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NARRATOR: On the heels of a long
harsh winter, life comes back to Alaska.
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DR. MICHELLE OAKLEY:
This is a great time of year in Alaska
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because spring has sprung.
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We're getting all the
little willows popping out.
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Lots of, you know,
the greenery is poking through.
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And babies are here.
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LAUREN WAITE:
(kissing noises) Are you hungry? C'mon.
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There she is.
That's a good girl. C'mon!
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I'm Lauren at the Williams Reindeer Farm
in Palmer, Alaska.
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Today, um, Dr. Oakley is coming out to
help check on some baby reindeer for us.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Hey! How's it going?
-LAUREN: Hi! Good! How are you?
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-DR. OAKLEY: Good. Good to see you.
-LAUREN: Yeah! Good to see you, too.
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This is an exciting time
on the reindeer farm
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because we have lots
of baby reindeer being born.
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We've had 25 born so far
and we're expecting 40 babies.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
-LAUREN (off screen): All right.
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NARRATOR: On the docket today,
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the morning field check to see if
any babies were born overnight,
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and make sure everyone
is looking healthy.
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LAUREN: Hi, kids!
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DR. OAKLEY:
This is gonna be awesome.
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I mean, I'm gettin' to do
basically Santa's job.
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I'm like, you know, scoping out
what's the new talent coming up this year.
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The new crop of baby reindeer.
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So, it's very fun to look at the babies.
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Make sure they're healthy
of course, but, um,
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just to see them roaming around with
their moms is, is pretty entertaining.
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LAUREN: But there's so
many of them out here.
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DR. OAKLEY: That one is so blonde.
She's like two-toned.
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-LAUREN: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: What do you call that?
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When you, like, do your hair
with the lighter at the end?
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-LAUREN: The ombre, yeah. Ombre.
-DR. OAKLEY: Ombre. That's what she is.
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I got a good look at everybody.
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LAUREN: Okay. Cool.
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NARRATOR: No babies
born last night.
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But a special treat was discovered
during yesterday's check.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Aw, you're so tiny.
-LAUREN: Hi, babe.
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DR. OAKLEY: Lauren has
one that was just born
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a little less than 24
hours ago.
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Hi. Hi, mama.
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So that one's definitely needing
an ear tag. We're gonna weigh it.
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LAUREN: Oh, look at that
fuzzy ear. So cute.
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-One, two, three. Good boy.
-(reindeer protesting)
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I know. Sorry.
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DR. OAKLEY: We wanna see how much
you weigh. What are our bets here?
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NARRATOR: A weigh-in will confirm if this
little guy is growing as he should.
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MAN (off screen):
Oh, I think more than that.
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-LAUREN: I think 12.
-MAN (off screen) : I think 13.
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-I'm going 13-5.
-WOMEN: Okay.
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LAUREN: Now we're gonna pick him up.
There.
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-Fifteen pounds, twelve ounces.
-DR. OAKLEY: Whoa.
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(all exclaiming)
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DR. OAKLEY: As we lift him,
the sling just breaks.
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So, I mean, he's in great shape.
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There's nothing wrong with this calf
and he's one of the bigger ones.
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-LAUREN: That's a big boy.
-MAN (off screen): That's a very big boy.
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LAUREN (off screen): That's the biggest
boy I think we've had this year.
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DR. OAKLEY: You did great.
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LAUREN (off screen):
Okay. Did you wanna try
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-and milk this mama too?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Along with a newborn calf comes
the mother's nutrient-packed first milk,
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called colostrum.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, the mom just had this
new baby, um, about 20 hours ago.
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So, she should still be making
some colostrum possibly.
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It kind of depends on
how much he's nursed.
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So, he probably got some of it, but we
were gonna take a little bit of extra
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in case there's another baby that's born
that the mom doesn't look after.
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Then we can give it the
colostrum from her.
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I mean, that colostrum is
kinda like liquid gold
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because it has
all the antibodies in it.
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It has all the kinda
really important things
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to help that baby fight any infection.
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There we go. Look at that.
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-LAUREN: You got it?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Now it's flowing.
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LAUREN: Do you think it's
colostrum or is it more milk?
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DR. OAKLEY: It's definitely looking
milkier here.
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-LAUREN: Yeah, uh-huh.
-DR. OAKLEY: Colostrum is really pale.
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So, it turns out what, what we milked
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out of this mama is,
is not colostrum.
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Um, she must have been just
past the mark because it,
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it wasn't the right color
and it's a little bit whiter
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and just more like regular milk.
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So, that means it's up for grabs.
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That is good.
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-LAUREN: Yeah? It's, like, creamy.
-DR. OAKLEY: Look, you're like, yeah.
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It is super creamy.
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Yeah. I mean, it tastes really good.
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Almost, like, unsweetened,
like, or not very sweet whipped cream.
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There is an aftertaste.
There's definitely, like, a,
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like a Christmassy aftertaste.
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LAUREN: Oh, good.
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-(reindeer calf mewing)
-DR. OAKLEY: You're cute. Yes, you are.
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NARRATOR: A new day and Michelle's
back on the road
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to check on a rescued moose.
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DR. OAKLEY: Today, we're at the Alaska
Wildlife Conservation Center
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and we're gonna be working on
the moose named Clark.
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Clark has had an
on and off respiratory issue.
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It started about 10 months ago.
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Him and another
moose named Denali.
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They're about three years old.
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They both started with a cough,
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then they started
with a lot of drainage from their nose,
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and then they were,
like, blowing chunks.
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Like, they were coughing
up yucky, mucusy puss.
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-So, they were really quite sick.
-(moose moaning)
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Ooh.
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It sounds like you're trying to breathe
through a bag of mucus.
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NARRATOR: After several treatments,
Denali continued to go downhill.
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DR. OAKLEY: Gosh, you're a sick puppy.
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He lost a lot of weight
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and then it became obvious that
his quality of life was very poor.
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So, um, we made the really hard
decision to put him down.
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(moose moaning)
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NARRATOR: Now, all eyes are on Clark.
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DR. OAKLEY: Clark, he was actually
never as bad as Denali,
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but then he's continued to have
this bit of a drippy nose and,
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and a cough for a while.
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NARRATOR: Today, Michelle's back
to make sure he doesn't suffer
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the same fate as his pen mate.
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Along to help, veterinary pathologist,
Dr. Kathy Burek,
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who performed Denali's autopsy.
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DR. KATHY BUREK:
So, what we found on Denali
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is that his lungs were in very bad shape.
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Uh, a lot of the lungs were atelectatic,
which means they were collapsed.
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And there were multiple
abscesses in the lungs.
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DR. OAKLEY: He's definitely not as thin
as Denali. For sure.
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NARRATOR: The team will
collect blood and examine Clark
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to compare his symptoms to Denali's.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Can I go in there?
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-SARAH HOWARD: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: Not gonna charge me, is he?
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SARAH: I'll bring some, like, a piece
of browse so he doesn't eat too much.
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I can put it in that corner
and then you can come in over here.
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DR. OAKLEY: Okay. All right.
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NARRATOR: Getting hands on with a
400-pound animal, especially this one,
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will require anesthesia.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Whoa.
-SARAH: No kicking. No kicking.
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DR. OAKLEY: He doesn't like me.
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SARAH: Out of all the bull
moose currently at AWCC,
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Clark is the most stubborn moose we have.
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He certainly holds grudges.
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And if you're new
he definitely picks on people.
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DR. OAKLEY:
Look at how angry he is, Sarah.
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What have you been doing to him? He's mad.
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-SARAH: It's my blue coat.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Get ready to run.
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-NARRATOR: A direct hit.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. He's mad.
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So right hind at,
I don't know what time it is.
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DR. BUREK: He's looking like he's
practically sleeping on his feet, huh?
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DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Within minutes,
the anesthesia kicks in.
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SARAH: He's droopy.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Yeah, there he goes. He's down.
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-SARAH (off screen): Good boy.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Okay.
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Where's that blindfold at?
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DR. OAKLEY:
Just wait a second.
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The first thing I do actually is,
once he has a blindfold on,
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I pull out his tongue
and that opens his airway.
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And then I can see his color
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and I can check to make sure
that it's nice and pink,
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and that the refill is quick.
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NARRATOR: A nasal tube
supplies Clark with enough oxygen
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to support him throughout
the procedure.
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DR. OAKLEY: When they get so
out under the anesthesia,
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their oxygen drops really low,
and they can almost be,
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like, so low that they would pass out.
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But we wouldn't notice it
because they're under anesthesia.
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So, the oxygen's really important to make
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their recovery better
and to keep them safe.
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So you guys can, you can come in and wanna
have a listen to his chest and stuff?
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Okay.
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NARRATOR: If Clark's lungs are healthy,
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Michelle should hear
the sound of flowing air.
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If not, he could be heading down
the same deadly path as Denali.
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DR. OAKLEY: His lungs
are kind of quiet.
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Especially down low.
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As I'm examining Clark,
I'm listening to his lungs.
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On the left side, I'm hearing
very little air movement.
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Can I try that one?
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I've switched stethoscopes
and I'm, like, straining
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and, like, desperately
hoping I can hear things.
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Like, okay, must just be my ears.
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And then I go over on the right side and
oh, yeah, I hear the movement of the air.
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I can hear normal lung sounds.
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There's a big difference, right to left.
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TRACY: His respiratory
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Yeah. What's his heart rate?
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TRACY (off screen): Thirty-seven.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Have a listen
and see what you think,
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-and I'll start getting blood samples.
-DR. BUREK (off screen): Yup.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): We learned on the
last moose that the lungs were so bad.
