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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING

TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

NARRATOR: TODAY ON "VETS SAVING
PETS", DR. BOYD OPERATES ON A

SPECIAL PATIENT...

DR. BOYD: WE'RE FIXING AN ACL
TEAR IN A DOG, AND WE'RE DOING

IT ON MY DOG.

NARRATOR: ...A POMERANIAN NAMED
ROSIE NEEDS HER CANINES CLEANED.

DR. FRENCH: OH, YEAH, THERE'S
SOME YUCKY TEETH IN THERE.

NARRATOR: AND LULU THE BULLDOG
COMES TO DR. JAMES WITH A HEAD

BOB.

SANDRA: HER HEAD JUST STARTED
GOING...

DR. JAMES: OKAY.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING SERIOUS
LIKE SEIZURE ACTIVITY.

NARRATOR: WITH OVER 20,000
PATIENTS EACH YEAR, THIS IS ONE

OF THE BUSIEST EMERGENCY ANIMAL
HOSPITALS IN NORTH AMERICA, AND

THESE ARE THE SPECIALISTS WHO
DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO CARING FOR

PETS NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.

THESE ARE "VETS SAVING PETS".

A PARTICULARLY PRECIOUS PATIENT
IS AT THE VETERINARY EMERGENCY

CLINIC TODAY, ONE THAT'S NEAR
AND DEAR TO DR. DEVON BOYD'S

HEART.

DR. BOYD: HI, MY NAME IS DEVON
BOYD.

I'M A VETERINARY SURGEON HERE,
AND I HAVE WANTED TO BE A VET

SINCE I WAS SEVEN, AND I USED TO
CUT OPEN MY TEDDY BEARS, SEW

THEM BACK TOGETHER, AND COLOR
THEM WITH RED MARKER ON THE

INSIDE.

MAN: THEY'RE PRESENTLY BEING
HOUSED IN DEVON'S VETERINARIAN

COLLEGE.

DR. BOYD: SO TODAY, I'M DOING A
SURGERY ON A BULL MASTIFF.

WE'RE DOING A TPLO,
TIBIAL-PLATEAU-LEVELING

OSTEOTOMY.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WE'RE FIXING AN ACL TEAR IN A

DOG.

WE CALL IT CRANIAL CRUCIATE
LIGAMENT IN DOGS, BUT IT'S

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE IN PEOPLE, SO
ACL.

IT'S ONE OF THE SURGERIES WE
PROBABLY DO ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT A

WEEK, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL ABOUT TODAY'S SURGERY

BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT ON MY
DOG.

HI!

HELLO!

SERGEANT IS A VERY SPECIAL DOG
TO ME.

HE'S AMAZING.

HE'S HELPED ME THROUGH THE LOSS
OF MY OTHER DOG, AND HE'S JUST

THE MOST LOVING, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
DOG I'VE EVER MET.

DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLD HIM?

YOU CAN HOLD HIM.

THEN HE WON'T ASSOCIATE ME WITH
NEEDLES.

[LAUGHTER]

NURSE: HE'LL ASSOCIATE ME WITH
NEEDLES.

THANK YOU.

DR. BOYD: YOU'RE OKAY.

HI NOW.

HI.

ALL RIGHT, NOW GO TO SLEEP.

NARRATOR: AS DR. BOYD LEAVES
SARGE TO BE PREPPED FOR

ANESTHETIC, BACK IN THE LOBBY, A
BULLDOG HAS ARRIVED WITH A

POSSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL ISSUE.

SANDRA: MY NAME IS SANDRA, AND
THIS IS LULU, AND WE'RE HERE

TODAY BECAUSE LULU'S HAD TWO
EPISODES WHERE HER HEAD STARTS

TO SHAKE.

SHE HAS A SWEET PERSONALITY,
VERY LOVING.

THERE'S NOT A MEAN BONE IN HER
BODY, AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL

ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY.

THE HEAD-SHAKING WAS JUST A VERY
SUDDEN ONSET.

SHE HAS NO CONTROL OVER IT.

IT'S VERY BIZARRE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

WE WERE REFERRED TO THE
NEUROLOGIST.

DR. JAMES: I HAVE A BUSY DAY IN
NEUROLOGY TODAY.

