1 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:08,734 NARRATOR: On the heels of a long harsh winter, life comes back to Alaska. 2 00:00:08,817 --> 00:00:11,111 DR. MICHELLE OAKLEY: This is a great time of year in Alaska 3 00:00:11,194 --> 00:00:12,904 because spring has sprung. 4 00:00:12,988 --> 00:00:15,741 We're getting all the little willows popping out. 5 00:00:15,824 --> 00:00:18,160 Lots of, you know, the greenery is poking through. 6 00:00:18,243 --> 00:00:20,370 And babies are here. 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,956 LAUREN WAITE: (kissing noises) Are you hungry? C'mon. 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,293 There she is. That's a good girl. C'mon! 9 00:00:26,918 --> 00:00:30,130 I'm Lauren at the Williams Reindeer Farm in Palmer, Alaska. 10 00:00:30,213 --> 00:00:34,134 Today, um, Dr. Oakley is coming out to help check on some baby reindeer for us. 11 00:00:34,718 --> 00:00:37,846 -DR. OAKLEY: Hey! How's it going? -LAUREN: Hi! Good! How are you? 12 00:00:37,929 --> 00:00:40,849 -DR. OAKLEY: Good. Good to see you. -LAUREN: Yeah! Good to see you, too. 13 00:00:41,767 --> 00:00:43,935 This is an exciting time on the reindeer farm 14 00:00:44,019 --> 00:00:45,854 because we have lots of baby reindeer being born. 15 00:00:46,313 --> 00:00:49,775 We've had 25 born so far and we're expecting 40 babies. 16 00:00:49,858 --> 00:00:51,276 -DR. OAKLEY: Okay. -LAUREN (off screen): All right. 17 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:52,861 NARRATOR: On the docket today, 18 00:00:52,944 --> 00:00:56,281 the morning field check to see if any babies were born overnight, 19 00:00:56,365 --> 00:00:58,742 and make sure everyone is looking healthy. 20 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:00,911 LAUREN: Hi, kids! 21 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:02,913 DR. OAKLEY: This is gonna be awesome. 22 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:05,290 I mean, I'm gettin' to do basically Santa's job. 23 00:01:05,374 --> 00:01:08,669 I'm like, you know, scoping out what's the new talent coming up this year. 24 00:01:08,752 --> 00:01:10,128 The new crop of baby reindeer. 25 00:01:10,212 --> 00:01:13,465 So, it's very fun to look at the babies. 26 00:01:13,548 --> 00:01:15,676 Make sure they're healthy of course, but, um, 27 00:01:15,759 --> 00:01:18,303 just to see them roaming around with their moms is, is pretty entertaining. 28 00:01:18,387 --> 00:01:19,971 LAUREN: But there's so many of them out here. 29 00:01:20,055 --> 00:01:22,099 DR. OAKLEY: That one is so blonde. She's like two-toned. 30 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:23,975 -LAUREN: Yeah. -DR. OAKLEY: What do you call that? 31 00:01:24,059 --> 00:01:26,311 When you, like, do your hair with the lighter at the end? 32 00:01:26,395 --> 00:01:29,189 -LAUREN: The ombre, yeah. Ombre. -DR. OAKLEY: Ombre. That's what she is. 33 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:32,234 I got a good look at everybody. 34 00:01:32,317 --> 00:01:33,402 LAUREN: Okay. Cool. 35 00:01:33,485 --> 00:01:35,070 NARRATOR: No babies born last night. 36 00:01:35,946 --> 00:01:39,574 But a special treat was discovered during yesterday's check. 37 00:01:40,242 --> 00:01:42,869 -DR. OAKLEY: Aw, you're so tiny. -LAUREN: Hi, babe. 38 00:01:42,953 --> 00:01:44,830 DR. OAKLEY: Lauren has one that was just born 39 00:01:44,913 --> 00:01:47,124 a little less than 24 hours ago. 40 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:49,668 Hi. Hi, mama. 41 00:01:49,751 --> 00:01:52,671 So that one's definitely needing an ear tag. We're gonna weigh it. 42 00:01:52,754 --> 00:01:54,840 LAUREN: Oh, look at that fuzzy ear. So cute. 43 00:01:54,923 --> 00:01:58,093 -One, two, three. Good boy. -(reindeer protesting) 44 00:01:58,176 --> 00:01:59,594 I know. Sorry. 45 00:01:59,678 --> 00:02:02,431 DR. OAKLEY: We wanna see how much you weigh. What are our bets here? 46 00:02:02,514 --> 00:02:05,976 NARRATOR: A weigh-in will confirm if this little guy is growing as he should. 47 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:07,227 MAN (off screen): Oh, I think more than that. 48 00:02:07,310 --> 00:02:08,437 -LAUREN: I think 12. -MAN (off screen) : I think 13. 49 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,188 -I'm going 13-5. -WOMEN: Okay. 50 00:02:10,272 --> 00:02:12,816 LAUREN: Now we're gonna pick him up. There. 51 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:15,277 -Fifteen pounds, twelve ounces. -DR. OAKLEY: Whoa. 52 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,987 (all exclaiming) 53 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,239 DR. OAKLEY: As we lift him, the sling just breaks. 54 00:02:19,322 --> 00:02:21,158 So, I mean, he's in great shape. 55 00:02:21,241 --> 00:02:23,827 There's nothing wrong with this calf and he's one of the bigger ones. 56 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,746 -LAUREN: That's a big boy. -MAN (off screen): That's a very big boy. 57 00:02:25,829 --> 00:02:28,165 LAUREN (off screen): That's the biggest boy I think we've had this year. 58 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:29,499 DR. OAKLEY: You did great. 