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They were so collapsed, and adhese,
and they were full of abscesses.
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And that we couldn't see them,
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but we could hear something
didn't sound right.
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And no treatment that we could do
was gonna save Denali.
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But for this guy, we're kinda
wondering the same thing.
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Like, he might not be as bad,
but if his lungs are that bad,
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he will continue to go downhill.
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DR. BUREK: I was hearing nothing
down the left cranial.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Dang it.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Burek confirms Clark's
left lung may have already collapsed.
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DR. BUREK: I was hoping I was wrong.
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NARRATOR: Time is running out.
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DR. OAKLEY: Do you wanna just hand me
another 20-mill syringe Tracy?
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And you can just
pop the tops off.
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We need to get as many samples
as we can
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and send the samples to
several different labs.
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Here's another one that's ready.
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It's great to get Dr. Burek here today.
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I mean, not only can she give us
all her expertise here in the field,
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but she can take the samples back
and make sure they're properly handled
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and then she's gonna look microscopically
to try and see the problem.
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There's all different kinds of things
that she can do that can try and identify
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exactly what type of
disease process is at play.
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So, we can tailor our treatment and,
and hopefully save Clark.
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-Do you need anymore?
-DR. BUREK: I think we're gonna be okay.
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DR. OAKLEY: Awesome.
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NARRATOR: To give Clark
every advantage possible,
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Michelle administers vaccinations
and an antibiotic.
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DR. OAKLEY: Tracy, the vaccine's
going left, high and low.
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TRACY: Okay.
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DR. OAKLEY: We're giving him a vaccine
for clostridial diseases,
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which is a nasty bacteria
that can cause tetanus.
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I'm gonna give him a selenium injection
'cause they have been low in selenium,
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vitamin E selenium.
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Um, he's also getting a dewormer.
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Okay. I think we're ready to reverse him.
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Everyone can scoot.
Did you get this?
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NARRATOR: One final injection
will counteract Clark's anesthesia,
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so he can safely
regain consciousness.
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DR. OAKLEY: Knowing how we
just couldn't save Denali,
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we're, we're definitely all on edge.
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Okey-dokey. There we go.
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And if we're finding that, you know,
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similar results on both
of the animals' samples,
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then we might have to
consider putting him down.
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NARRATOR: A medical mystery
has already claimed the life of one moose.
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Now, Clark is showing
the same deadly signs.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Ooh, there he goes.
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He's just moving his head,
pulling his tongue back in his mouth.
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He's got his head up now,
which is really nice. Awesome.
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So he should be up in about
20 minutes to half hour.
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of his anesthesia wear off,
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it's a race to find the root cause.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, I guess we'll get
those samples off from Clark
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-and then we'll wait to hear from you.
-DR. BUREK: Sounds good.
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DR. OAKLEY: Results will start pouring in.
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DR. BUREK: Yes. Yeah.
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SARAH: My biggest concern with Clark is
just to figure out what's really going on.
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He's still coughing,
he's still got nasal discharge.
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So, unfortunately, it's just
not looking good for him.
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NARRATOR: Back home, Michelle
is prepping her clinic
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for the arrival of an old friend.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, we're getting
ready for Archer to come in.
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Um, it's a big day for
him and for everybody.
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Archer is finally ready for one of his,
well, hopefully, it's his final surgery.
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NARRATOR: Four months ago,
Archer, a four-year-old greyhound mix,
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was severely injured
in a tragic house fire.
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Roughly half his body was covered
in third-degree burns.
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DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer.
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NARRATOR: Determined to save his life,
Dr. Oakley enlisted
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the help of veterinary burn specialist,
Dr. Jamie Peyton,
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and a revolutionary burn treatment
involving fish skins.
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DR. OAKLEY: I mean,
the coolest.
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DR. JAMIE PEYTON (off screen):
Yeah, it's definitely the coolest.
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NARRATOR: The results were
nothing short of miraculous.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Look at him go.
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The good news is, is that his healing
has been phenomenal.
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Good boy.
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Let's back up a step.
The good news is,
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is that Archer
is still alive and doing really well.
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He's, like, surmounted,
um, infections.
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I mean, all the critical stages
of a serious burn from the beginning,
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and his healing has been amazing.
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There he is.
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The man of the hour.
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Come here, Archer.
You're a good boy.
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NARRATOR: Today, Archer's back,
with his owner Cody Fisher,
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for a problem that's emerged
during the healing process.
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DR. OAKLEY: Basically, the
skin on his head has healed,
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like, in terms of the
burn tissue was healed.
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But part of healing is for the skin
to kinda pull itself close.
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When it does that, it just pulled his eye
wide open and he can't blink it anymore,
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and that's making it painful for him,
and we're gonna fix that.
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NARRATOR: Not just painful, it leaves
Archer's cornea completely exposed,
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vulnerable to serious
injury and infection.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Good boy, Archer.
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NARRATOR: To help bring Archer
much needed relief and save his eye,
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Michelle once again
calls in the experts.
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DR. OAKLEY: Well, we have assembled
a team of the finest.
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CODY FISHER (off screen):
It looks like it.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yes. Of course,
you met Dr. Peyton and Dr. Johnson...
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from the vet school.
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DR. ERIC JOHNSON:
Nice to see you again, Cody.
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DR. OAKLEY: When I first had
the issues with Archer,
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I reached out to
Dr. Peyton and, I mean,
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we basically assembled this dream team
to do his initial surgery
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and put fish skin on him.
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This time, if we could even have a better
dream team, we've got Dr. Tina Palmieri.
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She's actually a human burn specialist,
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-Like, surgical specialist.
-CODY: Oh, wow.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah.
So we're getting the best.
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CODY: All righty.
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We've kinda gotten over the,
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the few big speed bumps and we're, uh,
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kinda in the home stretch here.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
-CODY: See you guys.
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DR. OAKLEY: See you in a bit.
Good boy. Okay. Oh, Archer.
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DR. TINA PALMIERI (off screen):
Oh, okay.
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CODY: Archer's getting top of the line
treatment with all the best people,
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so I got quite a bit of confidence that
he's gonna be back at full speed here
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in the next month
or two, I think.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Should we get started?
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-DR. JOHNSON (off screen): Let's go.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): All right.
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Get all your stuff off.
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NARRATOR: Michelle's priority today
will be monitoring Archer's anesthesia.
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DR. OAKLEY: Most of the surgeries I do
here in this clinic are quite short.
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But we have a big procedure
today for Archer.
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You know, it's basically plastic surgery.
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So, we're gonna have to
have some pretty good meds
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and some sedation to keep him down.
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NARRATOR: She will deliver
the anesthesia in multiple steps.
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First an injectable sedative,
one that's new for Archer.
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DR. OAKLEY: Sometimes this
sedation in particular
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can cause a little bit
of excitement, but.
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DR. OAKLEY:
Let's see how he does.
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Good boy.
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WOMAN: It's okay.
Oops, sorry buddy.
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DR. OAKLEY: Things look weird, don't they?
It's okay, buddy.
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It's a different one than we've used
before, huh? It's a little funny.
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So, we gave him his pre-med, like, his,
his bit of sedation.
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Good boy.
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DR. JOHNSON (off screen):
You're okay, Archie.
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DR. OAKLEY: And he's going through a
bit of an excitement phase.
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(Archer whining)
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It looks like he's worked up, but it's
really just a physiological reaction
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to this drug in particular.
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DR. PEYTON (off screen):
It's okay. You're okay.
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DR. OAKLEY:
It's not dangerous for him.
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It's actually one of the
safest drugs we can use.
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DR. PALMIERI: You are going to get
the best sleepy medicine ever.
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DR. OAKLEY: But what we can do for that
is just hold him, calm him.
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You know, reassure him until
we can get a catheter in.
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And then the next step of sedation drugs
will just take all that excitement away,
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and then we can get
started on the procedure.
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DR. PEYTON (off screen):
Yeah, we'll, we'll clean it up later.
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-Here we go.
-DR. PALMIERI (off screen): All righty.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): So, we're about
to put our masks on, scrub up,
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and start getting
down to business.
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NARRATOR: There's one
extra challenge for the doctors today.
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DR. OAKLEY:
Ooh. Is it warm in here?
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Our biggest issue last time with Archer
when we had the long procedure of putting
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on the fish skin was how hypothermic,
like, how cold he kept getting.
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WOMAN (off screen): Yeah. Um, so he's
starting to cool down.
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He's down to 37.5.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Oh, boy.
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It was scary so, this procedure
today could even be longer and, um,
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we're gonna need to
keep the room hot.
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I mean, it's all
about Archer but, ooh.
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DR. PALMIERI: Can we get
that 15-scalpel blade?
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NARRATOR: The stage is set and the
long-awaited surgery on Archer's eyelid
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can finally begin.
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DR. PALMIERI: What I'm gonna do
is put what I call a stay stitch.
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Just to hold it so we,
it'll hold our incisions still
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and give me something to pull.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, the surgery today is we're
just gonna do a cut right along,
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kind of, above where
his brow line would be.
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DR. PALMIERI (off screen): So, what
we're gonna do is we're gonna actually
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make the incision here.
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DR. OAKLEY: Just doing that cut
is gonna open up and release the tension.
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DR. PALMIERI: But notice what's happening
to the eyelid. It is going down.
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-As I'm cutting it.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah.
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Oh, Archer, I'm so excited for you, buddy.
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DR. PALMIERI: We all have a blink reflex
which is why you don't see this a lot.
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NARRATOR: A second incision
across the bottom lid
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will allow Archer's eye
to close completely.
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DR. PALMIERI: So now you can see,
if we do this, his eyelid closes.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Nice.