I HAVE TWO REFERRALS COMING IN,
ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.

FIRST UP IS LULU.

LULU HAS BEEN HAVING SOME HEAD
TREMOR OR ABNORMAL HEAD MOVEMENT

ACTIVITY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A LOOK AT HER AND SEE IF WE CAN

FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

HI, LULU.

HI, HI.

SO CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE
EVENTS TO ME?

SANDRA: IT'S HAPPENED TWICE.

DR. JAMES: YEAH.

SANDRA: AND HER HEAD JUST
STARTED GOING...

DR. JAMES: OKAY.

SHE WAS SAYING YES?

SANDRA: YEAH, YEAH, BUT VERY
EXAGGERATED.

DR. JAMES: OKAY.

OH, LIKE, A BIG MOVEMENT.

SANDRA: YEAH.

DR. JAMES: AND IT LASTED ABOUT
TEN TO 15 MINUTES?

SANDRA: YES, IT DEFINITELY
LASTED THAT LONG, YEAH.

DR. JAMES: AND THEN THE OTHER
EPISODE WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS

AGO?

SANDRA: TWO MONTHS AGO, YEAH.

DR. JAMES: OKAY.

SANDRA: MUCH SHORTER DURATION.

DR. JAMES: OKAY, AND HOW LONG
DID THAT ONE LAST?

SANDRA: JUST A COUPLE MINUTES.

DR. JAMES: OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST
GOING TO TAKE HER TO THE BACK

AND DO A NEUROLOGICAL EXAM, AND
THEN I'LL COME BACK IN AND TALK

TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS
GOING ON.

SANDRA: OKAY.

DR. JAMES: WHY DON'T WE START
WITH WALKING HER BACK AND FORTH

THAT WAY.

DOCTOR: OKAY.

DR. JAMES: SO IN HER
NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION, WE'RE

GOING TO WATCH HER WALK.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DOCTOR: I THINK SHE LOOKS
NORMAL.

DR. JAMES: YEAH, SHE LOOKS
NORMAL, PERFECT.

THE WAY THAT SHE'S REPLACING HER
FEET IS TOTALLY NORMAL, AND THE

SAME THING WITH THIS HOPPING
TEST.

SO WE'RE PUSHING HER OVER, AND
HER NORMAL RESPONSE IS GOING TO

BE JUST TO HOP IMMEDIATELY.

SO IF SHE WAS ABNORMAL, WHAT SHE
MIGHT DO IS LEAVE HER FOOT

THERE.

DOCTOR: YEAH.

DR. JAMES: LULU HAD A PERFECTLY
NORMAL NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION,

WHICH IS GREAT.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE NEUROLOGICALLY,
THIS DOG LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL

NORMAL.

DOCTOR: SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER
THEN?

DR. JAMES: WELL, GOOD QUESTION.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING SERIOUS
LIKE A FOCAL SEIZURE ACTIVITY,

WHICH IS SEIZURE ACTIVITY COMING
FROM A SMALL FOCUS IN THE BRAIN,

WHICH COULD BE REFLECTIVE OF A
MORE SERIOUS UNDERLYING PROBLEM

LIKE A TUMOR OR MENINGITIS.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS OFFER
MOM AN MRI JUST TO RULE OUT

ANYTHING STRUCTURAL IN THE BRIAN
LIKE A TUMOR OR INFLAMMATORY

DISEASE INVOLVING THE BRAIN.

DOCTOR: SOUNDS GOOD.

DR. JAMES: OKAY.

NARRATOR: BACK IN THE LOBBY,
THERE'S A TINY PATIENT WITH A

MOUTHFUL OF PROBLEMS.

LORENZO: MY NAME IS LORENZO
DECURTIS, AND I BROUGHT ROSIE IN

BECAUSE SHE NEEDS A DENTAL
CLEANING.

SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD.

DR. FRENCH: ROSIE IS GETTING UP
THERE.

SHE'S AN OLD DOG.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER HER
HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTS AS WELL

AS IT USED TO, AND SO WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT ANESTHESIA, WE

NEED HER HEART TO BE WORKING AS
WELL AS IT CAN.

LORENZO: SHE GETS COLD BECAUSE
SHE'S SO TINY.