59 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:30,542 LAUREN (off screen): Okay. Did you wanna try 60 00:02:30,625 --> 00:02:32,169 -and milk this mama too? -DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 61 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:36,465 NARRATOR: Along with a newborn calf comes the mother's nutrient-packed first milk, 62 00:02:36,548 --> 00:02:37,841 called colostrum. 63 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:42,804 DR. OAKLEY: So, the mom just had this new baby, um, about 20 hours ago. 64 00:02:42,888 --> 00:02:45,640 So, she should still be making some colostrum possibly. 65 00:02:45,724 --> 00:02:47,559 It kind of depends on how much he's nursed. 66 00:02:47,642 --> 00:02:51,563 So, he probably got some of it, but we were gonna take a little bit of extra 67 00:02:51,646 --> 00:02:54,733 in case there's another baby that's born that the mom doesn't look after. 68 00:02:54,816 --> 00:02:56,902 Then we can give it the colostrum from her. 69 00:02:56,985 --> 00:03:00,155 I mean, that colostrum is kinda like liquid gold 70 00:03:00,238 --> 00:03:02,532 because it has all the antibodies in it. 71 00:03:02,616 --> 00:03:04,367 It has all the kinda really important things 72 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:06,286 to help that baby fight any infection. 73 00:03:06,369 --> 00:03:08,288 There we go. Look at that. 74 00:03:08,371 --> 00:03:10,248 -LAUREN: You got it? -DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Now it's flowing. 75 00:03:10,332 --> 00:03:12,667 LAUREN: Do you think it's colostrum or is it more milk? 76 00:03:12,751 --> 00:03:14,377 DR. OAKLEY: It's definitely looking milkier here. 77 00:03:14,461 --> 00:03:16,630 -LAUREN: Yeah, uh-huh. -DR. OAKLEY: Colostrum is really pale. 78 00:03:16,713 --> 00:03:18,590 So, it turns out what, what we milked 79 00:03:18,673 --> 00:03:21,051 out of this mama is, is not colostrum. 80 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:23,804 Um, she must have been just past the mark because it, 81 00:03:23,887 --> 00:03:25,931 it wasn't the right color and it's a little bit whiter 82 00:03:26,014 --> 00:03:27,265 and just more like regular milk. 83 00:03:27,349 --> 00:03:29,434 So, that means it's up for grabs. 84 00:03:31,394 --> 00:03:32,521 That is good. 85 00:03:32,604 --> 00:03:35,273 -LAUREN: Yeah? It's, like, creamy. -DR. OAKLEY: Look, you're like, yeah. 86 00:03:35,357 --> 00:03:36,608 It is super creamy. 87 00:03:36,691 --> 00:03:38,443 Yeah. I mean, it tastes really good. 88 00:03:38,527 --> 00:03:41,947 Almost, like, unsweetened, like, or not very sweet whipped cream. 89 00:03:42,030 --> 00:03:43,907 There is an aftertaste. There's definitely, like, a, 90 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:45,784 like a Christmassy aftertaste. 91 00:03:45,867 --> 00:03:47,369 LAUREN: Oh, good. 92 00:03:47,452 --> 00:03:50,330 -(reindeer calf mewing) -DR. OAKLEY: You're cute. Yes, you are. 93 00:03:55,836 --> 00:03:58,505 NARRATOR: A new day and Michelle's back on the road 94 00:03:58,588 --> 00:04:00,257 to check on a rescued moose. 95 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:03,552 DR. OAKLEY: Today, we're at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center 96 00:04:03,635 --> 00:04:07,347 and we're gonna be working on the moose named Clark. 97 00:04:07,430 --> 00:04:11,059 Clark has had an on and off respiratory issue. 98 00:04:11,142 --> 00:04:13,103 It started about 10 months ago. 99 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:15,689 Him and another moose named Denali. 100 00:04:15,772 --> 00:04:16,857 They're about three years old. 101 00:04:16,940 --> 00:04:18,400 They both started with a cough, 102 00:04:18,483 --> 00:04:21,278 then they started with a lot of drainage from their nose, 103 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:23,280 and then they were, like, blowing chunks. 104 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:26,658 Like, they were coughing up yucky, mucusy puss. 105 00:04:26,741 --> 00:04:28,702 -So, they were really quite sick. -(moose moaning) 106 00:04:28,785 --> 00:04:29,828 Ooh. 107 00:04:29,911 --> 00:04:33,123 It sounds like you're trying to breathe through a bag of mucus. 108 00:04:34,416 --> 00:04:38,503 NARRATOR: After several treatments, Denali continued to go downhill. 109 00:04:38,587 --> 00:04:40,338 DR. OAKLEY: Gosh, you're a sick puppy. 110 00:04:40,422 --> 00:04:42,173 He lost a lot of weight 111 00:04:42,257 --> 00:04:45,886 and then it became obvious that his quality of life was very poor. 112 00:04:45,969 --> 00:04:49,723 So, um, we made the really hard decision to put him down. 113 00:04:49,806 --> 00:04:51,516 (moose moaning) 114 00:04:53,018 --> 00:04:55,437 NARRATOR: Now, all eyes are on Clark. 