
02/08/2025
Grateful this weekend for the successful cholecystectomy surgery and safe deliverance of senior tuxedo boy Jazz earlier this week by the crack medicine and surgery team at who went above and beyond to ensure his gall bladder removal, necessary due to recurrent, increasingly antibiotic resistant infections, was scheduled at the right time, when Jazz’s co-morbidities, alimentary lymphoma and hyperthyroidism, were medically under control, to mimimise additional risk.
International specialist colleague opinion was sought, blood donors were standing by and Jazz’s pawrents were guided to the most informed decision making possible to ensure he maintains optimal quality of life.
He’s now back at home with his lifelong companion Pixal (she a 12 mth+ metastatic mammary carcinoma survivor), oesophageal feeding tube fashionably gingham wrapped, until a post op check next week.
Life changing surgical decisions in senior pets can be fraught with difficulty and unknown variables but longstanding trust and experience between clients, GP vets and specialist teams can yield remarkable patient results when the planets align…
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