SO WHEN IT'S, LIKE, FREEZING OUT
AND I HAVE TO WALK WITH HER, SHE

JUST...

DR. FRENCH: OH, IT ZIPS?

LORENZO: YEAH.

IT'S LIKE, DOGGIE BAG!

DR. FRENCH: IT'S A LITTLE PIGGY
IN A BLANKET.

LORENZO: YEAH.

DR. FRENCH: SHE LOOKS PRETTY
GOOD FOR HER AGE, WOW.

LORENZO: SHE'S 14, BUT I TELL
HER SHE ONLY LOOKS SEVEN.

DR. FRENCH: OH, YEAH.

THERE'S SOME YUCKY TEETH IN
THERE.

SHE HAS A LOT OF TARTAR ON HER
TEETH, BUT SHE ALSO HAS A LOT OF

INFLAMMATION IN HER GUMS, AND
I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY ONE OR

TWO DEEPLY INFECTED TEETH.

LORENZO: I SEE HER PAW AT HER
FACE.

DR. FRENCH: THAT'S THE DOG
VERSION OF, YOU KNOW, DOING THE,

OH, MY GOODNESS, I'VE GOT A, YOU
KNOW, SORE TOOTH.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE DR. WILLIAMS,
THE CARDIOLOGIST, DO AN

ECHOCARDIOGRAM OF HER HEART SO
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HER HEART

IS DOING.

THEN DR. PETTIFER CAN FINE-TUNE
WHAT TYPE OF DRUGS THAT WE'RE

GOING TO USE FOR HER ANESTHESIA
SO THAT IT'S A HAPPY OUTCOME.

I'LL GO AND GET THEM TO COME AND
GET HER.

LORENZO: OKAY, GREAT.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST PURE LOVE.

SHE'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

DON'T WORRY.

DADDY'S DOING ALL THE WORRYING
FOR YOU.

ERIC: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL YOU
AFTERWARDS.

LORENZO: OKAY, THANKS, ERIC.

ERIC: TAKE CARE.

NARRATOR: WHEN "VETS SAVING
PETS" RETURNS, SARGE IS ALL SET

TO HAVE HIS KNEE REPAIRED.

DR. BOYD: IF THE TECHNIQUE IS
NOT DONE PROPERLY, HE MAY HAVE A

RESIDUAL LAMENESS OR LIMP.

NARRATOR: LULU GETS HER
DIAGNOSIS.

DR. JAMES: WHAT WE CALL A HEAD
MOVEMENT DISORDER, AND IT'S

COMMON IN THIS BREED.

NARRATOR: AND DR. WILLIAMS MAKES
SURE ROSIE'S HEART CAN HANDLE

THE ANESTHESIA NEEDED FOR DENTAL
SURGERY.

DR. WILLIAMS: SO SHE'S GOT
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE.

DR. FRENCH: IS IT SCARY?

DR. WILLIAMS: IT'S MODERATELY
SCARY.

[BREAK]

NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

NARRATOR: DR. BOYD WATCHES OVER
SARGE AS HE IS ANESTHETIZED.

DR. BOYD: SOME MIGHT ASK WHY I
WOULD DO THIS ON MY OWN DOG.

IT'S A TOUGH DECISION, AND I'VE
DONE IT BOTH WAYS.

I'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE DO
SURGERIES ON MY DOGS, BUT I FEEL

LIKE IF I DIDN'T AND SOMETHING
WENT WRONG, I WOULD FEEL LIKE I

DIDN'T PUT ALL MY EFFORT FORWARD
TO TRY AND MAKE IT GO RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, BIG GUY, YOU HAVE A
GOOD SLEEP.

NARRATOR: SARGE IS MOVED INTO
X-RAY SO THAT DR. BOYD CAN GET

THE IMAGES THAT ARE CRUCIAL IN
PLANNING HIS OPERATION.

DR. BOYD: WE HAVE TO TAKE
SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS BECAUSE

THE TECHNIQUE IS VERY
FINE-TUNED.

SO I HAVE TO KNOW HOW MUCH I
NEED TO ROTATE THIS PIECE OF

BONE.

