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DR OAKLEY: Wah!
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(laughter)
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NARRATOR:
It's a busy spring day at
Dr. Michelle Oakley's clinic.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): It's
hysterical, they just drag roll.
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They will jump. Okay, guys.
Come on down, one at a time.
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NARRATOR: The office isn't
open yet, so she's taking care
of some family business first.
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DR OAKLEY: My girl Bindi.
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She had eight puppies.
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NARRATOR: Before the pups can
go to their forever homes,
they need one more exam and a
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little TLC.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
The eight puppies are
getting their first vaccines.
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They're just over six weeks
old now. So, it is time.
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It's time, you little babies.
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Look at that little
pink spot on his nose.
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You're so beautiful.
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A little poke.
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Oh, oh, what?
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All done! All done!
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NARRATOR: The bouncing babies
are off to their new homes!
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Next, a more mature patient
makes her way into the clinic.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
So, Tony is bringing his older
cat in, like, he's quite old,
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a and I don't mean
Tony, I mean the cat.
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He's been having some issues.
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I think he had some seizuring.
Hey, Tony, come on in.
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TONY: How you doing?
DR OAKLEY: Good, how are you?
TONY: I'm doing good.
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DR OAKLEY: Good.
And how is Harri?
This is Harri, right?
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TONY: This is Harri.
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Harri's just part
of the family.
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Got her when she was really
small, about six weeks old,
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and she's just like
one of the kids basically.
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DR OAKLEY: Hi, how are you?
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And so, how old is she?
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TONY: She's 20.
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This fall she'll be 20.
Harri is a unique cat.
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I let her ride in
the truck with me.
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Pretty much takes
in the scenery just
like the rest of us.
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DR OAKLEY: Has she
used up any of her nine
lives in her 20 years?
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TONY: Um, one time.
DR OAKLEY: Oh, really?
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TONY: Snatched a T-bone
off the countertop before
I got it cooked and that was,
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that was pretty much, it
was, it was almost the end,
but I changed my mind, so.
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DR OAKLEY: She's got some
expensive taste, I'm impressed.
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TONY: Yes, she does.
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DR OAKLEY: I think you were
telling me before that she was
maybe having some issues with
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seizures, you thought?
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TONY: Seizures, yeah.
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
What did you see exactly?
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TONY (off-screen): Starting
in 2017 she had the first one.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay.
TONY: And, um,
they took a look at her,
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they couldn't find anything.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Okay. How long did the
seizure last that first time?
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TONY: I don't think
they go over a minute.
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DR OAKLEY: Okay.
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There's a lot of different
things that can cause
seizures in cats in general,
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but it's definitely worth
looking early on, because if
they start to increase in
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frequency, then we wanna
slow that down, because it
can be really hard on them.
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NARRATOR: Repeated
seizures can weaken animals
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and may even cause
permanent brain damage.
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TONY (off-screen): It'd be
really terrible for us to have
to let Harri go at this point.
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We just want to provide her
with the best life we can for
whatever years she's got left.
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DR OAKLEY: So I'm gonna have,
just go ahead, give her a good
physical, okay, and then, um,
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we'll see what we find.
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When's the last time she had
a seizure, that you noticed?
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TONY: About a week,
ten days ago, I would say.
DR OAKLEY: Okay.
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Harri is definitely having
more than one seizure a month.
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So, I'm just gonna
feel her thyroid.
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If that's what he's seeing
then there's probably
two or three a month.
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You know, it's just,
he won't be able to
see Harri all the time.
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TONY: Yeah.
DR OAKLEY: That's the thing, is
like they could be having them
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during the day
or during the night.
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One thing I would
recommend is that we get
a blood sample and send it in
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and check in on things.
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If there's anything to do with
sort of her inner metabolism
that's setting them off.
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Seizures that just show up as
the cats get older, it can be
something like her glucose in
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her body is too low.
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Her liver, it may
not be getting rid
of toxins very well.
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So, we can check
and look for those, all those
things and see what we can do
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to keep her going.
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NARRATOR: A blood sample may
be key to Harri's diagnosis,
but obtaining that sample will
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be no walk in the park.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
She won't like it,
for the blood sample.
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TONY (off-screen):
Yeah, but that's okay.
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When she gets aggravated,
you know, it's like
anything else, you know.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah.
TONY: So.
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DR OAKLEY: Are you warning me?
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Getting blood samples
from older cats can be tricky,
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especially if
they're dehydrated.
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Their skin can be thick.
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And it's, it
definitely takes two.
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NARRATOR: The vet tech's
shift hasn't started,
so Tony will pinch hit
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to help get the job done.
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DR OAKLEY: We could
try with you holding
her right now actually.
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And if, the only, the only
thing is it's tricky to hold
them in the right position.
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TONY: Right.
DR OAKLEY: But I'll
let you try. Okay?
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TONY: Okay.
And I'm horribly allergic.
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DR OAKLEY: What?
TONY: Oh, yeah.
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DR OAKLEY: You're
allergic to her?
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TONY: I'm gonna have
to go home and wash
my hands and face.
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DR OAKLEY: Okay, should I
get the Benadryl on standby?
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TONY: No, no, I
got that already.
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DR OAKLEY: Okay. Oh,
you took it before you came?
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TONY: Yeah, I took Benadryl
before I come, because
I gotta handle her so much.
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DR OAKLEY: You can
tell he loves that cat.
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I mean, he's allergic to cats!
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You know, and he's
like, that's okay.
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Are you sure you're
good with stirring up
more cat hair and stuff?
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TONY: Sure. Yup.
DR OAKLEY: Okay.
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TONY: Yeah, I've got lots of
the inhaler left, I'm good.
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DR OAKLEY: Okay, good.
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When we love another
little creature, you know,
we're willing to have some
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compromises for sure.
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If you could come, like,
towards the end of the table
and put a finger between those
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toes, so you can.
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TONY (off-screen):
Easy, sweetie pie.
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DR OAKLEY: It's
okay, sweetheart.
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TONY (off-screen):
I know, sweetie.
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DR OAKLEY: Oop, hold still.
TONY (off-screen): I know.
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Nope. Ow! Easy!
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DR OAKLEY: Nope, too much.
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The more Tony is trying
to restrain her, the more
of her hair and fluff
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that's getting in the air.
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(coughs)
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There, there is
definitely medication
that we can give cats.
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Oh, uh-oh.
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TONY: No, I'm all good.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay.
So, he needs his inhaler now.
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It's definitely
not working out.
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Oh, man, that's so sad!
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NARRATOR: Not a moment too
soon, Michelle's trusted vet
tech Nicole Holm arrives.
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DR OAKLEY: Hello!