115 00:04:55,979 --> 00:04:58,607 DR. OAKLEY: Clark, he was actually never as bad as Denali, 116 00:04:58,690 --> 00:05:02,152 but then he's continued to have this bit of a drippy nose and, 117 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:03,945 and a cough for a while. 118 00:05:04,571 --> 00:05:07,490 NARRATOR: Today, Michelle's back to make sure he doesn't suffer 119 00:05:07,574 --> 00:05:09,868 the same fate as his pen mate. 120 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:14,039 Along to help, veterinary pathologist, Dr. Kathy Burek, 121 00:05:14,122 --> 00:05:16,416 who performed Denali's autopsy. 122 00:05:17,167 --> 00:05:18,960 DR. KATHY BUREK: So, what we found on Denali 123 00:05:19,044 --> 00:05:21,504 is that his lungs were in very bad shape. 124 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:25,592 Uh, a lot of the lungs were atelectatic, which means they were collapsed. 125 00:05:25,675 --> 00:05:28,762 And there were multiple abscesses in the lungs. 126 00:05:28,845 --> 00:05:31,306 DR. OAKLEY: He's definitely not as thin as Denali. For sure. 127 00:05:31,389 --> 00:05:33,892 NARRATOR: The team will collect blood and examine Clark 128 00:05:33,975 --> 00:05:36,937 to compare his symptoms to Denali's. 129 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:38,313 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Can I go in there? 130 00:05:38,396 --> 00:05:40,023 -SARAH HOWARD: Yeah. -DR. OAKLEY: Not gonna charge me, is he? 131 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:43,026 SARAH: I'll bring some, like, a piece of browse so he doesn't eat too much. 132 00:05:43,109 --> 00:05:44,694 I can put it in that corner and then you can come in over here. 133 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,738 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. All right. 134 00:05:46,821 --> 00:05:50,784 NARRATOR: Getting hands on with a 400-pound animal, especially this one, 135 00:05:50,867 --> 00:05:52,118 will require anesthesia. 136 00:05:52,202 --> 00:05:53,495 -DR. OAKLEY: Whoa. -SARAH: No kicking. No kicking. 137 00:05:53,578 --> 00:05:54,788 DR. OAKLEY: He doesn't like me. 138 00:05:54,871 --> 00:05:57,540 SARAH: Out of all the bull moose currently at AWCC, 139 00:05:57,624 --> 00:05:59,626 Clark is the most stubborn moose we have. 140 00:05:59,709 --> 00:06:01,294 He certainly holds grudges. 141 00:06:01,378 --> 00:06:03,421 And if you're new he definitely picks on people. 142 00:06:03,505 --> 00:06:05,548 DR. OAKLEY: Look at how angry he is, Sarah. 143 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:07,592 What have you been doing to him? He's mad. 144 00:06:07,676 --> 00:06:10,929 -SARAH: It's my blue coat. -DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Get ready to run. 145 00:06:13,848 --> 00:06:17,060 -NARRATOR: A direct hit. -DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. He's mad. 146 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:19,980 So right hind at, I don't know what time it is. 147 00:06:20,730 --> 00:06:22,440 DR. BUREK: He's looking like he's practically sleeping on his feet, huh? 148 00:06:22,524 --> 00:06:23,900 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 149 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:26,486 NARRATOR: Within minutes, the anesthesia kicks in. 150 00:06:28,029 --> 00:06:29,239 SARAH: He's droopy. 151 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:32,283 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah, there he goes. He's down. 152 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:33,660 -SARAH (off screen): Good boy. -DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Okay. 153 00:06:33,743 --> 00:06:34,953 Where's that blindfold at? 154 00:06:35,036 --> 00:06:35,954 DR. OAKLEY: Just wait a second. 155 00:06:36,538 --> 00:06:39,833 The first thing I do actually is, once he has a blindfold on, 156 00:06:39,916 --> 00:06:41,876 I pull out his tongue and that opens his airway. 157 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,003 And then I can see his color 158 00:06:43,086 --> 00:06:45,171 and I can check to make sure that it's nice and pink, 159 00:06:45,255 --> 00:06:46,965 and that the refill is quick. 160 00:06:47,048 --> 00:06:49,843 NARRATOR: A nasal tube supplies Clark with enough oxygen 161 00:06:49,926 --> 00:06:51,886 to support him throughout the procedure. 162 00:06:52,971 --> 00:06:55,348 DR. OAKLEY: When they get so out under the anesthesia, 163 00:06:55,432 --> 00:06:58,101 their oxygen drops really low, and they can almost be, 164 00:06:58,184 --> 00:07:00,228 like, so low that they would pass out. 165 00:07:00,311 --> 00:07:02,355 But we wouldn't notice it because they're under anesthesia. 166 00:07:02,439 --> 00:07:04,649 So, the oxygen's really important to make 167 00:07:04,733 --> 00:07:06,818 their recovery better and to keep them safe. 168 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:10,822 So you guys can, you can come in and wanna have a listen to his chest and stuff? 