Nakita's blood work showed that she does not suffer from Addison's dz and that only leaves kidney failure. Nakita's owners came in somewhat unannounced before Dr. Tugui could call them with the results. He took them into an exam room to explain Nakita's current situation and her options with having kidney failure. During that time I disconnected the fluids from Nakita and wrapped the catheter up in anticipation of her owners taking her home to spend time with her and make their decision. Dr. Tugui hopes to hear from them tomorrow.
Today was the day for Pixi's cystotomy. The Bichon that came in last week and we found a large urolith during what was supposed to be a ultrasound guided cysto. Dr. Tugui performed the sx and the urolith (composed of struvite) extracted was the size of a mentos mint. As soon as the sx was completed we took Pixi into radiology and took a lateral view of her abdomen the bladder was clear of uroliths.
A couple of hours before the end of the day Dr. Tugui had an odd appointment. A couple brought a cat in for a "sexing." The wife was convinced the cat was a male going so far to name the cat Maximus. The husband had an inkling that the cat may be a female (and pregnant!) after noticing a growing belly. After a routine exam performed by Dr. Tugui it was official, Max the cat is in fact a pregnant female. The doctor opted to take the rest of his afternoon to perform a pregnant spay on Max. We got right into prepping for sx. We got Max into sx quickly and Dr. Tugui removed 5 nearly full term kittens and spayed Max in the process. Cleaning up after the sx took me right up to the end of my day.
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