++ PET OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER ++

Charlie came in to the Hawera clinic at the start of December feeling very unwell, he had been vomiting, and refusing food – very unlike him. Vet Adele could feel a hard lump in his tummy, and after x-rays and ultrasound were performed it was decided that Charlie needed a major abdominal surgery.

During surgery we found an intussusception (where part of the intestine, telescopes or slides inside itself). This portion of Charlie’s intestines had to be surgically removed, as the intestine had started to die off. The two open ends of intestine and colon were joined together, to form the first anastomosis (joining) of small to large bowel that we have ever performed here at TVC!