169 00:07:11,865 --> 00:07:13,033 Okay. 170 00:07:13,116 --> 00:07:14,826 NARRATOR: If Clark's lungs are healthy, 171 00:07:14,909 --> 00:07:17,454 Michelle should hear the sound of flowing air. 172 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:22,375 If not, he could be heading down the same deadly path as Denali. 173 00:07:22,459 --> 00:07:24,669 DR. OAKLEY: His lungs are kind of quiet. 174 00:07:24,753 --> 00:07:26,254 Especially down low. 175 00:07:27,172 --> 00:07:30,925 As I'm examining Clark, I'm listening to his lungs. 176 00:07:31,342 --> 00:07:33,636 On the left side, I'm hearing very little air movement. 177 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,221 Can I try that one? 178 00:07:35,305 --> 00:07:38,975 I've switched stethoscopes and I'm, like, straining 179 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:41,269 and, like, desperately hoping I can hear things. 180 00:07:41,352 --> 00:07:42,771 Like, okay, must just be my ears. 181 00:07:42,854 --> 00:07:45,398 And then I go over on the right side and oh, yeah, I hear the movement of the air. 182 00:07:45,482 --> 00:07:46,941 I can hear normal lung sounds. 183 00:07:48,818 --> 00:07:50,945 There's a big difference, right to left. 184 00:07:51,029 --> 00:07:52,530 TRACY: His respiratory rate is coming down. 185 00:07:52,614 --> 00:07:53,865 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah. What's his heart rate? 186 00:07:53,948 --> 00:07:55,200 TRACY (off screen): Thirty-seven. 187 00:07:55,283 --> 00:07:56,618 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Have a listen and see what you think, 188 00:07:56,701 --> 00:07:58,787 -and I'll start getting blood samples. -DR. BUREK (off screen): Yup. 189 00:07:59,162 --> 00:08:02,665 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): We learned on the last moose that the lungs were so bad. 190 00:08:02,749 --> 00:08:07,295 They were so collapsed, and adhese, and they were full of abscesses. 191 00:08:07,378 --> 00:08:08,546 And that we couldn't see them, 192 00:08:08,630 --> 00:08:10,507 but we could hear something didn't sound right. 193 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:14,427 And no treatment that we could do was gonna save Denali. 194 00:08:14,511 --> 00:08:16,638 But for this guy, we're kinda wondering the same thing. 195 00:08:16,721 --> 00:08:18,848 Like, he might not be as bad, but if his lungs are that bad, 196 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:20,683 he will continue to go downhill. 197 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:23,269 DR. BUREK: I was hearing nothing down the left cranial. 198 00:08:23,353 --> 00:08:24,479 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Dang it. 199 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:30,110 NARRATOR: Dr. Burek confirms Clark's left lung may have already collapsed. 200 00:08:30,193 --> 00:08:31,945 DR. BUREK: I was hoping I was wrong. 201 00:08:32,570 --> 00:08:33,988 NARRATOR: Time is running out. 202 00:08:34,989 --> 00:08:37,117 DR. OAKLEY: Do you wanna just hand me another 20-mill syringe Tracy? 203 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,244 And you can just pop the tops off. 204 00:08:39,327 --> 00:08:42,080 We need to get as many samples as we can 205 00:08:42,163 --> 00:08:44,582 and send the samples to several different labs. 206 00:08:44,666 --> 00:08:46,876 Here's another one that's ready. 207 00:08:47,335 --> 00:08:49,254 It's great to get Dr. Burek here today. 208 00:08:49,337 --> 00:08:51,756 I mean, not only can she give us all her expertise here in the field, 209 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,175 but she can take the samples back and make sure they're properly handled 210 00:08:54,259 --> 00:08:57,554 and then she's gonna look microscopically to try and see the problem. 211 00:08:57,637 --> 00:09:00,765 There's all different kinds of things that she can do that can try and identify 212 00:09:00,849 --> 00:09:03,434 exactly what type of disease process is at play. 213 00:09:03,518 --> 00:09:07,772 So, we can tailor our treatment and, and hopefully save Clark. 214 00:09:07,856 --> 00:09:10,316 -Do you need anymore? -DR. BUREK: I think we're gonna be okay. 215 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,442 DR. OAKLEY: Awesome. 216 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:14,612 NARRATOR: To give Clark every advantage possible, 217 00:09:14,988 --> 00:09:18,283 Michelle administers vaccinations and an antibiotic. 218 00:09:19,367 --> 00:09:21,661 DR. OAKLEY: Tracy, the vaccine's going left, high and low. 219 00:09:21,744 --> 00:09:22,662 TRACY: Okay. 220 00:09:22,745 --> 00:09:25,039 DR. OAKLEY: We're giving him a vaccine for clostridial diseases, 221 00:09:25,123 --> 00:09:27,083 which is a nasty bacteria that can cause tetanus. 222 00:09:27,167 --> 00:09:30,503 I'm gonna give him a selenium injection 'cause they have been low in selenium, 223 00:09:30,587 --> 00:09:31,796 vitamin E selenium. 224 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,506 Um, he's also getting a dewormer. 