VETERINARY SPECIALISTS AUCKLAND

Veterinary Specialists Auckland

1 week ago

🐾 𝕄𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝔹𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕪 🐾

VSA first met Buddy in April 2019 when he was referred from VetCare Te Rapa. Buddy had become lame on one of his back legs and after some investigation at his GP clinic he was referred to Dr. Richard Jerram, with the suspicion that there was a bone tumour growing in his leg.

After his initial consult with Richard, Buddy was scheduled for a CT scan and a bone biopsy of the area of concern. After a day in hospital, he was sent home none the wiser except for a bandaged leg where the biopsy was taken.

Unfortunately for Buddy and his owner, the results of his CT scan and biopsy confirmed the presence of an osteosarcoma in his left tibia. Luckily for Buddy, the cancer had not spread to his lungs or abdomen and so he was a good candidate for ongoing treatment.

After a thorough discussion with Richard, Buddy’s owner decided that the best course of action was to amputate the affected leg and start chemotherapy with our internal medicine team. Buddy’s left hind leg was amputated 4 weeks after his first appointment with us. Being a true superstar and not letting his new “tripawd” status get the better of him, Buddy recovered well from his surgery and was discharged at 3 days post-op.

Buddy returned to VSA to start his chemotherapy protocol with Dr. Mike Coleman 4 weeks after having the amputation. Buddy and his owner would then make the journey from Hamilton to see Mike every 4 weeks, until he “graduated” after 5 treatments.

Buddy truly touched the hearts of everyone at VSA, every department got the chance to help him through his journey - from our awesome admin team to the Surgery, Radiology, Medicine, A&E and Physio departments.

We were all so excited when his owner emailed us recently to let us know how Buddy was doing. We received the following message and we could not be prouder of Buddy, his awesome Mum and our team for getting him where he is today.

“Living his best life - still runs at 27kph, swims (in the Waikato river which has a strong current, he even goes against the current!), gets muddy and stinky on the farm, sleeps upside down on the lazyboy, shares my bed and still loves his Mumma.

Thanks to everyone - Richard, Mike, Dagmara - you saved my best friends life, he beat the odds to make 2 years and no signs of cancer! We love you all!!!

I’m sure you see a lot of sad times, so I am really happy to share this happy milestone with you.” ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

🐾 𝕄𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕃𝕠𝕜𝕚 🐾.

Loki is a gorgeous 17-week-old Ragdoll kitten who was admitted to our Sylvia Park hospital after presenting to our VS A&E team with obvious trauma to his left hindlimb. Radiographs taken confirmed that he had broken his distal tibia.
He stayed with the VS A&E team over the weekend and was then referred to Dr Richard Jerram for surgery. Loki was discharged back to his owners with the latest in kitten accessories, a bandage and an e-collar!
Loki, we can’t wait to see you back each week for bandage changes and kitten snuggles! ... See MoreSee Less