WE'RE TAKING A PIECE OF BONE AND
WE'RE FLATTENING OUT THE

PLATEAU, THE WEIGHT-BEARING
SURFACE OF THAT BONE SO THAT

WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING
THE NEED FOR THE ACL IN A

WEIGHT-BEARING KNEE.

THE MEASUREMENTS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW FAR TO

ROTATE THAT.

DOG ACL SURGERY IS ACTUALLY VERY
DIFFERENT THAN HUMAN ACL

SURGERY.

WE'VE HAD TO SORT OF THINK
OUTSIDE THE BOX.

WE USED TO FIX THEM JUST LIKE
THEY DO IN PEOPLE, SEW UP THE

TEARS, BUT WHATEVER CAUSED THE
DEGENERATION IN THE FIRST PLACE

WOULD JUST DEGENERATE THE
REPAIR.

NARRATOR: AS DR. BOYD FINISHES
TAKING MEASUREMENTS, SARGE, NOW

UNDER ANESTHETIC, HAS HIS LEG
PREPPED FOR SURGERY.

MEANWHILE, ROSIE PAYS A VISIT TO
DR. WILLIAMS TO HAVE HER HEART

CHECKED.

ERIC: REGAN, I BROUGHT YOU A
POMERANIAN BURRITO.

DR. WILLIAMS: THIS IS ROSIE?

ERIC: THIS IS ROSIE.

DR. WILLIAMS: HI, ROSIE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET HER OUT OF
HER LITTLE BURRITO PACKAGE.

BUT SHE HAD A HEART MURMUR, SO
WE WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT

WE WERE DEALING WITH BEFORE WE
WENT INTO ANESTHESIA,

CARDIOVASCULARLY SPEAKING.

SO WE DID AN ULTRASOUND BECAUSE
A LOT OF OUR DRUGS CAN CHANGE

HOW THE HEART FUNCTIONS.

ONE OF THE MORE COMMON THINGS
THAT WE SEE IN THESE GUYS AS

THEY GET OLDER, THESE SMALL
BREED DOGS, IS THAT THEY CAN GET

SCAR TISSUE ON THE VALVES OF
THEIR HEART, AND THEN THEY DON'T

CLOSE PROPERLY, AND THE BLOOD
GOES BACKWARD WITHIN THE HEART,

AND THAT CREATES A MURMUR THAT
WE HEAR.

SO THIS IS THE HEART VALVE
OPENING AND CLOSING HERE, AND IT

SHOULD GO IN A NICE STRAIGHT
LINE ACROSS HERE.

YOU SEE HOW MUCH IT'S BENDING
BACK INTO THAT UPPER CHAMBER.

IT'S MAKING ALMOST A U-SHAPE,
AND THAT'S QUITE ABNORMAL.

ERIC: HEY, DOC FRENCH.

DR. FRENCH: I THOUGHT I'D COME
AND LURK.

HOW'S MISS MUFFET HERE?

DR. WILLIAMS: SO SHE'S GOT
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE.

DR. FRENCH: OOH.

DR. WILLIAMS: IS IT A LONG
PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO

ON HER?

DR. FRENCH: I HATE IT WHEN YOU
ASK THAT.

SHE'S GOT SOME BAD TEETH IN
THERE.

LORENZO: FOR A 14-YEAR-OLD DOG,
IT CAN BE QUESTIONABLE WHETHER,

YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD HAVE HER
TEETH DONE AT THIS POINT IN HER

LIFE, BUT SHE'S FAMILY.

DR. FRENCH: THERE'S JUST SO MANY
THINGS TO BALANCE, OLD DOG,

SCARY HEART.

WELL, I GUESS IT'S NOT SO SCARY.

IS IT SCARY?

DR. WILLIAMS: IT'S MODERATELY
SCARY.

DR. FRENCH: MODERATELY SCARY.

SO WE NEED TO SEEK OUT DR.
PETTIFER, AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN

IN DENTISTRY.

DR. WILLIAMS: THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

DR. FRENCH: OKAY.

NARRATOR: AS ERIC TAKES ROSIE TO
FIND DR. PETTIFER, BACK IN EXAM

ROOM 5, LULU'S OWNER IS
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RESULTS

OF DR. JAMES' NEUROLOGICAL EXAM.

