Hello Everyone from RREH!
This past week was a crazy week in surgery with a variety of colic surgeries including a small intestinal volvulus, large colon volvulus, and an impaction all going to surgery. A really interesting case was a foal with an umbilical abscess. The infection had traveled in the umbilical vein which became enlarged and thickened due to the prominent infection. Above are pictures of the surgical removal of the abscess and the infected vein. The last pictures are of Dr. Woodie untwisting the large colon volvulus during the colic surgery! I was also lucky enough to ride with Dr. Brown and Dr. Friend to learn what it is like to be an ambulatory veterinarian in beautiful Kentucky! With Dr. Brown we spent the majority of the day doing pregnancy ultrasounds and checking on yearlings with various lacerations and hematomas. We also scoped a yearling to evaluate his airway because he was having trouble breathing in the pool post training sessions. With Dr. Friend we evaluated different lameness cases and long term management of these horses. Everyone as been so incredible about teaching and I can't believe how much I have learned!
Until next week!!
Jackie
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