Pana Animal Hospital

04/16/2025

PAH will be closed this Friday in preparation and observance of the holiday. Please plan all food, medications, and appointments accordingly!

04/07/2025

Please have extra patience with us this week! We are updating and implementing a whole new network system for all of our patient files. This comes with all new protocols and learning to adjust to our new system. We believe in the long run this will help us run more efficiently and better serve our clients, but it will take time for all of us to work out the bugs and get our routine down! Thank you for your extra consideration of us during this time of learning!

That being said we will be going away from vitus vet and implementing a new patient portal as well. There will be an email/text message going out later this week to our clients to enroll you in our communications program. Please make sure to update our front staff of any changes in how to reach you when you stop in next!

Thank you!

03/26/2025

We had the Pana's Head Start program come in to visit us today! They learned about x-rays and got to see a bunch of our animals. It's always good to see and educate the younger kids and hear their fun questions!

03/18/2025

Pana Animal Hospital will be closed 11-2 for staff training on our systems network today (3-18-25)

Thank you for understanding!

03/07/2025

We are back from Las Vegas and excited to see everyone today during normal business hours! We learned TONS of new information to bring back to you guys and we can't wait to start implementing it! We spent the hours of 7-4 in conference everyday before going out and experiencing some of what Las Vegas had to offer at night time. We stayed at the Excalibur hotel and explored the other MGM hotels while shopping, went to the sphere, watched a circus act put on by the conference itself, went to a concert, played in an arcade in our hotel and went to the tournament of kings dinner show put on by our hotel.

We've brought back some valuable information on:

Anesthesia protocols
Wound management
Allergy and dermatitis cases
Behavioral situations and modifications
Ultrasonagraphy
Upper respiratory cats
Pancreatitis
Lepto
New equipment and uses

And too many more to name!

As always it is the goal of Pana Animal Hospital to practice the best and latest medicine while also informing and educating our clients. We hope to have gained valuable information on how to do both at this conference. Thank you all for your patience while we were gone and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

03/05/2025

Reminder: Dr. Lutz is out of office until March 7th for continuing education. We will see you then. Sorry for any inconvenience.

03/03/2025

Reminder Dr. Lutz and staff are out of office March 1st-5th and we will not be able to help with patients or medication refills. Our receptionist is here to send records or help with food refills as needed. Thank you for understanding!

02/28/2025

Please plan accordingly as this will be the last day Dr. Lutz is available for medication refills and questions until March 7th . Thank you!

02/24/2025

Introducing IACS State Champions for the 24-25 school year! You knew that "Dr." Zac and Zanestein had all the brains and knowledge but I bet you didn't know they were also sports Champions! Zac and Zane play on their FBCA Falcons basketball team that is coached by none other than our office manager Brandon! The boys and Brandon worked very hard this season and came out on top. We are so very proud of all 3 of our boys (Dr. Lutz's husband and 2 sons) for all their hard work and dedication this season and in all they do! We can't wait to see them try again next year.

p.s. This is the reason you haven't seen so much of "Dr." Zac and Zanestein lately. We hope to have more posts of them sometime soon but as athletes go these boys are BUSY and gearing up for their baseball season next!

02/24/2025

We've got some exciting opportunities coming up at Pana Animal Hospital! Dr. Lutz and our full time employees are going to go to the WVC Las Vegas Continuing Education Conference from March 1st-5th! For those that don't know, Dr. Lutz has to complete a certain number of hours of what is called continuing education every year to not only hold her license but also to learn the newest and best techniques, recommendations, and medicine. This is what brings the fresh outlook, newest diagnostics, and best skills to all her patients. Dr. Lutz is a lifetime learner and always looking to better herself for her patients, but with that in mind that will effect how we do business in the following week. Our part time employees will be holding down the fort here at Pana Animal Hospital and we will be open normal business hours but without our Dr., Technicians, and senior assistants here we will not be able to assist with patients. We will be open for food and over the counter product purchasing only. Our receptionist can also send records to the E.R. or other facilities if you find your pet is in need while we are away. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes in the short term but believe it will help us provide the best quality medication and education in the long run. We look forward to being back on the 7th to serve you. Please plan all medication refills and questions for the Doctor accordingly.

02/18/2025

Dental Polishing is one of the last steps in the dental process. This process is done after the scaling, probing, and extractions are done. Our dentists do the same thing. It is the same process where we are finishing cleaning the teeth and adding a temporary sealant to them to promote longer life span of the tooth.

Don't forget to schedule (before March 1st) your dental with us to get 15% off of your furry friends next cleaning.

02/12/2025

*Warning* small amounts of blood may be seen. Viewer discretion advised

We previously shared a video on Scaling and that entire process. The next step in a dental is to "probe" the teeth. This is a more accurate look at why and how we do that. We have a special tool that measures the depth of a pocket in the gums. If it is a drastic depth than we know that we risk inviting infection back into the pocket and the gums themselves. Depending on the tooth and severity of the pocket Dr. Lutz will determine whether the tooth needs removed and the pocket sutured up, or if the gums could be sutured around the tooth to promote healing and closure of the pocket with a technique called gum restoration. Our Doctor is passionate about good dental health! She is always brushing up on her CE (continuing education) to further her own knowledge and education to make the best decisions for her patients and to continue to educate her clients.

02/05/2025

02/05/2025

(WARNING: There is small amounts of blood that may be seen. It is very minimal but watch at your own discretion)

Scaling:

Veterinary medicine is more closely aligned with human medicine than most realize. We use a lot of very similar tools when doing a dental procedure. We scale the mouth to remove any plaque or tartar that has built up on the patients teeth and to get better visualization of the overall health of the teeth. This is an important step for multiple reasons:
1. We are removing the bacteria that can wash back in the blood stream and cause organ issues
2. We get better visualization of the teeth to know if there is any root exposure, pockets, or even broken teeth
3. This is what will remove the odor from the mouth and show off those pearly white teeth better!

02/04/2025

Dental Health Month is here once again!

"Dr." Zac is shining Pika's teeth in anticipation.

Unlike humans, dogs and cats do have to be fully sedated for any actual dental work/dental cleanings. . . They just don't cooperate like we do! 😉😂

With that in mind if you schedule a dental with us Feb.-April your furbaby will receive 15% off of their dental cleaning!

(appointment must be made during the month of February to qualify for discount, and per hospital policy the patient has to be up to date on a yearly exam with us before any surgeries are performed.)

If you have questions about your furry friends teeth now is the time to ask.

Call us today at 217-562-5558