DR. JAMES: SO I'M JUST GOING TO
GO TALK TO LULU'S MOM ABOUT WHAT

WE THINK COULD BE GOING ON WITH
HER, AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE

TOGETHER WHAT THE NEXT STEPS
WILL BE IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE

NEED TO DO ANY FURTHER
DIAGNOSTICS OR NOT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS NEUROLOGICAL
EXAM WAS TOTALLY NORMAL, AND

YOUR DESCRIPTION SOUNDS VERY
SIMILAR TO THIS CONDITION THAT

WE SEE OF WHAT WE CALL A HEAD
MOVEMENT DISORDER, AND IT'S

COMMON IN THIS BREED.

IT USUALLY DOESN'T REFLECT
ANYTHING BAD THAT'S ACTUALLY

GOING ON, AND WE DON'T REALLY
KNOW THE CAUSE OF IT, BUT IT

OFTEN WILL JUST GO AWAY.

IN CASES WHERE IT CONTINUES TO
GET WORSE, WE CAN TRY THEM ON

SOME KIND OF ANTICONVULSANT AND
SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE,

BUT IN MOST CASES, IT GOES AWAY
AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

SANDRA: RIGHT, SURE, SURE.

DR. JAMES: SO THE POTENTIAL BAD
THINGS IT COULD BE ARE SOME KIND

OF PARTIAL SEIZURE ACTIVITY OR
PERHAPS SOME KIND OF CEREBELLAR

ABNORMALITY.

THE CEREBELLUM IS THE PART OF
THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS FINE

MOTOR MOVEMENT.

IF YOU NEED MORE PIECE OF MIND,
MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING GOING

ON IN HER BRAIN, WE CAN ORGANIZE
AN MRI FOR HER.

SANDRA: OKAY.

DR. JAMES: I WOULDN'T SAY THAT
WE NEED TO DO THAT NECESSARILY

AT THIS TIME.

SANDRA: OKAY.

DR. JAMES: I THINK IT'S OKAY IF
SHE DOESN'T.

I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS JUST
THIS HEAD-BOBBING DISORDER THAT

WE SEE IN BULLDOGS AND THAT LULU
IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE AN MRI
DONE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SORT

OF WAIT AND SEE?

SANDRA: I'M COMFORTABLE WITH
WAITING.

DR. JAMES: YEAH, YEAH.

CERTAINLY, IF SHE DEVELOPS ANY
OTHER SIGNS THAT WE'RE WORRIED

ABOUT, THEN WE CAN PURSUE
DIAGNOSTICS THEN, BUT AT THIS

POINT, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE JUST
TO WAIT AND SEE HOW SHE DOES.

YEAH, YOU DID.

IT'S GREAT RELIEF.

I FELT VERY CONFIDENT IN HER
ASSESSMENT.

NARRATOR: WHILE LULU AND HER
OWNER LEAVE THE VEC WITH A SIGH

OF RELIEF, OVER IN THE O.R.,
SARGE IS NOW PREPPED AND READY

FOR DR. BOYD TO BEGIN HIS
PROCEDURE.

DR. BOYD: SO THE RISKS INVOLVED
IN THIS SURGERY IS THAT IF THE

TECHNIQUE IS NOT DONE PROPERLY,
HE MAY HAVE A RESIDUAL LAMENESS

OR LIMP.

ALL RIGHT.

WE NEED TO CUT THE SHINBONE IN A
SEMICIRCULAR WAY AND ROTATE THIS

TINY LITTLE PIECE OF BONE AROUND
THE CENTER OF ROTATION OF THE

JOINT AND FIX IT IN A NEW
POSITION.

AND THAT NEW POSITION,
ESSENTIALLY, ALTERS THE PHYSICS

OF THE KNEE SO THAT THE DOG
DOESN'T NEED THE ACL AT ALL.

THAT'S HEAVY.

IT'S A BIG BONE.

SARGE, YOU EXHAUST ME, HOT
DIGGITY.

OKAY, I THINK WE NEED TO DO
THAT.

WE ARE SO ALMOST THROUGH YOUR
BONE.

THERE WE GO.

NOW WE'RE THROUGH.

SO NOW WE'RE JUST DETERMINING
HOW FAR WE HAVE TO ROTATE HIM TO

GET THE DESIRED DEGREE TO A .25
MILLIMETERS.