Look at that.
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DR. PALMIERI (off screen): Where his eye
wouldn't close at the beginning.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Love it.
-DR. PALMIERI: I think we're good.
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DR. OAKLEY: Aw, man.
That is so nice to see his eyes close.
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-That eye had to be super uncomfortable.
-DR. PALMIERI (off screen): Yeah.
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NARRATOR: It's what the
team has been waiting for.
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But this is just phase one.
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DR. OAKLEY: Now, we have
this great big defect, an opening there.
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And instead of trying to close it
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we're gonna take tissue from his neck
and just plant it in there
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so that his eye can blink.
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DR. PALMIERI: So, now
we need to measure.
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NARRATOR: To ensure they remove enough
tissue from Archer's neck for the graft,
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Dr. Palmieri takes an imprint
of the surgical site.
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DR. PALMIERI:
So, you can see.
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-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Oh, cute.
-DR. PALMIERI: Perfect imprint, okay?
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Kiss.
It's like a little kiss.
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DR. PALMIERI: That's the upper lid, and we
obviously need a piece big enough for both
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so make sure you
touch the whole thing.
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-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Nice.
-DR. PALMIERI: Okay.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, um, Dr. Palmieri
measured the size of the defect
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and we've drawn it out.
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So, we're just about to take
that piece of skin, cut it in half,
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and then plant it into the defect area.
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There's a lot of little tricky tricks
to making a graft work.
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You know, just measuring the graft
understanding that when you go harvest
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the graft from a different
part of the body,
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that that tissue's gonna shrink.
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Knowing that you have to
take all the fat and tissue.
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Like, literally have nothing
left on there but skin.
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Oh, so you're really just
taking the top layer.
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DR. PALMIERI: I'm just,
just the top layer.
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DR. OAKLEY: You don't want any
of the subq going with it.
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There's a lot of little
things that you need to do
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to make sure that graft is
gonna be successful.
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Otherwise, it, it's all for nothing.
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DR. PALMIERI:
We're almost at the backend.
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So just connect the dots on the skin.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Like that.
-DR. PALMIERI: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Before the team
can finish the task at hand,
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Michelle makes a
critical discovery.
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DR. OAKLEY: Ooh, our oxygen
is almost out.
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I just feel like this is leaking.
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I just looked at it, like, like not
that long ago and it was at the 500,
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and then when I looked back,
it was all the way done.
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NARRATOR: Under anesthesia,
Archer can't regulate his own breathing.
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The situation is dire.
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DR. OAKLEY: I mean, when that oxygen
is out, we've gotta replace it right away.
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It just went out. Okay.
We need another tank.
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Not only is he not
getting oxygen piped in,
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he's also not getting any
drugs to sedate him,
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and he could wake up.
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DR. PALMIERI: Is he okay?
The stats are (inaudible)
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Yeah, his stats are great.
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It's just happened, so.
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NARRATOR: The defective
tank is quickly swapped out.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Do you see it
lined up in there? Yeah.
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There we go.
And we're back.
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DR. PEYTON (off screen): And we're back.
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NARRATOR: With crisis averted,
it's back to business,
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and the final cut to harvest
Archer's skin graft.
437
00:18:35,005 --> 00:18:38,134
DR. PALMIERI: And see we've got this,
and then this piece here is just about
438
00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:40,678
-the right length. Voila.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Woo-hoo!
439
00:18:40,761 --> 00:18:42,930
DR. PALMIERI: And you know,
it kinda looks like a dog eyelid.
440
00:18:43,013 --> 00:18:44,306
-DR. OAKLEY: It does.
-DR. PALMIERI: Okay.
441
00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:48,227
NARRATOR: While Dr. Palmieri preps
the graft, Dr. Oakley scrubs in
442
00:18:48,310 --> 00:18:50,604
and closes the incision
on Archer's shoulder.
443
00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:52,481
DR. OAKLEY:
Archer is doing great.
444
00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:56,193
One of my big concerns was his
body temperature and we've done a good,
445
00:18:56,277 --> 00:18:59,029
lot of good preventative stuff that
his temperature is staying nice.
446
00:18:59,113 --> 00:19:01,574
NARRATOR: But this team is
starting to feel the heat.
447
00:19:02,158 --> 00:19:04,577
DR. OAKLEY: I am
sweating now. Holy.
448
00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:06,537
DR. PEYTON: I know. Well,
that's what they say.
449
00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:09,498
We're focusing on patient
comfort, not our comfort.
450
00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:12,168
DR. OAKLEY: Uh, yeah. Nice.
451
00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:16,088
NARRATOR: The final step,
attaching the skin graft.
452
00:19:16,172 --> 00:19:19,633
DR. PALMIERI: You start at the corner, and
whenever you're sewing an eyelid graft on,
453
00:19:19,717 --> 00:19:22,970
you wanna make sure that your knot
never gets anywhere near the eye,
454
00:19:23,053 --> 00:19:26,015
because the knot can
cause a corneal abrasion.
455
00:19:27,224 --> 00:19:29,059
You see how it just
falls into place now?
456
00:19:29,143 --> 00:19:30,102
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
457
00:19:30,186 --> 00:19:34,273
So Dr. Palmieri is just putting in some of
the final sutures of the upper part
458
00:19:34,356 --> 00:19:36,358
of the first graft.
459
00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:38,486
Once we finish that,
we're gonna start to trim it
460
00:19:38,569 --> 00:19:40,237
because the bottom piece of that graft
461
00:19:40,321 --> 00:19:42,823
is gonna be what fills
in the defect on the lower eyelid.
462
00:19:42,907 --> 00:19:45,201
DR. PALMIERI: Okay.
Now, this other piece.
463
00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:46,619
Let's get this baby in there.
464
00:19:47,328 --> 00:19:50,247
DR. OAKLEY: So, what do you think about
that hair going up in that direction?
465
00:19:50,331 --> 00:19:52,833
DR. PALMIERI: That should work,
good point. Let's try that.
466
00:19:52,917 --> 00:19:55,252
DR. OAKLEY: When we put the bottom
graft in, the first way that we laid it,
467
00:19:55,336 --> 00:19:56,962
the hair was actually
growing this way.
468
00:19:57,046 --> 00:19:59,465
It's like, uh,
we better flip that around.
469
00:19:59,548 --> 00:20:02,176
Not only because it, you know,
it would look kind of funny,
470
00:20:02,259 --> 00:20:05,262
but also because it could cause
serious irritation to his eye.
471
00:20:05,346 --> 00:20:06,430
DR. PALMIERI:
That's beautiful. See?
472
00:20:06,514 --> 00:20:07,389
-DR. OAKLEY: Yes.
-DR. PEYTON: Nice.
473
00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:08,557
-DR. PALMIERI: Thank you, ma'am.
-DR. OAKLEY: Nice.
474
00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,310
-DR. PALMIERI: That is teamwork.
-DR. OAKLEY: Look at that.
475
00:20:11,393 --> 00:20:13,145
He's gonna have such cute
expressive eyebrows now.
476
00:20:13,229 --> 00:20:15,147
DR. PEYTON: I know.
Little cuteness.
477
00:20:15,231 --> 00:20:16,941
DR. OAKLEY: I'm just gonna
pull out the stay sutures.
478
00:20:17,024 --> 00:20:19,276
I mean, this means
Archer can close his eye.
479
00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:20,694
He's gonna have some swelling.
480
00:20:20,778 --> 00:20:23,614
There's gonna be a little recovery
period, but nothing like before.
481
00:20:23,697 --> 00:20:27,326
And look at it, this eye wants
to close now, like woo-hoo.
482
00:20:27,409 --> 00:20:30,871
When we first saw Archer, you know,
we knew he had burns all over
483
00:20:30,955 --> 00:20:33,916
and we thought he would
actually lose his right eye.
484
00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:37,670
So, to think of how far we've come
from that, it's been a long process,
485
00:20:37,753 --> 00:20:39,129
but it was so worth it.
486
00:20:39,213 --> 00:20:43,008
And that's been a really important,
kind of, learning journey for me,
487
00:20:43,092 --> 00:20:47,263
is that success rates of these animals
healing from these burns are really high.
488
00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:48,889
It just, it takes a lot of work.
489
00:20:48,973 --> 00:20:51,600
Oh, oh. He's starting to blink
and look at me now.
490
00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:55,187
DR. PEYTON: We saw him when he was
at his worst and not coming back,
491
00:20:55,271 --> 00:20:57,106
and bringing in our expert here and.
492
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:58,148
-DR. OAKLEY: Yes.
-DR. PEYTON: And all...
493
00:20:58,232 --> 00:20:59,400
DR. OAKLEY:
Thank you, Dr. Palmieri.
494
00:20:59,483 --> 00:21:01,569
DR. PEYTON: It's amazing being, like,
this whole team.
495
00:21:01,652 --> 00:21:03,863
-DR. PALMIERI: Burns is a team sport.
-DR. OAKLEY: Absolutely.
496
00:21:03,946 --> 00:21:04,947
DR. PALMIERI:
Our patients deserve that.
497
00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:06,574
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Hey, Archer. You waking up yet?
498
00:21:06,657 --> 00:21:07,908
You wanna go out and play?
499
00:21:07,992 --> 00:21:11,787
He's never gonna look exactly how
he did before, but he's not gonna care.
500
00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:14,081
Cody's not gonna care.
He's gonna be functional.
501
00:21:14,164 --> 00:21:16,500
He's gonna feel good,
and he is a young dog.
502
00:21:16,584 --> 00:21:18,294
He has a great
life ahead of him.
503
00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:19,587
-CODY (off screen): Hey, Archer.