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Welcome. Good timing.
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We're just gonna try and get
blood from this sweet old biddy,
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and I said you
were the best, so.
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(laughs)
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NICOLE: Oh, honey bunny.
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DR OAKLEY: Nicole is
a good cat wrangler.
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Do you wanna poke, or
do you want me to poke?
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NICOLE: I can hold,
if you wanna poke.
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DR OAKLEY: Yeah,
I'll poke first, then if I
don't get it, you can try.
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NICOLE: Look at you,
just back clear away.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah.
NICOLE (off-screen): Uh-huh.
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DR OAKLEY: She's really good
at working with the patients.
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So, let's put these on,
'cause these I know.
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She is invaluable when
it comes to getting
a tricky sample done.
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NICOLE (off-screen): Hold still.
DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Nope.
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No, but it's okay.
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We're right there,
we're right there.
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NICOLE: Go tell your
mommy all about it.
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DR OAKLEY: Nicole steps
up and it's always
like, boom, you know?
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It's partly that we work
together so much, but it's
partly because she just knows
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exactly how to hold
them and restrain them
in just the right spot.
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Okay.
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Now she gets lots of love.
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Poor old thing, go see
your, go see your dad.
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Thank you, Nicole.
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NICOLE (off-screen): Yep.
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NARRATOR: Within a few
days, Michelle should have
lab results back for Harri.
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DR OAKLEY: If she starts to
have any difference in her
seizures, then let me know,
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'cause we can certainly
help calm that down.
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TONY: Okay. Okay.
DR OAKLEY: You know, we can
give valium-type medication.
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If that becomes
necessary, we can help
you out with that, okay?
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TONY: Okay, perfect.
Thank you so much.
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DR OAKLEY: Thank you, Tony.
TONY: You bet.
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DR OAKLEY: It's always
great to see you!
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TONY: You betcha.
Always good to see you, too.
DR OAKLEY: Alright.
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NARRATOR: Nicole's
not only Dr. Oakley's
colleague and friend.
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DR OAKLEY: Nicole's dog.
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NARRATOR: She's also doggie
grandma to the next patient.
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DR OAKLEY: Actually, I
think it's your son's dog.
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NICOLE: She's, she
really is Corbin's dog.
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We're going to have Zoey,
our little French bulldog,
and my oldest son Corbin
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coming in today.
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Zoey! Hi, pig.
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CORBIN: We brought Zoey to
Dr. Oakley because she has a
weird, like, neck lump on her,
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and then there's one on
her front left leg as well.
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DR OAKLEY: Oh, my gosh.
There's the cutest
little potbelly pig.
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NICOLE: Hi, piggy.
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DR OAKLEY: Is that a dog
or is that a potbelly pig?
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Oh, Zoey, I'm only kidding!
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What? We're friends.
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NICOLE: She's like,
"We are not friends."
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DR OAKLEY: We
are so friends.
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Zoey has a cyst on her
back kind of in between
her shoulder blades.
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It's literally just a sac
of either pus or fluid.
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Okay, let's turn you
this way a little bit.
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Look at that face!
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We've drained it once,
and we're hoping that
it would just close up,
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but like a lot of
cysts do, it came back.
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Zoey! That is way bigger.
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NICOLE: Yeah.
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It kind of came
back with a vengeance.
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DR OAKLEY: If you don't
remove the whole lining of
it, they tend to, to refill.
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So we need to take the whole
sac of the cyst out this time.
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We're going big or going home.
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This is your spring haircut.
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CORBIN (off-screen):
She's never going to
trust any of you ever again.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): I know.
I'm so sorry about that haircut.
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The plan is I'm going
to put a little bit of
scrub-a-dub in there,
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and then I'm gonna put a big
needle to try and just drain
it, and if I can shrink it,
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that'll also make it a little
bit easier for me to remove.
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Okay. Ready?
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NICOLE: Alright. Here we go.
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NARRATOR: The needle will
act as a pressure release
valve, to drain fluid.
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DR OAKLEY: Ooh! Ooh!
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NARRATOR: But what
comes out is unexpected.
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CORBIN (off-screen): Ewww.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Oh, dude.
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(laughing)
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As I'm draining the cyst,
there's blood spurting out.
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This is like geyser town.
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CORBIN (off-screen): Ugh.
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DR OAKLEY: It's
still just. Ew! Ew!
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CORBIN: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: The lump is fully
drained and ready for removal.
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DR OAKLEY: Actually, Corbin,
would you get some gloves on?
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'Cause I might need your
mom to do other stuff.
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NICOLE: So you get
to hold. Box, right.
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CORBIN: What?
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NICOLE: Corbin has never
been a part of surgery or
medical anything before.
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It is not his,
his forte at all.
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DR OAKLEY: This is
basically what you're
going to be doing is
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keeping that
stretched for me.
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CORBIN: My one job is the
official wrinkle-holder-backer
for the dog.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Corbin's gonna kinda
keep some tension there
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so I can see what I'm doing.
Otherwise, her neck is so short.
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Okay. Skin retracted.
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CORBIN (off-screen):
They make forceps for this.
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DR OAKLEY: Hi! Hi!
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So, I'm gonna go there
and a little around.
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NARRATOR: An injection of
local anesthesia, and it's
time for the first cut.
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CORBIN: Ugh.
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DR OAKLEY: If you feel
at all funny, Corbin,
let me know, because.
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NICOLE: Yeah, 'cause I'm not
picking you up off the floor.
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CORBIN: I'm not gonna
faint. It's just gross.
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I'm just stooped over.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Uh-huh.
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CORBIN: This is going in the
bank of repressed memories.
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(laughter)
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DR OAKLEY: You'll be paying
for therapy on this later.
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NICOLE (off-screen): Making sure
you're not passing out on me.
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Seeing all the gunk and
everything was getting
to be a bit much for him.
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DR OAKLEY: Like,
can you grab a chair and
just put it behind him
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just in case? Awesome.
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NICOLE: I think it's an
eye-opener for Corbin to
really see what we do.
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Yeah.
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CORBIN (off-screen): It's kind
of like when you stand up too
fast and your head just kind of,
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you start seeing
little black spots.
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I think it's just seeing
all of the mushy bits
inside a living thing.
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DR OAKLEY: Well,
yeah! I love Corbin.
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He's got a lot of spunk.
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CORBIN: It's fine if you don't
look at it, it doesn't exist.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay.
NICOLE (off-screen): Okay.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): He's got
just the right amount of sass,
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until he almost fell
on his, it rhymes with sass.
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CORBIN: Ugh!
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Slow and steady.
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NARRATOR: Michelle makes
headway opening the area.
