Meet Khloe

Hi my name is Brittnee and as of tomorrow I will be a graduate with an associates degree in veterinary Technology. Of course this blog is not all about me but if not for school this story would not exist. Over the last month I have been in my last externship of my last month of school. I have been at the local animal shelter assisting with surgery prep and recovery as well as other things around the shelter. Two weeks ago today there where 2 animals on the table one cat having it’s leg amputated and one dog having it’s leg pinned. I assisted with the amputation and when it was done I went to see if I could help the other Dr with the pinning. As I stood there the (distal) lower end of the femur broke into 3 large pea ices and several smaller fragments. The Dr had seen the brakes on the (radiographs) x-rays but thought they where the growth plates and not brakes. She was saddened and frustrated that she could not save the leg but continued with the surgery amputating the left hind limb half way down the femur. While she did this I looked at the dog for the first time seeing that it was not a small breed dog but a young puppy. I immediately knew that I had to foster her while she recovered if nothing else. I texted my husband who was away for 2 weeks with the military and asked if we could sending him this text “I found a pup we need to foster, meet Daisy, she is 6 weeks old and just had her leg amputated” attached to a photo of her in recovery. I found out that day she had come in to the shelter with another female the same age that looked like a Shepard cross and nothing like her. She had been hit by a car and no one stopped, an officer brought her in. By law they had to wait 4 days to do anything but provide pain medication to see if an owner came in, when no one claimed her they took her to surgery. I had to wait till the next day to bring her home. She was already trying to run and play when we got home.

Meet Daisy