-(Archer whimpers)
504
00:21:19,670 --> 00:21:21,088
How you doing, bud?
505
00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:26,343
NARRATOR: As Archer
recovers from surgery,
506
00:21:26,427 --> 00:21:29,346
Michelle has a backlog of
patients to catch up on.
507
00:21:29,847 --> 00:21:32,433
She'll need to hop to it
to stay on schedule.
508
00:21:32,516 --> 00:21:34,768
DR. OAKLEY: So Lowana and
Dewey are coming in today
509
00:21:34,852 --> 00:21:37,187
and they're bringing in
one of their rabbits.
510
00:21:37,271 --> 00:21:39,315
His name is Frasier George.
511
00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:41,567
Okay.
We're ready for the bunny.
512
00:21:42,484 --> 00:21:46,405
LOWANA DRUREY:
Frasier George is a fun bunny.
513
00:21:46,488 --> 00:21:52,077
He's very stubborn because,
well, since he's not neutered.
514
00:21:52,161 --> 00:21:55,789
NARRATOR: Unneutered male rabbits
are notoriously aggressive.
515
00:21:55,873 --> 00:21:58,042
Frasier George is no exception.
516
00:21:58,626 --> 00:22:02,963
He's wreaking havoc at home,
especially on his female bunny mate.
517
00:22:03,047 --> 00:22:04,506
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
This is Frasier George, huh?
518
00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:06,133
-LOWANA: Yes.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Okay.
519
00:22:06,216 --> 00:22:08,218
Dr. Peyton happened to be here
helping me on some other cases,
520
00:22:08,302 --> 00:22:09,762
so she's gonna help out with this.
521
00:22:09,845 --> 00:22:11,305
I heard he's been giving you a hard time.
522
00:22:11,388 --> 00:22:17,227
LOWANA: The thing of it is to
have him respect Jenny's boundaries.
523
00:22:17,311 --> 00:22:18,395
DR. OAKLEY: Jenny's the other rabbit,
I'm assuming.
524
00:22:18,479 --> 00:22:20,356
-DEWEY DRUREY: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: 'Cause she's spayed, right?
525
00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:22,399
So, she's absolutely
not interested, right?
526
00:22:22,483 --> 00:22:25,361
LOWANA: No, no, no.
She bit him twice.
527
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:26,904
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay. Yeah.
528
00:22:26,987 --> 00:22:30,157
Intact male rabbits can be very aggressive
529
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,203
and they are relentless when it comes to
other females in the area.
530
00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:38,207
So, um, even though the female rabbit
at home, Jenny, is, is spayed, he,
531
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,042
he doesn't seem to care.
532
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,627
So, they're getting into a lot of fights.
533
00:22:41,710 --> 00:22:43,629
DEWEY:
Stamping his feet a couple of times.
534
00:22:43,712 --> 00:22:46,590
NARRATOR: To make matters worse,
Frasier George has started marking
535
00:22:46,674 --> 00:22:49,009
the wrong territory.
536
00:22:49,093 --> 00:22:50,511
DR. OAKLEY: And I heard
he was peeing on stuff.
537
00:22:50,594 --> 00:22:53,597
Like, wasn't he marking and,
and peeing on various things?
538
00:22:53,681 --> 00:22:55,641
LOWANA: That's the reason
why I'm here to see you.
539
00:22:55,724 --> 00:22:56,892
-He sprayed me.
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh.
540
00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,227
LOWANA (off screen):
He said he gon' mark me.
541
00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,562
DR. OAKLEY: Part of the reason
for the hare spray
542
00:23:00,646 --> 00:23:02,272
is he's trying to mark his area.
543
00:23:02,356 --> 00:23:04,650
He's basically spraying
urine on Lowana.
544
00:23:04,733 --> 00:23:07,736
LOWANA: Ma, uh-oh, mom's mad.
545
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,197
DR. OAKLEY: That's another issue with
intact male rabbits is they're urinating,
546
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,407
they're marking everything.
547
00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:13,909
He is just a complete
nightmare right now.
548
00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:17,496
So, the solution to all
that is to neuter him.
549
00:23:17,579 --> 00:23:20,165
It's usually done when they're younger
because they do become, you know,
550
00:23:20,249 --> 00:23:22,710
so difficult to have around
as an older intact male.
551
00:23:22,793 --> 00:23:25,879
Well, Frasier, we've heard
all about your antics.
552
00:23:25,963 --> 00:23:27,840
So, we'll go ahead and get started.
553
00:23:27,923 --> 00:23:29,091
I'll give you a call and
let you know when he's,
554
00:23:29,174 --> 00:23:30,426
when he's starting to wake
up and let you know
555
00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:31,468
when you can
come pick him up.
556
00:23:31,552 --> 00:23:32,428
-LOWANA: Okay.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay?
557
00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:33,387
-LOWANA: Okay.
-DR. OAKLEY: Great.
558
00:23:33,470 --> 00:23:35,973
Can I scoot you out?
Boo-boo-boo.
559
00:23:36,056 --> 00:23:37,224
What do you think, buddy?
560
00:23:37,307 --> 00:23:39,268
-DR. PEYTON: You're a big guy.
-DR. OAKLEY: He is big.
561
00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:41,729
-DR. PEYTON: I'll take this.
-DR. OAKLEY: Hi. How are you?
562
00:23:41,812 --> 00:23:42,771
Okay.
563
00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:43,731
DR. PEYTON: Aw,
you're so handsome.
564
00:23:43,814 --> 00:23:46,108
DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna
lights out here for a bit.
565
00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:47,651
NARRATOR: An injectable sedative
566
00:23:47,735 --> 00:23:50,446
will knock Frasier George out
for the procedure.
567
00:23:51,488 --> 00:23:54,074
-DR. PEYTON: What a trooper.
-DR. OAKLEY: Being a good boy.
568
00:23:54,158 --> 00:23:55,534
DR. PEYTON:
It's a big day for you.
569
00:23:56,577 --> 00:24:00,247
DR. OAKLEY: So once, um, I've got
the testicles cleaned off, basically,
570
00:24:00,330 --> 00:24:01,707
all I do is a quick
incision.
571
00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:02,750
Okey-dokey.
572
00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:04,001
And get the testicle out.
573
00:24:04,084 --> 00:24:05,753
I'm just gonna open this sucker up.
574
00:24:06,170 --> 00:24:07,880
Big boy Frasier.
575
00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:11,258
NARRATOR: But neutering a
rabbit has a unique challenge.
576
00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:16,388
DR. OAKLEY: Rabbits can, like, suck their
testicles back up into their abdomen.
577
00:24:16,472 --> 00:24:18,390
Like, literally into,
inside their belly.
578
00:24:18,474 --> 00:24:20,517
They have what, what are
called inguinal canals,
579
00:24:20,601 --> 00:24:23,228
which kind of sit right there
in their inguinal area.
580
00:24:23,312 --> 00:24:25,773
You're not going.
No, you're not.
581
00:24:25,856 --> 00:24:30,069
When they do that though,
I can't get at it to do the removal.
582
00:24:30,152 --> 00:24:32,905
So, we have to make sure that
he's deep enough in anesthesia,
583
00:24:32,988 --> 00:24:36,366
so I'm gonna get Jamie to maybe
turn up the gas a little bit
584
00:24:36,450 --> 00:24:38,160
because he keeps kinda pulling them up
585
00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:40,412
and I can't get it out
to do what I need to do.
586
00:24:40,496 --> 00:24:42,706
Up you just a bit, buddy.
587
00:24:44,166 --> 00:24:45,709
DR. PEYTON: Looking
good, buddy.
588
00:24:45,793 --> 00:24:48,712
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Yes. There's one gone.
589
00:24:49,546 --> 00:24:51,924
That looks good. Okay.
590
00:24:52,007 --> 00:24:55,302
One down, and one is
still hanging on there.
591
00:24:55,385 --> 00:24:57,638
So, as I go to remove
the second testicle.
592
00:24:57,721 --> 00:24:59,264
There's number two.
593
00:24:59,348 --> 00:25:01,350
It starts kinda, like, slipping away
from my fingers.
594
00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:03,685
Oh, no, don't you, don't
you go. Don't you dare go.
595
00:25:03,769 --> 00:25:04,812
-DR. PEYTON (off screen): Don't lose it!
-DR. OAKLEY: Don't you go.
596
00:25:04,895 --> 00:25:06,396
And it's basically
going, going, gone.
597
00:25:09,066 --> 00:25:11,068
Big boy Frasier.
598
00:25:11,151 --> 00:25:13,654
NARRATOR: Frasier George,
the rabbit, is getting neutered
599
00:25:13,737 --> 00:25:16,115
in hopes of fixing his bad attitude.
600
00:25:16,198 --> 00:25:17,616
DR. OAKLEY:
One down and one to go.
601
00:25:17,699 --> 00:25:20,953
NARRATOR: But the remaining testicle
is escaping Michelle's grip.
602
00:25:21,036 --> 00:25:21,912
DR. OAKLEY:
Don't you dare go.
603
00:25:21,995 --> 00:25:22,913
-DR. PEYTON (off screen): Don't lose it.
-DR. OAKLEY: Don't you go.
604
00:25:22,996 --> 00:25:25,374
It starts kinda, like,
slipping away from my fingers and, um,
605
00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:28,001
what's happening is there's a muscle
attached to it
606
00:25:28,085 --> 00:25:30,963
called a cremaster muscle,
and he can actually shorten that muscle
607
00:25:31,046 --> 00:25:32,965
and pull the testicle
into his belly.
608
00:25:33,382 --> 00:25:34,883
-Yeah. He's pulling that up.