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DR OAKLEY: Why is
it bleeding so much?
It's really strange.
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NICOLE: I don't know.
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NARRATOR: But there
could be bigger problems.
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DR OAKLEY: This is
really a lot of fresh blood.
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Okay, well, we will proceed
with caution on this.
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So, the more
I'm trying to undermine
the sac and get around it,
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the more it's bleeding.
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And I'm not talking
about a little bit of oozing.
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I mean, this is
becoming hemorrhage.
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Like this is way too
much bleeding for a cyst.
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Like, that's fresh blood.
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This is not expected.
This is something
that looks cancerous.
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I think it's a
tumor, honestly.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): This
is part of the sac, I think.
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NARRATOR: A routine surgery
to remove a cyst from
Zoey, the French bulldog,
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just took a turn.
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DR OAKLEY: Why is it bleeding
so much? It's really strange.
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NICOLE: I don't know.
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DR OAKLEY: It has so much
blood flow, and instantly
I think of tumors that,
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you know, affect
the blood vessels.
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I think what's happening is
there's a little tumor that's
bleeding like stink and it's
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filling up the
capsule around it.
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It's got some depth to
it so that definitely
implies malignancy.
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So, it definitely is one
that needs to be removed.
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NARRATOR: But
removing this tumor will be a
complicated procedure requiring
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a careful game plan.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Good girl.
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NICOLE (off-screen):
It's okay, baby.
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DR OAKLEY: I would like to
take a bit of a biopsy of that
mass if I can do that without
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causing a whole
bunch of more bleeding.
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NICOLE: It's okay.
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DR OAKLEY: Some tumors,
especially ones that bleed a
lot, can spread quite easily,
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they can be in a lot of
parts of her body already.
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We're literally done.
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All I gotta do now
is just suture that.
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So I'm gonna wanna do more
staging before we put her
through a big surgery. Hey.
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NARRATOR: Surgery will
have to wait until the
lab results come in.
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DR OAKLEY: I don't know
what that was, Zoey,
but that was no cyst.
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NARRATOR: There's
still one more lump for
Dr. Oakley to examine.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
And now, she has a very
similar mass right here.
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It feels kind of like
the one that's in there.
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So, we're just gonna
do a biopsy of this one.
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We've done a local,
we've cleaned it.
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Now, I'm just gonna take
a little sample in there.
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She clearly can't feel
that, which is great.
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So now I just take
that out of there.
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NICOLE: It's like a little
core sample in there.
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DR OAKLEY: Other one's
gonna bleed a lot, too.
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I think they're the
same kind of thing.
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It's possible that the
mass on her leg has spread
from the one on her back.
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So, we're definitely
gonna want to get
all of these samples in
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to get them looked at.
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So then we will put this
little core sample into there.
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NICOLE: Zoey, um, is
definitely Corbin's buddy.
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He leaves for
college this fall.
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So, I really, really want to
be able to keep her healthy.
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It would be really hard for
him to get news that she
passed away or that she's
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gotten sicker while he's gone.
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DR OAKLEY: Darn, I was hoping
that you just had a cyst that
we could just assist with.
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There's a little bit more
pressure when you're helping
out a friend and a colleague
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who's helped me
countless times.
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So, I want to make sure
we do what we can for Zoey,
and I want to make sure
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we do it right.
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NARRATOR: Michelle places a
rush on Zoey's samples, hoping
to have intel by week's end.
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Next, she's off to
the Alaska Wildlife
Conservation Center.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Well, it's perfect
weather for reindeer work.
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SARAH (off-screen): Yeah!
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NARRATOR: Where
a two-year-old reindeer
has a peculiar problem.
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DR OAKLEY: Hi, gang!
So, who is this one?
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SARAH (off-screen):
Uh, this is Neville.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Neville! Right.
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SARAH (off-screen):
He's our steer.
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Neville currently has his
old antlers from last year,
still on top of his head while
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he is growing his
new antlers underneath.
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DR OAKLEY: So last year,
he would have gone through
an antler cycle, and they,
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this is the
first antler cycle?
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SARAH: This is the
first antler cycle since
he's been castrated.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Since
he's been castrated. Okay.
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As the antler basically dies
each year, it turns into solid
hard bone and then it gets,
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it just through hormone
cycles, it should just
naturally come off after a
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period of months.
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That didn't happen in
this guy, and it's still
really well attached.
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So, was he castrated as
a baby or an adult or?
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SARAH: He was
castrated at a year old.
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DR OAKLEY: Because he's
a steer, that means
he has no testicles,
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so that means
he's got no major hormones
circulating to kinda get that
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antler cycle going.
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SARAH (off-screen): Yeah.
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DR OAKLEY: Usually
reindeer steers do just fine
being castrated, you know,
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without the hormones.
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But every now and then I
think, you know, you will get
something weird like this.
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That old antler is sticking
out like that, sometimes
they'll bump and break it.
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And that can be a, a big issue.
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I'm kinda
worried because they're
still so solid in there,
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it could either damage
the base of the pedicle
that's growing or it could
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even crack the skull, so.
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SARAH: Ooh.
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DR OAKLEY: Dude, why aren't
you losing your antler?
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NARRATOR: Today's goal,
get the protrusion
off Neville's skull,
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so he can grow a proper
rack like his penmates.
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DR OAKLEY: Hello, Neville.
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How's it going?
Is that your brother?
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Are you the Neville Brothers?
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Neville is kinda
looking over Chuckles.
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Chuckles is a big,
strong bull and he gets a
ridiculously impressive rack.
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I love how these feel.
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Oh, they're so warm.
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SARAH (off-screen): So warm.
DR OAKLEY: I know. So nice.
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I feel kind of bad
that he's gonna have to
look at that all season.
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But they're buddies,
he'll get over it.
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I'm gonna help you with that
odd thing you got going there.
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SARAH (off-screen):
Come on, Chuck.
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DR OAKLEY: Okay,
let me get some glovies
on and I'll have a feel.
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What we're going to do is
actually remove the old antler
at least as much of it as we
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can get at today.
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NARRATOR: A serrated wire
will quickly get the job done.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
The restraint is going to be
really important here 'cause it
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won't take long,
but I don't want him to poke
somebody in the eye with that.
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SARAH: Shh, I know,
bud, you're gonna hate it.
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DR OAKLEY: No, this
is too dangerous with
Brittany's head there.
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SARAH: Alright,
let me try something.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Okay, let's try that.
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SARAH: Good boy.
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Shh.
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DR OAKLEY: Ahh!
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SARAH: It's alright,
bud, it's okay.
DR OAKLEY: Almost.
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NARRATOR: Neville
feels no pain as wire
cuts through dead bone.