225 00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:35,717 Okay. I think we're ready to reverse him. 226 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,803 Everyone can scoot. Did you get this? 227 00:09:38,887 --> 00:09:42,098 NARRATOR: One final injection will counteract Clark's anesthesia, 228 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:44,684 so he can safely regain consciousness. 229 00:09:44,767 --> 00:09:48,646 DR. OAKLEY: Knowing how we just couldn't save Denali, 230 00:09:48,730 --> 00:09:51,149 we're, we're definitely all on edge. 231 00:09:51,649 --> 00:09:53,902 Okey-dokey. There we go. 232 00:09:53,985 --> 00:09:55,111 And if we're finding that, you know, 233 00:09:55,195 --> 00:09:57,363 similar results on both of the animals' samples, 234 00:09:57,447 --> 00:10:00,033 then we might have to consider putting him down. 235 00:10:05,371 --> 00:10:08,833 NARRATOR: A medical mystery has already claimed the life of one moose. 236 00:10:08,917 --> 00:10:11,836 Now, Clark is showing the same deadly signs. 237 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,254 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Ooh, there he goes. 238 00:10:13,338 --> 00:10:16,132 He's just moving his head, pulling his tongue back in his mouth. 239 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:20,386 He's got his head up now, which is really nice. Awesome. 240 00:10:20,470 --> 00:10:24,057 So he should be up in about 20 minutes to half hour. 241 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:27,268 NARRATOR: As the effects of his anesthesia wear off, 242 00:10:27,352 --> 00:10:29,729 it's a race to find the root cause. 243 00:10:29,812 --> 00:10:32,357 DR. OAKLEY: So, I guess we'll get those samples off from Clark 244 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,108 -and then we'll wait to hear from you. -DR. BUREK: Sounds good. 245 00:10:34,192 --> 00:10:35,902 DR. OAKLEY: Results will start pouring in. 246 00:10:35,985 --> 00:10:37,528 DR. BUREK: Yes. Yeah. 247 00:10:37,612 --> 00:10:40,823 SARAH: My biggest concern with Clark is just to figure out what's really going on. 248 00:10:40,907 --> 00:10:43,701 He's still coughing, he's still got nasal discharge. 249 00:10:43,785 --> 00:10:46,996 So, unfortunately, it's just not looking good for him. 250 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:54,879 NARRATOR: Back home, Michelle is prepping her clinic 251 00:10:54,963 --> 00:10:56,506 for the arrival of an old friend. 252 00:10:56,839 --> 00:10:58,758 DR. OAKLEY: So, we're getting ready for Archer to come in. 253 00:10:58,841 --> 00:11:01,594 Um, it's a big day for him and for everybody. 254 00:11:02,178 --> 00:11:07,267 Archer is finally ready for one of his, well, hopefully, it's his final surgery. 255 00:11:08,142 --> 00:11:12,397 NARRATOR: Four months ago, Archer, a four-year-old greyhound mix, 256 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,525 was severely injured in a tragic house fire. 257 00:11:15,608 --> 00:11:19,696 Roughly half his body was covered in third-degree burns. 258 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:21,614 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer. 259 00:11:21,698 --> 00:11:24,575 NARRATOR: Determined to save his life, Dr. Oakley enlisted 260 00:11:24,659 --> 00:11:28,037 the help of veterinary burn specialist, Dr. Jamie Peyton, 261 00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:31,624 and a revolutionary burn treatment involving fish skins. 262 00:11:31,708 --> 00:11:33,126 DR. OAKLEY: I mean, the coolest. 263 00:11:33,209 --> 00:11:34,961 DR. JAMIE PEYTON (off screen): Yeah, it's definitely the coolest. 264 00:11:35,044 --> 00:11:37,755 NARRATOR: The results were nothing short of miraculous. 265 00:11:37,839 --> 00:11:39,257 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Look at him go. 266 00:11:39,340 --> 00:11:42,552 The good news is, is that his healing has been phenomenal. 267 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:43,511 Good boy. 268 00:11:43,594 --> 00:11:44,846 Let's back up a step. The good news is, 269 00:11:44,929 --> 00:11:46,848 is that Archer is still alive and doing really well. 270 00:11:46,931 --> 00:11:49,392 He's, like, surmounted, um, infections. 271 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:53,062 I mean, all the critical stages of a serious burn from the beginning, 272 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:55,440 and his healing has been amazing. 273 00:11:55,523 --> 00:11:57,191 There he is. 274 00:11:57,275 --> 00:11:58,151 The man of the hour. 275 00:11:58,693 --> 00:12:00,695 Come here, Archer. You're a good boy. 276 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:04,741 NARRATOR: Today, Archer's back, with his owner Cody Fisher, 277 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:07,869 for a problem that's emerged during the healing process. 278 00:12:07,952 --> 00:12:10,663 DR. OAKLEY: Basically, the skin on his head has healed, 279 00:12:10,747 --> 00:12:13,082 like, in terms of the burn tissue was healed. 