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Pet of the month – March 2020
by admin on March 3rd, 2020
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Pet of the month for March is Boots, a delightful one year old Whippet who was recently hit by a car.
Boots presented with severe difficulty breathing and respiratory distress. Radiography showed he had a pneumothorax, which is an accumulation of air outside the lungs, but inside the chest wall. The air outside the lung prevents the lungs from inflating normally, and as happened with Boots can lead to lung collapse.
Treatment involved draining the air from inside the chest cavity to allow the lungs to expand, and oxygen therapy was provided until Boots was stable. Additonally strong pain relief was provided.
Boots required intensive care and repeated chest drainage until the damage repaired.
We are delighted to report that Boots is now back to good health!