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SARAH: Come on,
bud. It's okay.
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It's alright. Good boy!
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Look how handsome you
are now you got that
weird antler cut off.
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NARRATOR: To get his antler
cycle back on track, Neville's
hormones need regulating.
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DR OAKLEY: I'm going to be
now cleaning off the back of
his ear and putting a little
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hormone implant in there.
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SARAH (off-screen):
You're not gonna like this.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Okay, are you guys ready?
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That's going
to allow his antler to
slowly continue to grow,
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but it's also going to
eventually wear off and shut
that whole cycle down so that
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then he'll shed his
antlers earlier than normal.
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He should be on the road
to, to antler correction.
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You're just gonna
have antler envy.
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No one's going to compare the
lovely rack that Chuckles has.
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SARAH (off-screen): Right?
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NARRATOR: Michelle's
work today isn't done.
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This reindeer has
head-to-toe problems.
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SARAH: Is there anything
you wanted to do about
the hair on the leg?
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Like he licks his legs a lot.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Oh, okay.
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One other thing that
they've noticed with Neville
is that all four of his legs,
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most of the hair has been
like what's called barbered,
or almost chewed down.
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It's very short and even
missing in some spots.
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SARAH (off-screen):
So, I don't know if that's
just from his obsessive licking.
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DR OAKLEY: Yeah,
we wanna do a scrape.
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I've seen that a lot in
other animals, and it often has
to do with a mite infection.
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NARRATOR: Mites dwell
just beneath the
surface of the skin.
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Michelle uses a dulled
razor blade to get
to where they hide.
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DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
You can see I'm not cutting
him, but I am like taking that
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top layer of skin.
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I'm trying to get at
the follicles 'cause that's
where the mites like to hang.
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Sometimes you do your scrape
and you don't find anything.
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It can be nutritional.
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It can even
just be behavioral.
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Sometimes from stress they'll
lick and lick and lick, which
is one of the hardest things
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to, to try and diagnose.
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SARAH: Look at all the team
bonding we're doing right now.
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This is great.
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DR OAKLEY: I'm really actually
hoping we find mites, because
I know what to do with that
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and we can get him
feeling better quick.
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NARRATOR: Now, it's on
to the infirmary to see if
it's a slam dunk diagnosis.
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DR OAKLEY: I'm so excited!
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Don't run with
slides in your hand.
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Cooties!
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Cooties coming, I hope.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Oakley
suspects Neville the reindeer
may be infested with mites.
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DR OAKLEY: Oh, yeah, baby!
430
00:18:27,748 --> 00:18:29,583
I got the mother lode.
431
00:18:29,667 --> 00:18:31,043
The mite mother lode.
432
00:18:31,127 --> 00:18:32,461
So, we found mites.
433
00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:33,796
I love it.
434
00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:36,006
Especially because
that now I know what
I can do to help him.
435
00:18:36,090 --> 00:18:38,175
Look at that, ooh!
436
00:18:38,259 --> 00:18:40,636
Awesome!
437
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,722
And so creepy.
438
00:18:42,805 --> 00:18:47,059
They are chewing and kind
of eating the skin tissue.
439
00:18:47,143 --> 00:18:50,062
So they definitely cause
the animal to be quite itchy.
440
00:18:50,146 --> 00:18:53,441
Now this is like,
dude's got cooties!
441
00:18:53,524 --> 00:18:56,777
Oh, man, that's so cool.
442
00:18:56,861 --> 00:18:59,864
Don't, don't itch me.
443
00:18:59,947 --> 00:19:02,658
They are contagious.
They can spread to other
animals on the property.
444
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,661
You know, there's
two animals in there,
in this pen in particular is
445
00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,496
Chuckles and Neville.
446
00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,165
So we'll have to
treat them both.
447
00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:16,130
I love when I know what it
is and I know how to treat it.
448
00:19:16,213 --> 00:19:19,508
NARRATOR: That treatment
could go beyond reindeer.
449
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:21,469
DR OAKLEY: Oh,
my gosh, Arnold.
450
00:19:21,552 --> 00:19:24,096
NARRATOR: Arnold the moose
may be the next victim.
451
00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:25,723
DR OAKLEY: You don't have
cooties, too, do you?
452
00:19:25,806 --> 00:19:28,851
He's barbering and
chewing at his feet, too.
453
00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:31,979
That's not good.
454
00:19:32,062 --> 00:19:37,151
Good news is, he's got mites,
and I mean he's loaded.
455
00:19:37,234 --> 00:19:39,069
It's gnarly.
456
00:19:39,153 --> 00:19:40,613
SARAH (off-screen): Wow.
DR OAKLEY: They're swimming.
457
00:19:40,696 --> 00:19:44,784
And the bad news is they both
have to be treated, and I see
that Arnold is missing hair
458
00:19:44,867 --> 00:19:46,619
around his feet, too.
459
00:19:46,702 --> 00:19:48,037
SARAH: Should we
treat him, too?
460
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,872
Just since they're all
in the same neighborhood?
461
00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:54,210
DR OAKLEY: The big issue is
that some of the same folks
that are working with the
462
00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:57,296
moose are going over
and working with the
larger pen of reindeer.
463
00:19:57,379 --> 00:20:00,466
You know, both pens
of reindeer are sharing
halters and lead ropes.
464
00:20:00,549 --> 00:20:04,136
What it means is they can
transfer disease or they can
transfer like these mites.
465
00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:07,723
So, the thing
is, these mites can get
carried on our clothing,
466
00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:10,476
they can get carried, they can
come in on like straw and hay.
467
00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:11,936
SARAH: Oh, gnarly.
468
00:20:12,019 --> 00:20:14,605
DR OAKLEY: So, what we're
gonna need to do is start
instituting some really good
469
00:20:14,688 --> 00:20:17,817
biosecurity to try and keep
this mite situation in one pen
470
00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,902
and get rid of
it once and for all.
471
00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:22,488
You need to, like, probably
be changing coveralls.
472
00:20:22,571 --> 00:20:24,073
SARAH: Be super bio-secure.
473
00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:27,952
NARRATOR: Michelle
shows the AWCC staff
how to treat their animals
474
00:20:28,035 --> 00:20:29,745
with medicated injections.
475
00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:32,122
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
And this stuff stings.
You do have to restrain them.
476
00:20:32,206 --> 00:20:34,124
SARAH: Oh, boy.
477
00:20:34,208 --> 00:20:36,210
NARRATOR: This treatment
is not "one and done."
478
00:20:36,293 --> 00:20:37,920
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Mites can be a little stubborn.
479
00:20:38,003 --> 00:20:40,673
They can be hard
to get rid of.