DOCTOR: SO DO YOU ASSEMBLE YOUR
OWN FURNITURE, TOO?

DR. BOYD: ANY CHANCE I CAN GET
MY HAND ON A DRILL AND A

SCREWDRIVER, I'M IN.

I WAS ALWAYS JEALOUS AS A GIRL
BECAUSE MY BROTHER IS A COMPUTER

ENGINEER, AND HE'S VERY
MECHANICAL, MY DAD, AND THEY

USED TO SIT AND BUILD DECKS
TOGETHER.

AND I REMEMBER GOING UP TO THEM
LIKE, "TEACH ME, TEACH ME.

I WANT TO USE THE TOOLS, TOO."

AND I THINK THEY KIND OF THOUGHT
I WAS JOKING, BUT I REALLY

WASN'T.

NARRATOR: AS DR. BOYD CONTINUES
TO REASSEMBLE SARGE'S KNEE,

ROSIE'S TEST RESULTS ARE IN, AND
IT LOOKS GOOD.

DR. PETTIFER: HELLO, SHARON.

DR. FRENCH: HELLO, DR. PETTIFER.

HOW ARE YOU?

DR. PETTIFER: GOOD.

I THINK THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD.

UREA IS JUST MILDLY ELEVATED.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

I THINK REGAN IS HERE.

SO WHAT DID YOU FIND?

DR. WILLIAMS: SO WE HAVE A
PRETTY SEVERE MITRAL VALVE

PROLAPSE, AND HAVING SAID THAT,
THE CONTRACTILITY, THE STRENGTH

OF HER HEART IS QUITE GOOD.

DR. FRENCH: BASED ON WHAT HER
HEART IS DOING, THAT TELLS US

WHAT KIND OF FLUID THERAPY WE
NEED TO USE SO THAT, YOU KNOW,

WE CAN GET HER MOUTH CLEANED UP,
BUT NOT CREATE ANY PROBLEMS.

DR. PETTIFER: OVERALL, I THINK
THAT SHE'S A REASONABLE

CANDIDATE AS LONG AS WE TAKE THE
NECESSARY PRECAUTION.

DR. WILLIAMS: WE'RE JUST A
LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS SOMETIMES

WITH THE AMOUNT OF FLUIDS WE
GIVE DURING SURGERY, BUT IT'LL

BE RELATIVELY LOW RISK.

SHE GOES, OH, MY GOODNESS.

CAN I STAY -- CAN I STAY IN MY
BAG?

DR. PETTIFER: WELL, THAT'S WHERE
I'D BE STAYING.

DR. FRENCH: SAFER IN HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S A GOOD LOOK FOR YOU, THE
POMERANIAN.

ERIC: YEAH, I'VE HEARD THAT A
COUPLE TIMES TODAY CARRYING HER

AROUND UNDER MY ARM.

HI, ROSE.

NURSE: OH, DON'T GIVE ME THAT
FACE.

NARRATOR: WHEN "VETS SAVING
PETS" RETURNS, DR. BOYD FINISHES

UP WITH SARGE'S KNEE SURGERY.

DR. BOYD: I'M A SWEATY MESS, BUT
WE ARE DONE.

NARRATOR: AND DR. FRENCH FINDS
THAT ROSIE NEEDS MORE THAN A

TEETH CLEANING.

DR. FRENCH: SHE ACTUALLY HAD
ABSCESSED TEETH ON BOTH SIDES OF

HER JAW.

[BREAK]

NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

.

NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

NARRATOR: IN O.R.

2, DR. BOYD PRESSES AHEAD WITH
SARGE'S KNEE SURGERY.

DR. BOYD: I PUT ON A BONE PLATE
AND SCREWS TO SOLIDIFY THE BONE

IN ITS NEW POSITION, AND WITH
SERGEANT, BECAUSE HE'S SO BIG, I

PUT ON TWO PLATES BECAUSE HE'S
SO HEAVY.

HE'S ABOUT 140 POUNDS.

WOW, I NEED A SHOWER.

ALL RIGHT, LITTLE KNEE, LITTLE
BIG KNEE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M A SWEATY MESS, BUT WE ARE
DONE.

SO NOW THE WAITING GAME, FINGERS
CROSSED.

WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE
POST-OPERATIVE X-RAYS.

YOU THINK EVERYTHING WENT WELL,
BUT THE X-RAYS ARE REALLY GOING

TO TELL YOU HOW WELL IT WENT.

NARRATOR: OVER IN DENTISTRY, DR.
PETTIFER KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON

ROSIE'S CONDITION WHILE DR.
FRENCH BEGINS HER WORK.

DR. PETTIFER: LOOKS LIKE SHE'S
RESPONDING WELL.

SO CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME.

DR. FRENCH: THAT, I WILL.

DR. PETTIFER: OKAY.

DR. FRENCH: THANK YOU.

OH, THAT'S WHY SHE'S PAWING.

OH, LOOK AT THAT.

NURSE: OH, IT'S TOTALLY LOOSE.

DR. FRENCH: IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR
US TO HAVE SOME SURPRISES.

SHE ACTUALLY HAD ABSCESSED TEETH
ON BOTH SIDES OF HER JAW.

THE TEETH WERE ACTUALLY INTACT,
SO THE TEETH WEREN'T BROKEN, AND

THE NERVE WASN'T EXPOSED, BUT
THOSE TEETH HAD DIED OVER TIME,

AND SHE HAD BIG ABSCESSES ON
BOTH SIDES OF HER JAW.

ALL RIGHT, LITTLE DOG, HANG IN
THERE.

AS SOON AS I GET THIS -- OH, I
GOT IT.

OKAY, WE ARE GOOD.

I AM CLOSING.

PRAISE, PLEASE.

NURSE: OH, THAT'S FABULOUS, YAY.

[LAUGHTER]

DR. FRENCH: BOY, THIS DOG IS
GOING TO BE SO MUCH HAPPIER IN A

FEW DAYS.

NARRATOR: AS DR. FRENCH BEGINS
TO WAKE UP ROSIE, SARGE IS

BROUGHT IN FOR MORE X-RAYS SO
THAT DR. BOYD CAN DETERMINE IF

THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS.

DR. BOYD: NOTHING YET.

THEY'RE LINING IT UP.

THIS IS THE WAITING GAME.

I'M NERVOUS.

I AM.

DOCTOR: IT'LL BE FINE.

DR. BOYD: OKAY.

DOCTOR: I DON'T KNOW THAT I
COULD DO SURGERY ON MY OWN DOG.

DR. BOYD: IT'S HARD.

IT'S STRESSFUL.

DOCTOR: BUT THEN, LIKE, TRUSTING
SOMEONE ELSE AND...

DR. BOYD: WELL, WHICH ONE IS
HARDER?

EXACTLY, SO YOU'RE SORT OF,
LIKE, STUCK IN A ROCK AND A HARD

PLACE.

SO HERE WE GO.

WE GOT ONE.

THERE IT IS.

DOCTOR: IT'S FINE.

DR. BOYD: LOOKS GOOD, THOUGH,
FROM THIS VIEW.

DOCTOR: IT'S, LIKE, NICE FIVE OR
SIX DEGREES.

DR. BOYD: IT DOES LOOK LIKE A
GOOD FIVE OR SIX, AND HE WAS A

PARTIAL TEAR, SO, HOPEFULLY,
HE'LL STAY THAT WAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THEY LOOK GOOD.

I'M HAPPY WITH THEM.

SO EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL.

I'M HAPPY WITH THE
POST-OPERATIVE X-RAYS.

I CAN TAKE A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF,
AND HE HANDLED THE ANESTHETIC

NICELY, WHICH IS A BIG WORRY,
TOO.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.

HE STILL HAS TO WAKE UP, AND
WE'LL SEE HIS RECOVERY.

HE'LL BE HERE FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS, AND THEN WE'LL COME IN AND

DO SOME PHYSIOTHERAPY ON HIM AND
GET HIM STANDING AND WALKING,

AND THAT'S THE TRUE TEST OF MY
WORK.

NARRATOR: WHEN "VETS SAVING
PETS" RETURNS, ROSIE'S OWNER

FINDS OUT HOW SURGERY WENT.

LORENZO: I WAS SCARED, BUT I DID
HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN DR.

FRENCH.

DR. FRENCH: SHE DID GREAT.