280 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:16,336 But part of healing is for the skin to kinda pull itself close. 281 00:12:16,419 --> 00:12:20,131 When it does that, it just pulled his eye wide open and he can't blink it anymore, 282 00:12:20,214 --> 00:12:23,092 and that's making it painful for him, and we're gonna fix that. 283 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:27,680 NARRATOR: Not just painful, it leaves Archer's cornea completely exposed, 284 00:12:27,764 --> 00:12:30,641 vulnerable to serious injury and infection. 285 00:12:30,725 --> 00:12:32,101 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Good boy, Archer. 286 00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:35,438 NARRATOR: To help bring Archer much needed relief and save his eye, 287 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:37,732 Michelle once again calls in the experts. 288 00:12:37,815 --> 00:12:39,734 DR. OAKLEY: Well, we have assembled a team of the finest. 289 00:12:39,817 --> 00:12:40,818 CODY FISHER (off screen): It looks like it. 290 00:12:40,902 --> 00:12:44,197 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yes. Of course, you met Dr. Peyton and Dr. Johnson... 291 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:45,156 from the vet school. 292 00:12:45,239 --> 00:12:46,115 DR. ERIC JOHNSON: Nice to see you again, Cody. 293 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:48,076 DR. OAKLEY: When I first had the issues with Archer, 294 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:50,745 I reached out to Dr. Peyton and, I mean, 295 00:12:50,828 --> 00:12:54,123 we basically assembled this dream team to do his initial surgery 296 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:55,666 and put fish skin on him. 297 00:12:55,750 --> 00:13:01,672 This time, if we could even have a better dream team, we've got Dr. Tina Palmieri. 298 00:13:01,756 --> 00:13:03,883 She's actually a human burn specialist, 299 00:13:03,966 --> 00:13:04,967 -Like, surgical specialist. -CODY: Oh, wow. 300 00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:06,677 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah. So we're getting the best. 301 00:13:06,761 --> 00:13:07,678 CODY: All righty. 302 00:13:07,762 --> 00:13:08,971 We've kinda gotten over the, 303 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:11,766 the few big speed bumps and we're, uh, 304 00:13:11,849 --> 00:13:13,017 kinda in the home stretch here. 305 00:13:13,101 --> 00:13:14,310 -DR. OAKLEY: Okay. -CODY: See you guys. 306 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:17,271 DR. OAKLEY: See you in a bit. Good boy. Okay. Oh, Archer. 307 00:13:17,355 --> 00:13:18,439 DR. TINA PALMIERI (off screen): Oh, okay. 308 00:13:18,523 --> 00:13:21,401 CODY: Archer's getting top of the line treatment with all the best people, 309 00:13:21,484 --> 00:13:24,821 so I got quite a bit of confidence that he's gonna be back at full speed here 310 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:26,656 in the next month or two, I think. 311 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:27,907 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Should we get started? 312 00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:29,534 -DR. JOHNSON (off screen): Let's go. -DR. OAKLEY (off screen): All right. 313 00:13:29,617 --> 00:13:31,244 Get all your stuff off. 314 00:13:31,327 --> 00:13:35,456 NARRATOR: Michelle's priority today will be monitoring Archer's anesthesia. 315 00:13:35,998 --> 00:13:38,835 DR. OAKLEY: Most of the surgeries I do here in this clinic are quite short. 316 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:41,504 But we have a big procedure today for Archer. 317 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:43,464 You know, it's basically plastic surgery. 318 00:13:43,548 --> 00:13:46,509 So, we're gonna have to have some pretty good meds 319 00:13:46,592 --> 00:13:48,428 and some sedation to keep him down. 320 00:13:49,178 --> 00:13:52,056 NARRATOR: She will deliver the anesthesia in multiple steps. 321 00:13:52,140 --> 00:13:56,352 First an injectable sedative, one that's new for Archer. 322 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:58,563 DR. OAKLEY: Sometimes this sedation in particular 323 00:13:58,646 --> 00:14:01,399 can cause a little bit of excitement, but. 324 00:14:01,482 --> 00:14:03,025 DR. OAKLEY: Let's see how he does. 325 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:07,029 Good boy. 326 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:10,032 WOMAN: It's okay. Oops, sorry buddy. 327 00:14:10,116 --> 00:14:13,953 DR. OAKLEY: Things look weird, don't they? It's okay, buddy. 328 00:14:14,537 --> 00:14:18,875 It's a different one than we've used before, huh? It's a little funny. 329 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:21,878 So, we gave him his pre-med, like, his, his bit of sedation. 