-DR. PEYTON (off screen): Okay.
609
00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:36,718
We'll turn you up for
a minute. Hold on.
610
00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:39,721
DR. OAKLEY: I am.
I am holding on.
611
00:25:39,805 --> 00:25:41,682
I'm not letting
that go back in.
612
00:25:42,307 --> 00:25:45,477
I didn't remove it, so
I need to get that back.
613
00:25:45,561 --> 00:25:47,479
So, I'm gonna have
Jamie reach underneath
614
00:25:47,563 --> 00:25:49,690
and usually just with
abdominal pressure,
615
00:25:49,773 --> 00:25:51,525
she can actually kinda
just move it forward
616
00:25:51,608 --> 00:25:53,068
and it'll pop back into the scrotum
617
00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:54,069
where I can get at it.
618
00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:55,237
I can feel it right there.
619
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,947
-DR. PEYTON: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
620
00:25:57,030 --> 00:25:58,323
-Thank you.
-DR. PEYTON (off screen): Yup.
621
00:25:58,407 --> 00:26:01,201
I think you might've just
dropped the ball on that one.
622
00:26:01,285 --> 00:26:02,786
DR. OAKLEY: Ba-dum-bum-tsk-tsk
623
00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:05,622
NARRATOR: Michelle quickly
removes Frasier George's testicle
624
00:26:05,706 --> 00:26:07,249
and sutures the incision.
625
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:11,253
DR. OAKLEY:
Closed for business. Gone fishing.
626
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:12,629
It's nice to work with Dr. Jamie.
627
00:26:12,713 --> 00:26:14,464
We keep each other laughing.
628
00:26:14,548 --> 00:26:16,425
There's no shortage of bunny puns.
629
00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:18,468
DR. PEYTON (off screen):
He's no longer a baller.
630
00:26:18,552 --> 00:26:20,053
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, snap.
631
00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:22,139
It's fun to have
someone to work with like that.
632
00:26:22,222 --> 00:26:23,891
Hello, friend. Are you ready?
633
00:26:24,641 --> 00:26:26,560
Are you ready to sit up?
634
00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:29,688
I can see why Lowana likes
you when you're behaving.
635
00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:31,899
George did awesome.
636
00:26:31,982 --> 00:26:35,652
He was a perfect patient
once we got him sedated and all that.
637
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,572
He'll be a much better
bunny to have around.
638
00:26:39,323 --> 00:26:43,118
And I know Jenny is gonna be very
thankful, his other bunny friend.
639
00:26:44,828 --> 00:26:47,497
NARRATOR: Minus two
hormone-producing testicles,
640
00:26:47,581 --> 00:26:51,251
Frasier George's behavior should improve
over the next few weeks.
641
00:26:51,335 --> 00:26:53,921
DR. OAKLEY: Hi, Lowana.
How are you?
642
00:26:54,004 --> 00:26:56,381
-LOWANA: Okay.
-DR. OAKLEY: Good.
643
00:26:56,465 --> 00:26:59,259
-He did absolutely great.
-LOWANA: Oh, good.
644
00:26:59,343 --> 00:27:01,178
DR. OAKLEY: You can go ahead
and take him home now,
645
00:27:01,261 --> 00:27:03,639
but just keep an eye on him
and make sure that he's eating good.
646
00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:06,225
And, um, offer him water
and everything right away.
647
00:27:06,308 --> 00:27:08,685
LOWANA: The first thing I did
was let him know
648
00:27:08,769 --> 00:27:11,146
that mama's there for him.
649
00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:13,357
And, you know, mama's here.
650
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,900
DR. OAKLEY: Good stuff. Okay.
651
00:27:14,983 --> 00:27:16,818
Thank you so much for
coming in, Lowana and Dewey.
652
00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:18,403
-Appreciate it.
-DEWEY: All right.
653
00:27:18,487 --> 00:27:19,363
-DR. OAKLEY: All right.
-DEWEY: Thank you.
654
00:27:19,446 --> 00:27:21,531
LOWANA: You know, it's done,
and I can see that he doesn't
655
00:27:21,615 --> 00:27:23,033
seem like to be in any pain.
656
00:27:23,116 --> 00:27:24,034
That's a good thing.
657
00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:29,915
NARRATOR: Michelle's back
on the road heading west
658
00:27:29,998 --> 00:27:32,334
for a return visit to the reindeer farm.
659
00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:36,755
DR. OAKLEY: So, you excited
to see Denise and all the reindeer?
660
00:27:36,838 --> 00:27:39,049
-MAYA OAKLEY: Yeah.
-NARRATOR: It's the end of calving season,
661
00:27:39,132 --> 00:27:42,219
which means a spring check-up
for the entire herd.
662
00:27:42,302 --> 00:27:46,223
This time, Michelle's brought back up,
her daughters Maya and Willow.
663
00:27:46,306 --> 00:27:48,308
DR. OAKLEY: All the baby reindeer
are gonna be running around.
664
00:27:48,392 --> 00:27:49,559
So, it'll be pretty cute.
665
00:27:51,186 --> 00:27:54,022
Today, we're going to do
the semi-annual, kind of, round up,
666
00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:55,899
where everyone
gets their vaccines.
667
00:27:55,983 --> 00:27:56,858
They get dewormed.
668
00:27:56,942 --> 00:28:00,821
And it's kind of our first chance
to get our hands on 'em since calving.
669
00:28:00,904 --> 00:28:03,782
So, we're gonna make sure that everybody
did okay through that calving season.
670
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:07,619
NARRATOR: Before Michelle
can get her hands on the herd...
671
00:28:07,703 --> 00:28:09,079
-DENISE HARDY: All right. Hey.
-DR. OAKLEY: Hey.
672
00:28:09,162 --> 00:28:13,583
NARRATOR: Farm owner, Denise Hardy, has an
urgent matter needing immediate attention.
673
00:28:14,668 --> 00:28:17,421
DENISE: This morning, we were bringing
the herd up from the field.
674
00:28:17,504 --> 00:28:18,463
They're out on pasture
every night.
675
00:28:18,547 --> 00:28:19,423
DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
676
00:28:19,506 --> 00:28:22,009
DENISE: And this little
calf is about a week old.
677
00:28:22,092 --> 00:28:24,511
-And, um, it's been doing great.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
678
00:28:24,594 --> 00:28:27,055
DENISE: But this morning, it didn't get up
and come up with its mother.
679
00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:28,223
-It just laid there.
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay.
680
00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:29,599
DENISE:
That definitely has me worried.
681
00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:35,689
We lost a calf a couple days ago
to a similar situation,
682
00:28:35,772 --> 00:28:39,276
so that's really concerning
that it may be something
683
00:28:39,359 --> 00:28:41,653
that's contagious or
something going through the herd.
684
00:28:41,737 --> 00:28:42,946
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, yeah. Okay.
-DENISE: You can kinda see
685
00:28:43,030 --> 00:28:43,947
it in the grass over there.
686
00:28:44,031 --> 00:28:46,533
Still acting pretty lethargic. Um.
687
00:28:46,616 --> 00:28:47,659
DR. OAKLEY: Any diarrhea or
anything or?
688
00:28:47,743 --> 00:28:49,036
DENISE: Not that
I've noticed so.
689
00:28:49,119 --> 00:28:50,412
Everything's been
fine and then today.
690
00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,247
-DR. OAKLEY: Just this morning? Okay.
-DENISE: So, I'm so glad you're here.
691
00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:54,291
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, yeah. Okay.
-DENISE: Perfect timing. Ha.
692
00:28:54,374 --> 00:28:56,501
DR. OAKLEY: We need to get on that first.
That's an emergency.
693
00:28:56,585 --> 00:28:59,671
I mean, when calves start going downhill,
they can go downhill really quickly.
694
00:28:59,755 --> 00:29:00,756
You did see her nurse all along?
695
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:03,091
DENISE: Yeah. Oh, yeah. She
has been doing really good.
696
00:29:03,175 --> 00:29:04,760
DR. OAKLEY: And the mom's
been healthy and stuff?
697
00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:06,928
DENISE: Uh-hmm. She's a
young mom, so she's two.
698
00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:09,431
-Her name's Juliette.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Hi, mama.
699
00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:11,183
DENISE: But look at
this poor little baby.
700
00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:14,269
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, why? Why
are you looking so sad?
701
00:29:15,228 --> 00:29:19,900
Hi, baby. Oh, you are lethargic.
Yes, you are.
702
00:29:19,983 --> 00:29:24,404
It's okay. I don't wanna hurt your baby.
It's okay, mama.
703
00:29:24,488 --> 00:29:26,531
Oh, yeah. This baby's gonna
need fluids and stuff.
704
00:29:26,615 --> 00:29:28,158
She's dehydrated.
705
00:29:28,241 --> 00:29:30,243
So the calf is really dehydrated.
706
00:29:30,327 --> 00:29:32,954
I mean, I'm not sure why
it hasn't been nursing.
707
00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:34,915
But before we even kinda get at the cause,
708
00:29:34,998 --> 00:29:37,292
we need to get at treating
the symptom of dehydration
709
00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:39,294
because that's really dangerous
in calves.
710
00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:40,379
What's wrong with baby, huh?
711
00:29:40,462 --> 00:29:44,883
NARRATOR: To give this calf a fighting
chance, she needs fluids immediately.
712
00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,552
The quickest way is to use mom.
713
00:29:47,636 --> 00:29:48,762
DR. OAKLEY: That's a girl.
714
00:29:50,472 --> 00:29:52,265
-MAN: So are you gonna try to--
-DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna pin her.
715
00:29:54,017 --> 00:29:57,312
Okay. There we go.