LORENZO: SO GOOD.

DR. FRENCH: SHE'S SO HAPPY TO
SEE YOU.

LORENZO: OH, YES.

NARRATOR: AND SARGE GETS READY
FOR REHAB.

DR. BOYD: HE'S GOING TO GO INTO
HIS PHYSIOTHERAPY AND GET SOME

UNDERWATER TREADMILL ACTIVITY
GOING.

THE GOAL IS TO BUILD THEIR
MUSCLE MASS IN A CONTROLLED WAY,

SO THE WATER TAKES THE WEIGHT
OFF THE JOINTS.

[BREAK]

NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

.

NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

NARRATOR: ROSIE IS ABOUT TO GET
HER WALKING PAPERS.

LORENZO: I'M WAITING FOR ROSIE.

I'M KIND OF ANXIOUS BECAUSE I
FEEL REALLY GUILTY LEAVING HER.

SHE'S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, SO...

DR. FRENCH: THERE HE IS!

LORENZO: PRETTY!

DR. FRENCH: THERE WE GO!

LORENZO: HI, PRETTY.

DR. FRENCH: OOH, SHE GOES, OH,
MY GOODNESS.

OH, SHE'S GREAT.

SHE'S A BIT DROWSY.

LORENZO: ROSIE IS GOING TO BE
GREAT.

SHE HAD A FEW TEETH REMOVED.

I WAS SCARED, BUT I DID HAVE
FULL CONFIDENCE IN DR. FRENCH.

DR. FRENCH: SHE DID GREAT.

LORENZO: SO GOOD.

DR. FRENCH: SHE'S SO HAPPY TO
SEE YOU.

LORENZO: OH, YES.

DR. FRENCH: IT'S ALL BEEN A HUGE
SUCCESS, SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY TO

SEE THAT, MAKES MY DAY.

LORENZO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DR. FRENCH: ALL RIGHT, SHE DID
GREAT.

LORENZO: FABULOUS, THANK YOU.

DR. FRENCH: ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT
EASY.

BYE, ROSIE.

LORENZO: LET'S GO HOME, PRETTY.

SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD.

SO, HOPEFULLY, WITH THIS
PROCEDURE, SHE'LL LIVE FOREVER.

NARRATOR: ROSIE GOES HOME A
HAPPY AND PAIN-FREE DOG.

TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS KNEE
SURGERY, SARGE BEGINS HIS

REHABILITATION.

DR. BOYD: HE'S USING THE LEG
BEAUTIFULLY.

THE INCISION HEALED UP REALLY
WELL, SO...

WOMAN: HI, SARGE.

HI, SWEETHEART.

DR. BOYD: THESE ARE ALL YOUR
FRIENDS.

ARE YOU READY TO GET IN THE TUB?

HE'S GOING TO GO INTO HIS
PHYSIOTHERAPY AND GET SOME

UNDERWATER TREADMILL ACTIVITY
GOING.

THE GOAL IS TO BUILD THEIR
MUSCLE MASS IN A CONTROLLED WAY,

SO THE WATER TAKES THE WEIGHT
OFF THE JOINTS THAT ARE HAVING

PROBLEMS.

IT'S DEFINITELY FUNNY TO SEE
THEM GO IN FOR THEIR FIRST TIME,

THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY GO INTO
THIS GLASS CAGE, AND THEY'RE

LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON?

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
WATER STARTS TO RISE FROM THE

FLOOR, AND THEN THE FLOOR STARTS
TO MOVE.

BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW DOGS ADAPT,
MOST DO.

MY OLD DOG SORT OF SPLAYED OUT
AND HELD THE GLASS ON THE SIDE

AND WOULDN'T TOUCH THE FLOOR
UNTIL IT STOPPED MOVING, BUT

SERGEANT LOVES IT.

HE JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN
THERE.

NURSE: FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS
AND FOR BEING SUCH A BIG DOG,

THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME.

DR. BOYD: YEAH.

NO, I'M REALLY HAPPY.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY THAT WE CAN
GIVE HIM A LOT OF ACTIVITY, BUT

IN A CONTROLLED WAY SO WE DON'T
HURT HIS LEG.

LOOK AT YOU HAVING FUN IN THERE.

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