330 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:22,879 Good boy. 331 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:24,297 DR. JOHNSON (off screen): You're okay, Archie. 332 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:26,007 DR. OAKLEY: And he's going through a bit of an excitement phase. 333 00:14:26,090 --> 00:14:27,049 (Archer whining) 334 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:31,846 It looks like he's worked up, but it's really just a physiological reaction 335 00:14:31,929 --> 00:14:33,681 to this drug in particular. 336 00:14:33,764 --> 00:14:34,807 DR. PEYTON (off screen): It's okay. You're okay. 337 00:14:34,891 --> 00:14:36,309 DR. OAKLEY: It's not dangerous for him. 338 00:14:36,392 --> 00:14:38,811 It's actually one of the safest drugs we can use. 339 00:14:38,895 --> 00:14:41,898 DR. PALMIERI: You are going to get the best sleepy medicine ever. 340 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:45,026 DR. OAKLEY: But what we can do for that is just hold him, calm him. 341 00:14:45,109 --> 00:14:47,737 You know, reassure him until we can get a catheter in. 342 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:52,033 And then the next step of sedation drugs will just take all that excitement away, 343 00:14:52,116 --> 00:14:53,659 and then we can get started on the procedure. 344 00:14:53,743 --> 00:14:55,995 DR. PEYTON (off screen): Yeah, we'll, we'll clean it up later. 345 00:14:57,038 --> 00:14:58,915 -Here we go. -DR. PALMIERI (off screen): All righty. 346 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,709 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): So, we're about to put our masks on, scrub up, 347 00:15:01,792 --> 00:15:03,294 and start getting down to business. 348 00:15:03,377 --> 00:15:06,380 NARRATOR: There's one extra challenge for the doctors today. 349 00:15:06,464 --> 00:15:08,174 DR. OAKLEY: Ooh. Is it warm in here? 350 00:15:08,257 --> 00:15:12,803 Our biggest issue last time with Archer when we had the long procedure of putting 351 00:15:12,887 --> 00:15:16,933 on the fish skin was how hypothermic, like, how cold he kept getting. 352 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:18,392 WOMAN (off screen): Yeah. Um, so he's starting to cool down. 353 00:15:18,476 --> 00:15:19,852 He's down to 37.5. 354 00:15:19,936 --> 00:15:21,020 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Oh, boy. 355 00:15:21,103 --> 00:15:25,399 It was scary so, this procedure today could even be longer and, um, 356 00:15:25,483 --> 00:15:27,109 we're gonna need to keep the room hot. 357 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:30,363 I mean, it's all about Archer but, ooh. 358 00:15:30,446 --> 00:15:32,657 DR. PALMIERI: Can we get that 15-scalpel blade? 359 00:15:32,740 --> 00:15:36,077 NARRATOR: The stage is set and the long-awaited surgery on Archer's eyelid 360 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,703 can finally begin. 361 00:15:37,787 --> 00:15:40,665 DR. PALMIERI: What I'm gonna do is put what I call a stay stitch. 362 00:15:40,748 --> 00:15:43,793 Just to hold it so we, it'll hold our incisions still 363 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:44,919 and give me something to pull. 364 00:15:45,002 --> 00:15:47,755 DR. OAKLEY: So, the surgery today is we're just gonna do a cut right along, 365 00:15:47,838 --> 00:15:49,882 kind of, above where his brow line would be. 366 00:15:49,966 --> 00:15:51,592 DR. PALMIERI (off screen): So, what we're gonna do is we're gonna actually 367 00:15:51,676 --> 00:15:53,219 make the incision here. 368 00:15:53,302 --> 00:15:55,513 DR. OAKLEY: Just doing that cut is gonna open up and release the tension. 369 00:15:55,596 --> 00:15:58,641 DR. PALMIERI: But notice what's happening to the eyelid. It is going down. 370 00:15:58,724 --> 00:15:59,976 -As I'm cutting it. -DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah. 371 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:02,353 Oh, Archer, I'm so excited for you, buddy. 372 00:16:02,770 --> 00:16:06,732 DR. PALMIERI: We all have a blink reflex which is why you don't see this a lot. 373 00:16:06,816 --> 00:16:08,901 NARRATOR: A second incision across the bottom lid 374 00:16:08,985 --> 00:16:11,529 will allow Archer's eye to close completely. 375 00:16:11,612 --> 00:16:15,116 DR. PALMIERI: So now you can see, if we do this, his eyelid closes. 376 00:16:15,449 --> 00:16:16,993 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Nice. Look at that. 377 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:18,160 DR. PALMIERI (off screen): Where his eye wouldn't close at the beginning. 378 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:19,579 -DR. OAKLEY: Love it. -DR. PALMIERI: I think we're good. 379 00:16:19,662 --> 00:16:23,040 DR. OAKLEY: Aw, man. That is so nice to see his eyes close. 380 00:16:23,124 --> 00:16:26,002 -That eye had to be super uncomfortable. -DR. PALMIERI (off screen): Yeah. 381 00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:28,087 NARRATOR: It's what the team has been waiting for. 382 00:16:28,170 --> 00:16:30,089 But this is just phase one. 383 00:16:30,172 --> 00:16:32,341 DR. OAKLEY: Now, we have this great big defect, an opening there. 