Dr. Sandra Truli Springer, Holistic Vet House Call Services
Truli Holistic Veterinary Services: 877-DR-TRULI
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Staff and a veterinarian who demonstrate caring and concern for your pet are #1 for the best anesthesia.
Make sure your animal hospital has and does the following before you agree to an anesthetic procedure:
1. oxygen, endotracheal tubes, gas anesthesia (most states mandate these, yet some places, especially low cost places, may not have these basics)
Continue reading “Doc Truli's Top 10 Requirements for Anesthesia”
Staff and a veterinarian who demonstrate caring and concern for your pet are #1 for the best anesthesia.
Make sure your animal hospital has and does the following before you agree to an anesthetic procedure:
1. oxygen, endotracheal tubes, gas anesthesia (most states mandate these, yet some places, especially low cost places, may not have these basics)
Continue reading “Doc Truli's Top 10 Requirements for Pet Anesthesia”
Surprise! Blood sugar of 300, or even 400, in a cat is NOT diagnostic for diabetes mellitus.
Doc Truli sometimes spends hours correcting off-handed misinformation put forth by well-meaning physicians.
Continue reading “Doc Truli's Top 5 Tips for Physicians”
She gave a big, wide APBT smile and took off without a look back!
It was my very first night on clinical call as a senior veterinary student. I finished my treatments at 9 pm. At 9:05 I received the page.
Continue reading “2-Year-Old American Pit Bull Terrier Beats Paralysis”
He maybe looked a little bit like he enjoyed the tongue bath.
A tiny black domestic short hair kitten was left in a box on the animal hospital doorstep.
Continue reading “Brain Damaged Kitten Finds Friends”
“…we just can’t afford another penny. Please put him down for us.”
An 8 week old 2 pound Yorkie puppy named Kisses lay on a Spider-man fleece blanket. He did not move. His body temperature was 96 (normal is 101 to 102.5 for dogs.) He had been deathly ill for 3 days.
Continue reading “Yorkie Puppy Needs 3 Months in ICU”
“…All of a sudden, she can’t walk, and she’s shaking like she’s in pain.”
Shaina was a 2-year old Maltese. She sat, shaking, in the center of the examination table, back hunched.
“She’s been like that since last night. All of a sudden, she can’t walk, and she’s shaking like she’s in pain.”
Continue reading “Maltese Cured of "Broken Back"”
After a few minutes a small, 3 inch, green frog came walking out of the can, traversing down the length of the snake’s back, like he was on some bridge over the abyss in The Lord of the Rings!
It was only 7 p.m. The E.R. was empty. How strange! Then a young 8-month-old brown and tan Doberman girl was rushed in because she had been bitten on the upper right muzzle by a rattlesnake. The snake in question fit in a Zip-Loc sandwich bag because he (or she) was one of the Spring crop of baby Rattlers.
Continue reading “Snakes are People, Too!”
“Bite wounds can sometimes be much more extensive than they appear.”
A small 14 pound Westie, name of Henry, lay shaking on my exam table. His gums were pale pink, almost white, his heart beat rapidly, his eyes glazed over with a faraway look. Blood dripped from two little 4 millimeter holes in his skin on his right side.
“What happened?”
Continue reading “Two Little Bite Holes Caused All This Damage?”
Gariella was rescued from a garage where she and her sister had spent the first year of their lives.
I met Gabriella in the living room of her parents’ house. She was a beautiful, well-groomed apricot Standard Poodle. Her parents had spoken of her in my office because they were worried about her.
Continue reading “Standard Poodle Cannot Play”