Oh, come on. You just--
716
00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:59,439
NARRATOR: But this reindeer
isn't used to being handled.
717
00:30:00,023 --> 00:30:01,316
DR. OAKLEY: Settle
down for a second.
718
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,945
Even though we're, like, holding her
and trying to help the baby, she's just,
719
00:30:05,028 --> 00:30:06,238
like, squirming and
trying to get away.
720
00:30:06,321 --> 00:30:10,283
Okay. Bring the baby over. Stop.
721
00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:14,830
-MAYA: Can you get in there?
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Try that, Maya.
722
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,916
MAYA: Oh, there. Look at that.
Right there.
723
00:30:18,834 --> 00:30:21,378
DR. OAKLEY: No, you don't.
Don't you dare kick that baby.
724
00:30:21,878 --> 00:30:24,256
-MAYA: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: There you are.
725
00:30:24,339 --> 00:30:29,386
C'mon. I think she's just
too weak. Watch her.
726
00:30:29,469 --> 00:30:30,720
Watch the baby.
727
00:30:33,306 --> 00:30:37,185
Come on. I think she's
just too weak.
728
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:41,273
NARRATOR: A reindeer calf, just
a week old, is dangerously dehydrated.
729
00:30:41,356 --> 00:30:42,774
DR. OAKLEY: Watch her.
Watch the baby.
730
00:30:42,858 --> 00:30:45,235
NARRATOR: They desperately
need her to nurse.
731
00:30:45,318 --> 00:30:48,071
DR. OAKLEY: All right.
We'll do it a different way.
732
00:30:48,530 --> 00:30:51,283
We've got to get her rehydrated
and we're not getting her to nurse.
733
00:30:51,366 --> 00:30:53,201
So, you know, we're gonna
have to get in there.
734
00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:54,619
We're gonna have to
give her IV fluids.
735
00:30:54,703 --> 00:30:55,912
We've got to give
her some pain meds.
736
00:30:55,996 --> 00:30:57,372
We kinda really gotta give her
737
00:30:57,456 --> 00:30:59,332
some intensive care
or she's not gonna survive this.
738
00:30:59,416 --> 00:31:00,459
(calf protesting)
739
00:31:00,542 --> 00:31:03,336
-I know. I know.
-MAYA: It's okay, mama.
740
00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:06,006
DR. OAKLEY: So now I can kinda try
to do more of an exam.
741
00:31:06,089 --> 00:31:08,008
Look at her color,
it looks good.
742
00:31:08,091 --> 00:31:09,342
She's really dehydrated.
743
00:31:09,426 --> 00:31:12,220
You can see it when we pull her skin,
it just stays all tented up,
744
00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:13,263
and her mouth's kind of dry.
745
00:31:13,346 --> 00:31:16,475
And dehydration is very
dangerous for these guys.
746
00:31:16,558 --> 00:31:20,103
NARRATOR: A check of the calf's breathing
reveals a critical clue.
747
00:31:21,938 --> 00:31:24,858
DENISE: We've had some raspy lungs on
the late calves
748
00:31:24,941 --> 00:31:27,527
that were born real late in the season
and she's one of them.
749
00:31:27,611 --> 00:31:30,614
DR. OAKLEY: She's raspy. But you can
actually see her breathing pattern's
750
00:31:30,697 --> 00:31:33,575
-kinda like (makes sound).
-DENISE (off screen): Uh-huh. Yeah.
751
00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:36,244
You know, she was up yesterday with us
and she doesn't really have a fever.
752
00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:37,829
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. I think
it probably is a virus.
753
00:31:37,913 --> 00:31:39,998
Like I think something's
starting it.
754
00:31:40,415 --> 00:31:44,252
NARRATOR: To fight off a potential
infection, this calf needs strength.
755
00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:45,754
DR. OAKLEY: Ooh, look
at all those feet.
756
00:31:45,837 --> 00:31:47,172
NARRATOR: A dose of mother's milk,
757
00:31:47,255 --> 00:31:49,674
straight to the gut through
a feeding tube, should help.
758
00:31:49,758 --> 00:31:51,051
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Okay.
Okay. Look it. Look it.
759
00:31:51,134 --> 00:31:53,803
I'm just trying to get the
tube in to the right spot.
760
00:31:53,887 --> 00:31:56,181
I need, I just need someone to hold her,
so I can, like, feel the tube.
761
00:31:56,264 --> 00:31:59,184
There we go. Okay.
Just hold still.
762
00:31:59,267 --> 00:32:00,685
Look, we're almost there.
763
00:32:00,769 --> 00:32:05,023
It's really hard to balance, like,
handling and treating these babies
764
00:32:05,106 --> 00:32:07,025
because the handling
can be really stressful for them
765
00:32:07,108 --> 00:32:08,318
when they're already feeling sick.
766
00:32:08,401 --> 00:32:10,403
But you gotta get in
there and do something.
767
00:32:10,487 --> 00:32:13,823
Okay. So I gave her about half this,
so about 25 mills.
768
00:32:13,907 --> 00:32:17,160
NARRATOR: The last line of defense,
an antibiotic injection.
769
00:32:17,244 --> 00:32:18,453
DR. OAKLEY: That's an antibiotic
770
00:32:18,537 --> 00:32:20,705
that's specifically for
respiratory infections in calves,
771
00:32:20,789 --> 00:32:21,915
so it's a good one.
772
00:32:21,998 --> 00:32:24,876
NARRATOR: And oxygen to
help her labored breathing.
773
00:32:26,127 --> 00:32:28,588
DR. OAKLEY: So, we're gonna
let that roll for a while.
774
00:32:29,172 --> 00:32:30,757
Now, we just have to give it time
775
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,801
and hope that some of these treatments
are gonna kick in,
776
00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:36,638
but, um,
she looks pretty rough.
777
00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:38,098
And Maya's on it though.
778
00:32:38,181 --> 00:32:41,434
She's doing what she can to keep
her comfortable and, and supported.
779
00:32:43,478 --> 00:32:45,730
NARRATOR: Michelle's
work is just beginning.
780
00:32:45,814 --> 00:32:47,274
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
What are we doing now?
781
00:32:47,357 --> 00:32:49,776
DENISE: This is my little bit
more on the wild side herd.
782
00:32:49,859 --> 00:32:51,278
DR. OAKLEY: Sounds like it.
783
00:32:51,361 --> 00:32:54,739
DENISE: We haven't really had
hands on them since March.
784
00:32:54,823 --> 00:32:56,324
-DR. OAKLEY: Four months ago.
-DENISE: March, yeah.
785
00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:59,119
DR. OAKLEY: So, we're gonna run
this group of animals through the chute.
786
00:32:59,202 --> 00:33:01,162
Here it comes. Okay.
787
00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:02,664
A lot of them need
their vaccines.
788
00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:04,624
-MAN: Seven-five-six.
-DR. OAKLEY: They need some health checks.
789
00:33:04,708 --> 00:33:05,959
I'm coming in back here.
790
00:33:06,042 --> 00:33:08,253
And some of the females
who haven't calved yet,
791
00:33:08,336 --> 00:33:09,796
we wanna check and see
if they're about to.
792
00:33:09,879 --> 00:33:11,214
So, we're gonna
do an udder check.
793
00:33:11,298 --> 00:33:13,049
There's no udder on her.
794
00:33:13,133 --> 00:33:15,218
-The udder is utterly empty.
-WOMAN: Let 'em go.
795
00:33:15,302 --> 00:33:16,803
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Utterly nothing.
796
00:33:16,886 --> 00:33:20,682
NARRATOR: Restraining an agitated
200-pound animal is dangerous work.
797
00:33:20,765 --> 00:33:22,851
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Hello.
-MAN: Eight-five-five.
798
00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:24,978
-DR. OAKLEY: Definitely has an udder.
-MAN: Don't let go.
799
00:33:25,061 --> 00:33:27,439
-DENISE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You okay?
-MAN: Yeah.
800
00:33:27,522 --> 00:33:31,151
DR. OAKLEY: These reindeer are
domesticated and used to people.
801
00:33:31,234 --> 00:33:33,987
But, you know, when we're trying
to get them to do things
802
00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:35,655
that they don't wanna
do, like,
803
00:33:35,739 --> 00:33:39,576
come through the chute, um,
they get a little riled up. It gets rowdy.
804
00:33:39,659 --> 00:33:41,661
DENISE: Oh, boy.
Oh, oh, oh.
805
00:33:41,745 --> 00:33:44,247
DR. OAKLEY: Two of the reindeer are
trying to, like, shoot through at once.
806
00:33:44,331 --> 00:33:47,042
I guess they figured if they both came at
us, we couldn't catch them both.
807
00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:48,627
DENISE: Oh, oh, oh,
oh. Let 'em go.
808
00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:52,714
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, no, no, no.
-DENISE: Come here. Oh, I'll get it.
809
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:54,466
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, I guess that's a bit
of a reindeer game.
810
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:57,594
Trying to send two at once
and, and get on past us.
811
00:33:57,677 --> 00:33:58,887
That was pretty smart.
812
00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:01,640
Ah. Dang.
813
00:34:01,723 --> 00:34:03,266
MAN: A double barrel chute.
814
00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:06,645
NARRATOR: As the run
through the gauntlet continues,
815
00:34:06,728 --> 00:34:08,855
there's good news
in the next pen.
816
00:34:08,938 --> 00:34:11,566
DR. OAKLEY: He's nursing?
He's nursing.
817
00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:13,109
-MAYA: She was for a second.
-DR. OAKLEY: She was letting him?
818
00:34:13,193 --> 00:34:14,611
-I hate to get excited.