384 00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:33,926 And instead of trying to close it 385 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:36,762 we're gonna take tissue from his neck and just plant it in there 386 00:16:36,846 --> 00:16:37,930 so that his eye can blink. 387 00:16:38,014 --> 00:16:40,308 DR. PALMIERI: So, now we need to measure. 388 00:16:40,391 --> 00:16:43,978 NARRATOR: To ensure they remove enough tissue from Archer's neck for the graft, 389 00:16:44,061 --> 00:16:47,398 Dr. Palmieri takes an imprint of the surgical site. 390 00:16:47,481 --> 00:16:48,441 DR. PALMIERI: So, you can see. 391 00:16:48,524 --> 00:16:49,900 -DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Oh, cute. -DR. PALMIERI: Perfect imprint, okay? 392 00:16:49,984 --> 00:16:50,985 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Kiss. It's like a little kiss. 393 00:16:51,068 --> 00:16:54,739 DR. PALMIERI: That's the upper lid, and we obviously need a piece big enough for both 394 00:16:54,822 --> 00:16:56,991 so make sure you touch the whole thing. 395 00:16:57,074 --> 00:16:57,950 -DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Nice. -DR. PALMIERI: Okay. 396 00:16:58,367 --> 00:17:01,996 DR. OAKLEY: So, um, Dr. Palmieri measured the size of the defect 397 00:17:02,079 --> 00:17:03,331 and we've drawn it out. 398 00:17:03,664 --> 00:17:06,709 So, we're just about to take that piece of skin, cut it in half, 399 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,919 and then plant it into the defect area. 400 00:17:09,712 --> 00:17:12,214 There's a lot of little tricky tricks to making a graft work. 401 00:17:12,298 --> 00:17:15,009 You know, just measuring the graft understanding that when you go harvest 402 00:17:15,092 --> 00:17:16,636 the graft from a different part of the body, 403 00:17:16,719 --> 00:17:18,304 that that tissue's gonna shrink. 404 00:17:18,387 --> 00:17:20,848 Knowing that you have to take all the fat and tissue. 405 00:17:20,931 --> 00:17:23,684 Like, literally have nothing left on there but skin. 406 00:17:23,768 --> 00:17:26,020 Oh, so you're really just taking the top layer. 407 00:17:26,103 --> 00:17:27,438 DR. PALMIERI: I'm just, just the top layer. 408 00:17:27,521 --> 00:17:29,023 DR. OAKLEY: You don't want any of the subq going with it. 409 00:17:29,106 --> 00:17:31,108 There's a lot of little things that you need to do 410 00:17:31,192 --> 00:17:33,319 to make sure that graft is gonna be successful. 411 00:17:33,402 --> 00:17:34,862 Otherwise, it, it's all for nothing. 412 00:17:34,945 --> 00:17:36,197 DR. PALMIERI: We're almost at the backend. 413 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,074 So just connect the dots on the skin. 414 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,200 -DR. OAKLEY: Like that. -DR. PALMIERI: Yeah. 415 00:17:40,076 --> 00:17:42,286 NARRATOR: Before the team can finish the task at hand, 416 00:17:42,370 --> 00:17:44,538 Michelle makes a critical discovery. 417 00:17:44,914 --> 00:17:46,999 DR. OAKLEY: Ooh, our oxygen is almost out. 418 00:17:49,085 --> 00:17:50,670 I just feel like this is leaking. 419 00:17:50,753 --> 00:17:54,256 I just looked at it, like, like not that long ago and it was at the 500, 420 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:56,217 and then when I looked back, it was all the way done. 421 00:17:56,300 --> 00:18:00,596 NARRATOR: Under anesthesia, Archer can't regulate his own breathing. 422 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,598 The situation is dire. 423 00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:06,435 DR. OAKLEY: I mean, when that oxygen is out, we've gotta replace it right away. 424 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:09,855 It just went out. Okay. We need another tank. 425 00:18:09,939 --> 00:18:12,149 Not only is he not getting oxygen piped in, 426 00:18:12,233 --> 00:18:13,901 he's also not getting any drugs to sedate him, 427 00:18:13,984 --> 00:18:15,069 and he could wake up. 428 00:18:15,152 --> 00:18:16,404 DR. PALMIERI: Is he okay? The stats are (inaudible) 429 00:18:16,487 --> 00:18:17,780 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Yeah, his stats are great. 430 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:19,031 It's just happened, so. 431 00:18:19,824 --> 00:18:22,243 NARRATOR: The defective tank is quickly swapped out. 432 00:18:22,326 --> 00:18:24,620 DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Do you see it lined up in there? Yeah. 433 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:27,581 There we go. And we're back. 434 00:18:27,665 --> 00:18:28,874 DR. PEYTON (off screen): And we're back. 435 00:18:28,958 --> 00:18:31,877 NARRATOR: With crisis averted, it's back to business, 436 00:18:31,961 --> 00:18:34,922 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.