480
00:20:40,756 --> 00:20:43,384
SARAH: Good boy.
No, that's not a good boy!
481
00:20:43,467 --> 00:20:46,971
DR OAKLEY: Even if I kill the
mites that are there right
now, they will have laid eggs.
482
00:20:47,054 --> 00:20:49,223
Okay. We're good. Awesome.
483
00:20:49,306 --> 00:20:51,058
He was a good boy.
484
00:20:51,141 --> 00:20:52,643
SARAH (off-screen): Oh, Neville!
DR OAKLEY: Your turn.
485
00:20:52,726 --> 00:20:55,479
We might have to
do multiple treatments
to try and, you know,
486
00:20:55,563 --> 00:20:57,565
sort of totally
get rid of life cycle.
487
00:20:57,648 --> 00:20:59,024
SARAH (off-screen): Good boy!
488
00:20:59,108 --> 00:21:00,734
DR OAKLEY: Aw,
what a good boy.
489
00:21:00,818 --> 00:21:02,069
SARAH: He did
better than Chuck!
DR OAKLEY: He was.
490
00:21:02,152 --> 00:21:03,737
He's like the star patient.
491
00:21:03,821 --> 00:21:06,782
NARRATOR: Neville should
be parasite-free within
the next couple weeks.
492
00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,951
DR OAKLEY:
So, you don't have kids.
You haven't dealt with lice.
493
00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:11,078
SARAH: I was gonna say,
I've never had lice.
494
00:21:11,161 --> 00:21:13,622
DR OAKLEY: Try three
girls with long hair.
495
00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,416
SARAH: Yikes.
496
00:21:20,629 --> 00:21:23,507
NARRATOR: As a new
day dawns in Haines,
Michelle prepares for
497
00:21:23,591 --> 00:21:25,426
an important follow-up visit.
498
00:21:25,509 --> 00:21:29,638
DR OAKLEY: So, next
we're going to have in
Nicole with her dog, Zoey.
499
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:35,853
When Zoey came in a
few days ago, we thought we
had a simple cyst to remove.
500
00:21:35,936 --> 00:21:37,855
This is part of
the sac, I think.
501
00:21:37,938 --> 00:21:41,525
Then, suddenly, there was a
heck of a lot of blood and
what I could actually feel
502
00:21:41,609 --> 00:21:43,027
was a mass.
503
00:21:43,110 --> 00:21:44,904
I think it's a
tumor, honestly.
504
00:21:44,987 --> 00:21:47,781
And so I'm just worried
that there's maybe
something more going on.
505
00:21:47,865 --> 00:21:51,368
NARRATOR: While
Michelle awaits biopsy
results on the mass,
506
00:21:51,452 --> 00:21:54,788
she's decided to take
matters into her own hands.
507
00:21:54,872 --> 00:21:58,542
DR OAKLEY: Histopathology will
take about a week, so the best
thing we can do right now is
508
00:21:58,626 --> 00:22:01,462
see if it's metastasized
or spread anywhere.
509
00:22:01,545 --> 00:22:02,546
Hello, Nicole!
510
00:22:02,630 --> 00:22:03,547
NICOLE (off-screen):
Hello, hello! Come on, Zoey.
511
00:22:03,631 --> 00:22:06,300
NARRATOR: Detecting malignant
tumors takes a trained eye.
512
00:22:06,383 --> 00:22:08,218
So Michelle's brought in help.
513
00:22:08,302 --> 00:22:10,930
DR OAKLEY: What we're looking
for could be really bad news.
514
00:22:11,013 --> 00:22:12,556
But it's, it's good timing.
515
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:13,891
I've got Dr. Eric here.
516
00:22:13,974 --> 00:22:15,726
Would you like to start
with rads or ultrasound?
517
00:22:15,809 --> 00:22:16,727
DR ERIC: Uh, we can
start with rads first.
518
00:22:16,810 --> 00:22:17,728
DR OAKLEY: Sure. Okay.
519
00:22:17,811 --> 00:22:19,313
DR ERIC: Whatever's
comfortable with
you is fine by me.
520
00:22:19,396 --> 00:22:21,023
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
So, Eric is a radiologist.
521
00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:24,818
He's, um, been
helping us a lot because he
specializes in both, you know,
522
00:22:24,902 --> 00:22:27,821
using x-rays and ultrasound
to try and find masses.
523
00:22:27,905 --> 00:22:32,076
DR ERIC: We'll stage her
chest and her abdomen looking
for any other sorts of masses
524
00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:34,620
which could change the
decision-making process.
525
00:22:34,703 --> 00:22:38,332
DR ERIC (off-screen): What
we're doing with Zoey today
is actually looking at her
526
00:22:38,415 --> 00:22:42,586
individual organs
to get a better idea if
this disease process is focal
527
00:22:42,670 --> 00:22:45,047
or if it's spread
throughout the body.
528
00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:46,340
DR OAKLEY: We can
do the plate, too.
529
00:22:46,423 --> 00:22:48,592
NARRATOR: First, a chest
x-ray to check Zoey's lungs.
530
00:22:48,676 --> 00:22:50,719
DR OAKLEY: There. Oh,
you're just the perfect size.
531
00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:52,638
Look at that!
You fit right on there.
532
00:22:52,721 --> 00:22:56,392
You can pull her in more this
way, I think, right there. Okay.
533
00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:59,311
NICOLE (off-screen):
Nope! I'm holding your foot.
534
00:22:59,395 --> 00:23:02,398
The greatest fear that I have
with these radiographs and
ultrasound is that we're gonna
535
00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:06,527
find tumors inside, that she's
got 'em in her organs or her
lungs and it'll be something
536
00:23:06,610 --> 00:23:08,696
that we won't be able
to do anything about.
537
00:23:08,779 --> 00:23:10,864
DR ERIC (off-screen):
X-ray is coming!
538
00:23:10,948 --> 00:23:13,909
NICOLE: Wee, roll you over.
539
00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:15,369
DR OAKLEY: Oh, my God.
540
00:23:15,452 --> 00:23:16,370
(beep)
541
00:23:16,453 --> 00:23:17,830
Nice!
542
00:23:17,913 --> 00:23:19,707
NICOLE: Such a good girl!
543
00:23:19,790 --> 00:23:21,417
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Poor beauty.
544
00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:26,255
NARRATOR: If masses are
growing inside Zoey's lungs,
her prognosis may be grave.
545
00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:27,965
DR ERIC: So, this
is Zoey on her back.
546
00:23:28,048 --> 00:23:31,885
Um, and so this is her heart
here, and what we're looking
for here in her case in
547
00:23:31,969 --> 00:23:35,347
particular is are there
any nodules or anything
that we can identify,
548
00:23:35,431 --> 00:23:38,851
within her lungs, and we have
three views to look at that.