-DENISE (off screen): Yeah.
819
00:34:14,694 --> 00:34:16,446
-DR. OAKLEY: I hate to get my hopes up.
-DENISE: I know.
820
00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:18,865
DR. OAKLEY: The calf just
was trying to nurse so.
821
00:34:19,574 --> 00:34:21,451
-Oh, look at him. Look at him.
-MAYA: Look it.
822
00:34:21,534 --> 00:34:22,410
-DENISE: He's running?
-DR. OAKLEY: He's trotting with her.
823
00:34:22,494 --> 00:34:23,870
-He just trotted with her.
-DENISE: Oh, my gosh.
824
00:34:23,953 --> 00:34:25,914
DR. OAKLEY: Seeing the change in the baby,
I mean, she jumped up.
825
00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,583
She's trying to nurse.
That's awesome.
826
00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:30,168
So that's given me some hope.
827
00:34:30,251 --> 00:34:33,588
Sometimes all they need are IV fluids to,
like, perk them up and get them moving.
828
00:34:33,672 --> 00:34:35,882
And if you can get them back
on their feet and nursing,
829
00:34:35,965 --> 00:34:37,801
you can turn this
whole thing around.
830
00:34:39,469 --> 00:34:42,138
NARRATOR: While Maya continues
to stand watch over the baby.
831
00:34:42,222 --> 00:34:43,932
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, for frick sakes.
832
00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:45,892
NARRATOR:
Michelle gets back to the herd.
833
00:34:45,975 --> 00:34:47,060
And next up.
834
00:34:47,143 --> 00:34:48,687
-MAN: Down, down, down.
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh.
835
00:34:48,770 --> 00:34:50,105
DENISE: And he's almost
out of the squeeze.
836
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:52,899
NARRATOR: A feisty male
in need of some antler attention.
837
00:34:52,982 --> 00:34:55,360
-DENISE (off screen): Is that broken?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. It's broken here.
838
00:34:55,443 --> 00:34:56,403
So maybe that's
where it started.
839
00:34:56,486 --> 00:34:59,489
So, this guy's got a
bit of a icky antler.
840
00:34:59,572 --> 00:35:02,909
Um, a lot of times when they're growing,
and they bump them,
841
00:35:02,992 --> 00:35:05,870
they can actually fracture that
kind of soft cartilage underneath.
842
00:35:05,954 --> 00:35:08,456
And then if you get any kind
of cuts or fractures in there, it's,
843
00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:09,582
it's likely to get infected.
844
00:35:10,125 --> 00:35:13,378
NARRATOR: If left to fester,
the infection could spread.
845
00:35:13,461 --> 00:35:15,964
DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna go up above
that fractured tissue
846
00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:17,841
and with some gigli
wire just cut it off.
847
00:35:17,924 --> 00:35:22,429
But the downside of doing that is that
these antlers are growing, like, crazy,
848
00:35:22,512 --> 00:35:26,099
and they have a huge blood supply,
and they will often bleed quite a bit.
849
00:35:26,182 --> 00:35:28,309
We'll see how good we can
get the tourniquet on.
850
00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:32,564
NARRATOR: A tightly tied tourniquet will
hopefully keep the bleeding under control.
851
00:35:32,647 --> 00:35:35,483
DR. OAKLEY: I know, dude.
It's about to get bloody.
852
00:35:37,944 --> 00:35:42,866
Okay. Not even a spray yet.
I don't think there's gonna be one.
853
00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:46,661
So with that good tourniquet we put on,
we didn't get any bleeding,
854
00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:48,747
which is kind of awesome.
855
00:35:48,830 --> 00:35:51,249
It's nicer for him and
Denise will remove that tourniquet
856
00:35:51,332 --> 00:35:52,834
probably tomorrow or the next day.
857
00:35:52,917 --> 00:35:54,127
Sorry about that, buddy.
858
00:35:54,210 --> 00:35:55,920
-Okay. You can go.
-DENISE: Okay.
859
00:36:02,635 --> 00:36:05,555
MAYA: Mom, you wanna come help me
raise the (inaudible) here.
860
00:36:06,139 --> 00:36:09,934
NARRATOR: Across the pen,
Maya's calf has taken another turn.
861
00:36:10,018 --> 00:36:12,645
This time, for the worse.
862
00:36:12,729 --> 00:36:15,899
The fluids and pain meds
were only a temporary boost.
863
00:36:15,982 --> 00:36:18,651
DENISE (off screen): Oh, it's just too
much for a little sick baby.
864
00:36:18,735 --> 00:36:21,988
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
That's no good. Hey.
865
00:36:22,489 --> 00:36:23,907
-DENISE: Nope.
-DR. OAKLEY: No good.
866
00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:27,160
MAYA: After its little run,
I thought maybe it's just exhausted,
867
00:36:27,243 --> 00:36:29,287
but it can't lift its head anymore.
868
00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:31,539
And I can tell that it's in a lot of pain.
869
00:36:32,332 --> 00:36:34,292
Apparently, they crash really hard.
870
00:36:34,375 --> 00:36:36,294
And I think that's what she's doing.
871
00:36:38,922 --> 00:36:40,924
You wanna try and get up?
872
00:36:41,716 --> 00:36:43,551
DR. OAKLEY:
So, just checking on the reindeer.
873
00:36:43,635 --> 00:36:45,303
Maya said it's been grinding its teeth.
874
00:36:45,386 --> 00:36:47,806
If they grind their teeth,
that means they're in pain.
875
00:36:47,889 --> 00:36:49,432
She's, like, doing worse and worse.
876
00:36:49,516 --> 00:36:51,100
She's miserable.
877
00:36:51,518 --> 00:36:54,854
Um, but her, her respiratory
effort is pronounced.
878
00:36:54,938 --> 00:36:57,607
Like she's kinda like (makes sound)
like she really is working at it.
879
00:36:57,690 --> 00:36:59,859
And it probably hurts
every time she breathes.
880
00:36:59,943 --> 00:37:02,612
You know, she went like this
then she's basically just gone like this.
881
00:37:02,695 --> 00:37:05,532
But we're gonna still go ahead and try and
give her some milk, give her some fluids.
882
00:37:05,615 --> 00:37:07,367
Keep giving her IV.
883
00:37:07,450 --> 00:37:09,828
Watch she doesn't jump on me.
884
00:37:09,911 --> 00:37:13,790
If this continues though, I have to
consider that she's also suffering
885
00:37:13,873 --> 00:37:14,874
and I'm just prolonging it.
886
00:37:21,089 --> 00:37:25,468
Oh. Oh, God. You poor thing.
887
00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:29,556
NARRATOR: A week-old reindeer calf
is fighting to survive.
888
00:37:30,557 --> 00:37:35,395
After Dr. Oakley's best efforts
to revive her, the outlook is grim.
889
00:37:36,813 --> 00:37:39,941
DR. OAKLEY: It's tough when you get
these sick babies in 'cause they're so,
890
00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,485
so sad looking and you're
trying to help them along.
891
00:37:42,569 --> 00:37:44,279
You get attached.
I mean, even for Maya,
892
00:37:44,362 --> 00:37:47,448
I know it's hard for her
because sitting with it all day
893
00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:50,243
and hoping you see improvements,
then seeing it go downhill.
894
00:37:50,326 --> 00:37:52,537
Maya came to me and she said,
"Mom, it's not doing well."
895
00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:55,415
Like, you know, it was just,
it was hurting her to see it in pain.
896
00:37:56,583 --> 00:37:57,959
(sighs heavily)
897
00:37:58,042 --> 00:38:00,295
Okay. Well, I'm gonna
go talk to Denise.
898
00:38:10,430 --> 00:38:11,764
She looks pretty.
899
00:38:12,682 --> 00:38:14,142
DENISE: It's not good, huh?
900
00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:15,602
-DR. OAKLEY: She looks a little rough.
-DENISE: Yeah.
901
00:38:15,685 --> 00:38:17,270
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Like,
she kinda perked up for a bit
902
00:38:17,353 --> 00:38:18,938
but she's gone way downhill again.
903
00:38:19,022 --> 00:38:22,567
So, I just gave her another 35,
but she's still, like,
904
00:38:22,650 --> 00:38:25,111
kinda grinding her teeth
and uncomfortable and just sad.
905
00:38:25,194 --> 00:38:27,071
So, I think, I think maybe we just
put her down.
906
00:38:27,155 --> 00:38:28,364
DENISE: Okay.
907
00:38:28,990 --> 00:38:32,410
NARRATOR: It's the news Denise
was desperately hoping she wouldn't get.
908
00:38:33,286 --> 00:38:35,371
DENISE: I totally trust Dr. Oakley.
909
00:38:35,455 --> 00:38:39,083
I just, I, she was honest with me and, and
we agreed that it was time
910
00:38:39,167 --> 00:38:41,336
to go ahead and euthanize the calf.
911
00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:42,587
Dang it.
912
00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:44,339
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): I mean, unless
you've seen where they come around.
913
00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:45,381
DENISE:
I've not had one make it.
914
00:38:45,465 --> 00:38:46,758
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): No, so.
-DENISE: After this starts.
915
00:38:48,176 --> 00:38:52,847
The newborn calves are so special
because they are, um,
916
00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:55,683
they're the continuation
of our herd, first of all.
917
00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:58,811
But secondly, the bond
that they have with their mothers
918
00:38:58,895 --> 00:39:01,397
is so important and so special.
919
00:39:01,481 --> 00:39:04,734
And so, I feel bad for this mom today.
920
00:39:06,694 --> 00:39:08,154
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, my
little baby.
