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Star of the Month: February 2012 Cobalt Marting
The Star of the Month for February is Cobalt Marting. Cobalt is a 12 year old, black, short haired cat that was diagnosed with a heart murmur, bad teeth, and arthritis earlier this January. He had blood work done at that time suggesting that his kidney values were rising as well. Cobalt needed a dental cleaning but we could not put him under anesthesia without investigating his heart murmur. Cobalt’s owner brought him back to us late in January for x-rays of his chest, blood pressure readings, an EKG, and a proBNP. All of his tests were normal which means there was no need to place Cobalt on medications for his heart and we were able to clean his teeth. Cobalt had his dental cleaning February 6th. During the dental Cobalt was on IV fluids to
help his kidneys and keep his blood pressure at a normal level. He was watched very closely because of his
heart murmur. Cobalt did very well under
anesthesia and he recovered uneventfully.
Cobalt’s teeth looked very bad on the surface, but after the tartar was
removed his teeth looked wonderful. His
dental x-rays were also normal which meant we did not have to remove any of his
teeth. Cobalt is currently doing very
well and enjoying a mouth without tartar and gingivitis.
January 2012 Bella Johnson, Tess Rabjohn, and Scruffy Ream We have three
Stars of the Month for the New Year:
Scruffy, Tess Rabjohn, and Bella Johnson. All of our Stars had bladder stones and a
surgery called a cystotomy to remove those stones. During a cystotomy an incision is made in the
bladder, the bladder stones are scooped out, and then the bladder and the
urethra (the tube to the outside world that the urine goes through) are flushed
to make sure all the stones are gone. Bladder
stones can be so small that they can get stuck in the urethra making it hard
for the animal to urinate which is what happened to Scruffy. They can cause a lot of inflammation,
swelling, and bleeding, which is what happened to Tess. Or they can be really big and just cause
intermittent urinary tract infections and pain, which is what happened to
Bella.
All of our Stars are now doing well at home and enjoying 2012 without bladder stones.
Star of the Month: "Jackpot" Knox December 2011
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Concord Chapel Animal Hospital
Jackpot is a young male cat that showed up outside of his
new owner’s house. He was limping badly
and needed help but they had no way of getting Jackpot to Concord Chapel. It
seems that Jackpot was dealt a bad hand and for 6 days he limped around outside
before he was caught. He was immediately
brought to the hospital. Even though
Jackpot had an obviously injured left front leg, he was still purring, rubbing
on everything in the room, and wanted everyone to pet him. It turned out that Jackpot had an old injury
to his left wrist that caused his left front foot to be twisted inward. Because of his injury, he was actually
walking on the lower part of his left front leg. He had a severe ulcer in this area and his
skin was calloused. Jackpot’s injury was
so severe that the only cure was amputation. Jackpot’s new owners were not sure
they wanted a new cat at first but after seeing how friendly our 3 ½ legged wonder
was they went all in and decided to keep him.
After testing negative for Feline Leukemia Virus and Feline
Immunodeficiency Virus, Jackpot was started on antibiotics and pain medication