549
00:23:38,934 --> 00:23:43,147
And all views show very
similar findings which
are basically normal.
550
00:23:43,230 --> 00:23:45,566
DR OAKLEY:
Yay, that's good news!
NICOLE: Awesome, yeah.
551
00:23:45,649 --> 00:23:49,528
NARRATOR: A clear chest
x-ray is promising, but
Zoey faces another hurdle.
552
00:23:49,611 --> 00:23:52,197
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Next test you need to
pass, Zoey, is ultrasound.
553
00:23:52,281 --> 00:23:56,118
DR ERIC (off-screen):
Never have too much lube.
554
00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:58,871
DR OAKLEY: That
is a fact of life.
555
00:23:58,954 --> 00:24:02,458
NARRATOR: The ultrasound
checks for masses inside
Zoey's other major organs.
556
00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:04,668
DR ERIC: We're gonna
check everything since
we don't know what specific
557
00:24:04,752 --> 00:24:06,962
tumor type we're looking for.
558
00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:10,632
DR OAKLEY: So, we're gonna
look at all the main places
that certain types of cancers
559
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,134
like to spread.
560
00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:13,302
DR ERIC (off-screen): That's
her gallbladder right there,
and there's a little bit of
561
00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:14,636
debris in it.
562
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,930
Just off to midline right
there, that's her pancreas.
563
00:24:17,014 --> 00:24:19,600
DR OAKLEY: Do we see anything
growing in the abdomen that
makes us suspicious that this
564
00:24:19,683 --> 00:24:23,062
is a lot more, you
know, dangerous than,
than, than we hope.
565
00:24:23,145 --> 00:24:25,981
DR ERIC (off-screen):
This is her stomach and
then that's actually the colon.
566
00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:28,025
DR OAKLEY: Okay.
DR ERIC: So, there's
definitely some.
567
00:24:28,108 --> 00:24:29,401
DR OAKLEY: Poop
happens there.
568
00:24:29,485 --> 00:24:31,153
DR ERIC: Yeah, some dog
toots in there for sure.
569
00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:32,946
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Come on, sweet pea.
570
00:24:33,030 --> 00:24:33,947
DR ERIC (off-screen):
You're okay.
571
00:24:34,031 --> 00:24:38,327
So, I don't see anything
sinister in her abdomen.
572
00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:40,704
NICOLE: Awesome.
DR ERIC: That's great.
That's great news.
573
00:24:40,788 --> 00:24:45,042
NARRATOR: Another
positive sign, but Zoey's
not yet out of the woods.
574
00:24:45,125 --> 00:24:50,255
They need to check the
tumor itself to tell if
it's benign or malignant.
575
00:24:50,339 --> 00:24:52,966
DR ERIC: Looks like down
towards the base, exactly
what you were seeing,
576
00:24:53,050 --> 00:24:56,470
and you can tell
that this is a complex
cavitation, thick-walled,
577
00:24:56,553 --> 00:24:59,932
and it has some changes
in the wall diameter.
578
00:25:00,015 --> 00:25:03,519
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
We can see now with
ultrasound how complicated
579
00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,687
this mass is
on the, on the back.
580
00:25:05,771 --> 00:25:07,689
So, there's a lot of
big vessels feeding it.
581
00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:10,901
DR ERIC: But it does also
have a stalk that goes
down that you can actually
582
00:25:10,984 --> 00:25:13,195
identify here as well.
583
00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:15,864
NARRATOR: A stalk means the
mass is deeper than expected.
584
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:19,409
DR ERIC (off-screen):
It extends right down
on top of the, of the tissue,
585
00:25:19,493 --> 00:25:20,410
of the muscle tissue planes.
586
00:25:20,494 --> 00:25:23,455
NICOLE: So not down
into, like, spine?
587
00:25:23,539 --> 00:25:26,708
DR ERIC: We can't
see that far right here,
but let me see if I can get
588
00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:28,085
a better look at it.
589
00:25:28,168 --> 00:25:29,419
Hold on, Zoey.
590
00:25:29,503 --> 00:25:32,673
NARRATOR: If the tumor
extends into Zoey's spine,
it may be inoperable.
591
00:25:32,756 --> 00:25:34,633
NICOLE: You're
being a good girl.
592
00:25:34,716 --> 00:25:38,053
It is concerning as
to whether or not that's going
to get into her spinal cord or
593
00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:41,056
anything else in that
nerve cluster in her neck.
594
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:44,184
It's definitely
a worry that this is
something more invasive.
595
00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:49,439
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Poor beauty.
596
00:25:49,523 --> 00:25:52,234
NARRATOR: Zoey's
tumor may be encroaching
on her spinal column,
597
00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,820
potentially
impossible to remove.
598
00:25:54,903 --> 00:25:58,365
DR ERIC: It does appear
to be a nodule sitting
right down here at the base,
599
00:25:58,448 --> 00:26:00,868
which is right at the base,
just making sort of a stalk.
600
00:26:00,951 --> 00:26:05,205
NARRATOR: Radiologist
Dr. Eric Johnson tries to
determine how deep it goes.
601
00:26:05,289 --> 00:26:07,207
DR ERIC: The tissue planes
are so reflective there,
602
00:26:07,291 --> 00:26:08,709
I can't really
see the far margin.
603
00:26:08,792 --> 00:26:13,881
NARRATOR: The inability
to determine how far Zoey's
mass extends is concerning.
604
00:26:13,964 --> 00:26:17,718
DR OAKLEY: The bad
news is that it looks
like a malignant tumor.
605
00:26:17,801 --> 00:26:20,888
And the really bad news
is it's, like, extensive.
606
00:26:20,971 --> 00:26:24,224
It still doesn't
tell us exactly what
type of tumor, but it,
607
00:26:24,308 --> 00:26:25,809
it makes me very worried.
608
00:26:25,893 --> 00:26:28,478
I mean, I'm glad we sent a
sample in, because I think we
gotta know first what it is
609
00:26:28,562 --> 00:26:30,480
before we get
too carried away.
610
00:26:30,564 --> 00:26:31,732
NICOLE: Decide whether or not
to go back in and remove it?
611
00:26:31,815 --> 00:26:33,192
DR OAKLEY: And
how, and all that.
612
00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:35,027
It's gonna be a big
procedure to remove that.
613
00:26:35,110 --> 00:26:36,653
And it needs to be done soon.
614
00:26:36,737 --> 00:26:40,032
But you need to know what type
of tumor it is so you can have
an idea of how deep you need
615
00:26:40,115 --> 00:26:42,409
to go when you're
doing the surgery itself.
