Gentle treatment for high-risk patients

Gentle treatment for high-risk patients

Little Teddy wasn’t eating well and then started vomiting. He went to his regular vet, who diagnosed kidney failure. He was referred to the regional specialty clinic, who hospitalized him for treatment. By the next day, that clinic recognized that his kidney disease...
A Collie with a Kidney Infection

A Collie with a Kidney Infection

Teddy is a 5 year old collie who is owned by a veterinary cardiologist. He developed acute kidney failure and jaundice and was hospitalized at her practice. Over the course of the next few days, he did not respond to standard treatments, and his urine output started...
Cleaning plasma to treat anemia

Cleaning plasma to treat anemia

It all started with orange diarrhea. The following day, Rosie became lethargic, which was unusual for a 2-year-old Goldendoodle. She presented to her local veterinarian, who diagnosed her with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), which is a condition where the...
Caffeine Overdose

Caffeine Overdose

Naughty Gabe and Turq, two adorable border terriers, got into a backpack with granola bars, multivitamins, and caffeine pills. The owner, who was in her final year of vet school at the Ohio State University at the time, came home to find the chewed up bottles and...