921
00:39:08,237 --> 00:39:10,365
I'm so sorry we couldn't figure you out.
922
00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:13,993
We're gonna, you know,
take away her discomfort
923
00:39:14,077 --> 00:39:16,204
and we're gonna let her go easily.
924
00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:18,081
And I was so glad
that we were here.
925
00:39:18,164 --> 00:39:22,877
Not only to ease its pain a little bit,
but then to, to finally end its suffering.
926
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:23,962
Sorry, mommy.
927
00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,843
NARRATOR: Across the
pen, the work must go on.
928
00:39:31,761 --> 00:39:34,931
The final few patients make their
way through the reindeer gauntlet.
929
00:39:35,932 --> 00:39:38,309
DENISE: Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, dude. Ha-ha-ha-ha.
930
00:39:39,727 --> 00:39:41,312
MAN (off screen):
Last baby. Here it comes.
931
00:39:41,396 --> 00:39:44,107
NARRATOR: And they saved
the best for last.
932
00:39:44,190 --> 00:39:46,109
-DENISE (off screen): Last one.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Woo-hoo.
933
00:39:46,192 --> 00:39:47,527
-And it's a baby.
-DENISE: Yes.
934
00:39:47,610 --> 00:39:50,071
-DR. OAKLEY: Nice to end on a baby note.
-MAN: Whoa.
935
00:39:50,738 --> 00:39:52,115
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Nice catch. Yeah.
936
00:39:52,198 --> 00:39:53,449
MAN: Nine-fifty-six.
937
00:39:53,533 --> 00:39:55,201
-WOMAN: Nine-five-six.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay, baby.
938
00:39:55,284 --> 00:39:56,828
MAN: Aw, two shots
at one time.
939
00:39:56,911 --> 00:39:58,496
DR. OAKLEY: Yup, double barrels.
940
00:39:58,871 --> 00:40:00,498
DENISE: It's like when
you get your ears pierced.
941
00:40:00,581 --> 00:40:01,624
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
942
00:40:01,708 --> 00:40:02,583
MAN: Ready, Maya?
943
00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:03,668
OAKLEY & DENISE: Yay.
944
00:40:03,751 --> 00:40:05,086
DR. OAKLEY: Woo-hoo.
945
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:06,629
Another handling done.
946
00:40:07,588 --> 00:40:08,548
DENISE (off screen): Wow.
947
00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:18,516
NARRATOR: As a new morning dawns, Michelle
continues her trek through the wilderness
948
00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:21,602
headed to the
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
949
00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:23,646
to check on Clark, the moose.
950
00:40:25,481 --> 00:40:29,527
When he last saw Michelle, a
mysterious respiratory infection
951
00:40:29,610 --> 00:40:31,320
left him struggling to breathe.
952
00:40:31,404 --> 00:40:32,572
DR. OAKLEY: There's
a big difference.
953
00:40:32,655 --> 00:40:33,906
-DR. BUREK: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Right to left.
954
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:35,825
NARRATOR: Clark's blood
was sent to a lab.
955
00:40:36,451 --> 00:40:38,453
Now, there are answers.
956
00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:40,038
DR. OAKLEY: So Clark's
blood results told us that
957
00:40:40,121 --> 00:40:42,623
he's had a type of
bacterial pneumonia
958
00:40:42,707 --> 00:40:45,126
and some deficiencies in
copper and a few minerals.
959
00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:49,255
And mineral deficiencies can definitely
make it difficult for the immune system
960
00:40:49,338 --> 00:40:51,090
to fight off any infection.
961
00:40:51,174 --> 00:40:54,302
Without that information, it would've been
hard for us to know how to treat Clark,
962
00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:56,262
and it actually
really helped us figure out
963
00:40:56,345 --> 00:40:58,139
what the best antibiotic treatment
would be.
964
00:40:58,931 --> 00:41:01,726
NARRATOR: So far, the treatment seems
to be working.
965
00:41:01,809 --> 00:41:03,352
DR. OAKLEY: Wow. Clark
looks really good.
966
00:41:03,436 --> 00:41:05,271
SARAH: Yeah. We still want
him to add some weight.
967
00:41:05,354 --> 00:41:07,857
But otherwise, the coughing
and the nose drippies
968
00:41:07,940 --> 00:41:10,359
-those have kind of disappeared.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yes.
969
00:41:10,443 --> 00:41:11,903
SARAH: Clark's just
been having a heyday.
970
00:41:11,986 --> 00:41:14,363
He's been out getting browse every day,
and he's looking really good.
971
00:41:14,447 --> 00:41:16,115
He's not coughing anymore.
972
00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:19,285
He's still kind of a little guy, but he
went through a lot this last winter.
973
00:41:19,368 --> 00:41:21,913
DR. OAKLEY: He looks good and he's
been pretty active, running around?
974
00:41:21,996 --> 00:41:23,372
-SARAH: Yup. Comes up for browse.
-DR. OAKLEY: Cool.
975
00:41:23,456 --> 00:41:25,792
'Cause sometimes, they won't
cough until they start running around.
976
00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:27,919
So, if you're not seeing it even then,
that's an excellent sign.
977
00:41:28,002 --> 00:41:29,128
-SARAH: Cool. Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: Great.
978
00:41:29,587 --> 00:41:34,050
NARRATOR: Clark's miraculous recovery
is proof of the power of teamwork.
979
00:41:34,133 --> 00:41:35,968
DR. OAKLEY: With the help of
the pathologist, Dr. Burek,
980
00:41:36,052 --> 00:41:39,055
and with all of us kind of looking
at all the different results,
981
00:41:39,138 --> 00:41:40,473
I feel like we finally figured it out.
982
00:41:40,556 --> 00:41:42,225
We're improving his mineral intake.
983
00:41:42,308 --> 00:41:44,143
We're improving the type
of antibiotics we've been giving him.
984
00:41:44,227 --> 00:41:45,478
I expect Clark to put
on a lot of weight,
985
00:41:45,561 --> 00:41:48,106
and just improve to run
around and be happy.
986
00:41:48,189 --> 00:41:49,440
-Well, good stuff.
-SARAH: Yeah.
987
00:41:49,524 --> 00:41:50,399
DR. OAKLEY: Glad to hear it.
988
00:41:54,779 --> 00:41:57,031
NARRATOR: Back at home base
in Haines, Alaska,
989
00:41:57,115 --> 00:42:00,451
Michelle and her daughters are
on deck for one last patient.
990
00:42:00,535 --> 00:42:02,537
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Archer.
Hi, buddy.
991
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,455
-MAYA: Hi.
-SIERRA OAKLEY: Aw.
992
00:42:04,914 --> 00:42:06,082
NARRATOR: Three months ago,
993
00:42:06,165 --> 00:42:08,960
four-year-old Archer underwent
a complex surgery
994
00:42:09,043 --> 00:42:13,089
to repair his eyelid that was
severely scarred and unable to close.
995
00:42:13,172 --> 00:42:14,549
DR. PALMIERI:
His eyelid closes.
996
00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:17,093
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer. I'm
so excited for you, buddy.
997
00:42:17,176 --> 00:42:19,262
NARRATOR: Today, he's
back for a follow-up.
998
00:42:19,345 --> 00:42:22,682
DR. OAKLEY: Hi. How's it
going? Archer?
999
00:42:22,765 --> 00:42:28,521
Is that his eyebrow?
Oh. Oh, my gosh.
1000
00:42:28,604 --> 00:42:32,150
He has old man
eyebrows. What?
1001
00:42:32,233 --> 00:42:35,528
I, I literally LOL'd
when I saw that eyebrow.
1002
00:42:35,611 --> 00:42:37,029
It's so bushy.
1003
00:42:37,113 --> 00:42:38,698
It looks like a bunch of
feathers stuck there.
1004
00:42:38,781 --> 00:42:42,994
Your eye looks so much better
and the eyebrow is amazing.
1005
00:42:43,077 --> 00:42:44,745
This looks like
you glued this on.
1006
00:42:44,829 --> 00:42:47,540
That actually is growing, right?
You didn't put that there?
1007
00:42:47,623 --> 00:42:50,334
'Cause this is literally a joke
that I would pull on somebody.
1008
00:42:50,418 --> 00:42:53,504
That is your new eyebrow,
as beautiful as it is.
1009
00:42:53,588 --> 00:42:57,842
NARRATOR: Cosmetics aside, Archer's eyelid
is now functioning as it should,
1010
00:42:57,925 --> 00:42:59,677
and without pain.
1011
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,846
DR. OAKLEY: The good news is,
is his eye is not as retracted
1012
00:43:01,929 --> 00:43:03,598
and he can blink it
easily on his own.
1013
00:43:04,390 --> 00:43:08,477
And that's probably a scar
and it'll continue to get smaller.
1014
00:43:08,561 --> 00:43:11,397
That's about it.
He just looks amazing.
1015
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:16,611
Archer has gone from literally
60% of the skin on his body being burned,
1016
00:43:16,694 --> 00:43:18,446
and exposed in a wound,
1017
00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:20,865
and now down to well under one percent.
1018
00:43:20,948 --> 00:43:24,702
He has now just this
kinda two-inch opening
1019
00:43:24,785 --> 00:43:26,078
that is continuing to heal.
1020
00:43:26,162 --> 00:43:29,540
So, overall, he is completely comfortable,
1021
00:43:29,624 --> 00:43:31,167
and he is back to the old Archer.
1022
00:43:31,250 --> 00:43:32,627
I gotta give you some treats.
1023
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,962
One more of the treats.
Goodbye.
1024
00:43:35,046 --> 00:43:37,089
Thank you for coming.
Keep your eyebrows trimmed.