616
00:26:42,492 --> 00:26:45,370
As soon as I get
the pathology results, we'll
talk about it and make a plan.
617
00:26:45,454 --> 00:26:46,371
NICOLE: Okay.
DR OAKLEY: Okay?
618
00:26:46,455 --> 00:26:47,706
NICOLE: Sounds great!
DR OAKLEY: Okay.
619
00:26:47,789 --> 00:26:50,709
NARRATOR: The wait
for the all-important
lab results continues.
620
00:26:50,792 --> 00:26:53,253
NICOLE: You know,
everything up here takes
a little bit longer.
621
00:26:53,337 --> 00:26:56,298
Um, so, it's definitely
waiting on pins and needles
to get those reports back.
622
00:26:56,381 --> 00:26:57,466
See you soon.
623
00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:58,967
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Okay. Sounds good.
NICOLE: Come on, piggy.
624
00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:04,264
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Tony Maloney baloney.
625
00:27:04,348 --> 00:27:09,436
NARRATOR: For Tony Malone,
the wait's over to find out
what might be causing his
626
00:27:09,519 --> 00:27:11,563
20-year-old cat's seizures.
627
00:27:11,647 --> 00:27:14,441
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Harri has had issues with
seizures for a couple years.
628
00:27:14,524 --> 00:27:18,070
Tony even said that
the last one seemed like it
really took a lot out of her.
629
00:27:18,153 --> 00:27:19,071
TONY (over phone): Hello?
630
00:27:19,154 --> 00:27:20,447
DR OAKLEY: Hey, Tony,
it's Michelle Oakley calling.
631
00:27:20,530 --> 00:27:21,865
TONY (over phone): Hey!
632
00:27:21,949 --> 00:27:24,326
DR OAKLEY: You know, it's
really important that we
figure this out and see what
633
00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:25,911
we can do to keep her going.
634
00:27:25,994 --> 00:27:30,832
So, I got results back
on Harri's blood, and
the thyroid looks normal,
635
00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:35,087
but her kidney
enzymes are both elevated.
636
00:27:35,170 --> 00:27:38,548
As expected, as
an older cat, her kidneys
start to slow down a bit.
637
00:27:38,632 --> 00:27:43,262
Certainly, if her kidneys
aren't functioning and she's
having a lot of breakdown
638
00:27:43,345 --> 00:27:46,056
products that build
up in her blood, her
seizures will increase.
639
00:27:46,139 --> 00:27:50,477
What I think we can do to slow
down the progression of the
kidney issue is just change
640
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,814
her diet to a kidney
food that's kind
of designed to make
641
00:27:53,897 --> 00:27:55,983
everything easier
on the kidneys.
642
00:27:56,066 --> 00:28:00,112
Cat kidney diets have
different types of protein and
sometimes a bit lower protein
643
00:28:00,195 --> 00:28:04,825
that is just basically easier
for the kidneys to break
down some of those products.
644
00:28:04,908 --> 00:28:06,451
TONY (over phone) : Okay,
well, that will probably
645
00:28:06,535 --> 00:28:08,328
save me some on
the grocery bill, too.
646
00:28:08,412 --> 00:28:11,164
Maybe she won't keep sniping
steaks off the table, so.
647
00:28:11,248 --> 00:28:13,166
DR OAKLEY: I can't
guarantee that.
648
00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:16,962
I definitely can't guarantee
that, but it'll definitely
keep her feeling good a lot
649
00:28:17,045 --> 00:28:18,297
longer, so.
650
00:28:18,380 --> 00:28:19,756
TONY (over phone):
Perfect. That's wonderful.
651
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,425
Well, that's great
news. Thank you so much.
652
00:28:21,508 --> 00:28:23,260
DR OAKLEY: Okay.
You're welcome.
I'll see you around.
653
00:28:23,343 --> 00:28:24,594
Things are looking up.
654
00:28:24,678 --> 00:28:28,223
As long as she stays on
that diet and steers clear
of Tony's T-bone steaks,
655
00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:31,018
I think she's got a
whole lot of cat lives left.
656
00:28:31,101 --> 00:28:34,980
NARRATOR: Michelle's on the
road again and back to the
657
00:28:35,063 --> 00:28:37,649
Alaska Wildlife
Conservation Center.
658
00:28:37,733 --> 00:28:39,276
DR OAKLEY: There they are.
659
00:28:39,359 --> 00:28:40,777
So cute.
660
00:28:40,861 --> 00:28:42,029
SARAH (off-screen):
They're ready!
661
00:28:42,112 --> 00:28:43,363
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
A little petite deer.
662
00:28:43,447 --> 00:28:45,907
So, we're gonna go check out
Mai, the Sitka deer today.
663
00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:48,952
Mai was found when
she was just a baby.
664
00:28:49,036 --> 00:28:52,039
And she was found basically
like swimming out in the
middle of a lake by herself.
665
00:28:52,122 --> 00:28:55,250
So they, you know,
pulled her out of the lake.
666
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,252
SARAH: There were
enough people out on
the water boating.
667
00:28:57,336 --> 00:28:58,378
DR OAKLEY: Oh, they saw.
668
00:28:58,462 --> 00:28:59,838
SARAH: So I think that's
kinda how it happened.
669
00:28:59,921 --> 00:29:00,922
DR OAKLEY: Oh. They brought
her into the wildlife center
670
00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:02,841
and they've been taking
care of her ever since.
671
00:29:02,924 --> 00:29:06,303
SARAH: She actually didn't
get on a bottle right away,
we had to train her with a bowl,
672
00:29:06,386 --> 00:29:07,429
like a bucket.
673
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:08,680
DR OAKLEY: Oh, yeah.
674
00:29:08,764 --> 00:29:11,516
NARRATOR: Mai's last
visit with Dr. Oakley
didn't go so well.
675
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,311
DR OAKLEY: I immobilized
her a couple months ago
just to do a routine exam.
676
00:29:14,394 --> 00:29:16,438
And we found some
very large lymph nodes.
677
00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:20,442
What is going
on here? Unbelievable.
678
00:29:20,525 --> 00:29:22,110
I feel a big knot here.
679
00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:24,571
It's definitely not common for
a lymph node to be that large.
680
00:29:24,654 --> 00:29:27,699
It could be a growth,
a tumor type of cancer.
681
00:29:27,783 --> 00:29:29,910
It definitely shouldn't be
the size of a big fat plum.
682
00:29:29,993 --> 00:29:34,623
So we actually need
to get in there and get
a biopsy, and send it off
683
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,708
to a pathologist
and see what they see.
