia, radiocauthery and scalpel exicision were used to excise the excess wen growth. There was minimal bleeding during surgery and the surgery lasted 20 minutes. Recovery from anesthesia was uneventful.
Client Invoice:
Sodium Bicarb Powd 1gm 1.70
Tricaine-S MS-222 1 gram 2.74
Minor Surgical, Exotic 1 51.00
Exam Exotic/Avian 39.00
Nebulization Treatmnt/day 14.00
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Total 108.44
Thanks go out to:
James Carpenter
Professor
Zoological Medicine Service
Rodney Schnellbacher
Intern,
Zoological Medicine Service
Julia Paul
Senior,
Veterinary Student