684
00:29:36,792 --> 00:29:38,377
I'm ready to poke.
685
00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:42,297
NARRATOR: Michelle will
use her trusty stick pole
to administer anesthesia.
686
00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:44,466
DR OAKLEY: Doo-doo-doo.
687
00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:47,844
Just pretend. I stand
here now and pretend like
I'm doing nothing to nobody.
688
00:29:47,928 --> 00:29:53,517
♪ ♪
689
00:29:56,186 --> 00:29:57,771
Perfect.
690
00:29:57,854 --> 00:30:02,109
So, you can get
the injection time was
right rear, right hip.
691
00:30:02,192 --> 00:30:05,737
SARAH: Oh, there
you go. Heavy steps.
692
00:30:05,821 --> 00:30:08,240
DR OAKLEY: So, we'll probably
move her in now. Is that okay?
693
00:30:08,323 --> 00:30:10,033
SARAH: Okay.
DR OAKLEY: Oh, not right,
not right now, I mean.
694
00:30:10,117 --> 00:30:12,411
Yeah, when she's like
out-out, we'll just have to.
695
00:30:12,494 --> 00:30:15,038
SARAH: Pick her up? Okay.
696
00:30:15,122 --> 00:30:16,665
DR OAKLEY: We can
do that, can't we?
697
00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:18,083
SARAH: Yeah.
DR OAKLEY: Okay,
but not right now.
698
00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:21,294
SARAH: Awesome.
DR OAKLEY: Now. No,
I'm just kidding. Not now.
699
00:30:21,378 --> 00:30:22,337
SARAH: Not now.
DR OAKLEY: No,
seriously, not now.
700
00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:25,465
NARRATOR: The team must move
Mai into the barn to provide
701
00:30:25,549 --> 00:30:27,968
a controlled
environment for surgery.
702
00:30:28,051 --> 00:30:30,011
DR OAKLEY: Yeah, we take as
many precautions as we can.
703
00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:33,598
Try to make it as
close to what you would
do in a clinic setting.
704
00:30:33,682 --> 00:30:35,725
Oh!
705
00:30:35,809 --> 00:30:37,185
Is anybody else lifting?
706
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:41,481
NARRATOR: Top priority,
stabilize the patient.
707
00:30:41,565 --> 00:30:44,401
DR OAKLEY: One of the first
things I do is pull out her
tongue so I can look at her
708
00:30:44,484 --> 00:30:45,777
color, open up her airway.
709
00:30:45,861 --> 00:30:50,031
You don't want to put
oxygen too far in,
so I'm gonna measure.
710
00:30:53,952 --> 00:30:56,163
NARRATOR: Mai's all set,
but something's wrong.
711
00:30:56,246 --> 00:30:59,040
DR OAKLEY: Her oxygen is only
about 83%, which is quite low.
712
00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:01,835
Her color's kinda ugly.
713
00:31:01,918 --> 00:31:04,045
SARAH: Is she breathing?
714
00:31:04,129 --> 00:31:06,131
DR OAKLEY: Hang
on two seconds.
715
00:31:06,214 --> 00:31:07,549
We got a little
situation here.
716
00:31:12,429 --> 00:31:14,931
NARRATOR: A Sitka deer needs
a troubling lump biopsied.
717
00:31:15,015 --> 00:31:16,224
SARAH (off-screen):
Is she breathing?
718
00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:18,101
NARRATOR: But her
respiration rate is plummeting.
719
00:31:18,185 --> 00:31:20,520
DR OAKLEY: Yes, I know,
we're working on it.
720
00:31:20,604 --> 00:31:25,942
There's no perfect drug
for immobilizing an animal,
like, for the anesthesia.
721
00:31:26,026 --> 00:31:28,195
Sometimes they will have a
little bit of a decreased
722
00:31:28,278 --> 00:31:30,155
respiration rate or oxygenation.
723
00:31:30,238 --> 00:31:33,241
NARRATOR: The team acts
fast to crank up her oxygen.
724
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:34,784
DR OAKLEY: Can you
crank it to four?
725
00:31:40,081 --> 00:31:41,917
There we go.
726
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,210
It's looking better.
727
00:31:43,293 --> 00:31:45,337
SARAH (off-screen): Yeah,
look at the pink come back.
DR OAKLEY: Yeah.
728
00:31:45,420 --> 00:31:47,422
NARRATOR: Michelle
resumes the exam.
729
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:50,967
DR OAKLEY: Okay. So what
I'm doing right now is I'm
holding on to her lymph node.
730
00:31:51,051 --> 00:31:54,930
That's one that should
be probably about the
size of a flat lima bean,
731
00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:56,556
and it should be hard to find.
732
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,183
And now it's like a plum.
733
00:31:58,266 --> 00:31:59,935
She's got two lymph
nodes that are big.
734
00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:03,063
So that tells me
that something systemic is
going on that has, you know,
735
00:32:03,146 --> 00:32:05,232
went from one lymph
node now in another one.
736
00:32:05,315 --> 00:32:08,652
They're both dealing
with whatever this
foreign substance is.
737
00:32:08,735 --> 00:32:10,654
It can be a bacteria,
it can be a virus.
738
00:32:10,737 --> 00:32:14,533
And they can also get tumors,
lymphoma and different types
of cancers that can cause
739
00:32:14,616 --> 00:32:16,368
big lymph nodes, too.
740
00:32:16,451 --> 00:32:19,621
So, we want to be
sure that we're on top
of it here. Alright.
741
00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:22,666
NARRATOR: Michelle
takes a core biopsy
of Mai's lymph node.
742
00:32:22,749 --> 00:32:26,086
DR OAKLEY: So, I'm just putting
the biopsy now. Oh, yeah.
743
00:32:26,169 --> 00:32:27,671
That's what I
wanted right there.
744
00:32:27,754 --> 00:32:29,548
Now that's a biopsy.
745
00:32:29,631 --> 00:32:32,008
And so now I'm just gonna
clean that up and close it.
746
00:32:32,092 --> 00:32:35,262
Now I'm gonna close
the sub-Q tissues.
747
00:32:35,345 --> 00:32:36,888
Gonna cut in there.
748
00:32:36,972 --> 00:32:40,600
NARRATOR: The
team takes advantage of Mai's
anesthesia for a full checkup.
749
00:32:40,684 --> 00:32:44,396
DR OAKLEY: Beautiful
but strange optic disc.
750
00:32:44,479 --> 00:32:46,398
Eyes look good.
751
00:32:46,481 --> 00:32:48,650
You can see they have
no teeth at the top.
752
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,361
Syringe. I'm just
gonna get a blood sample.
753
00:32:51,444 --> 00:32:54,614
Okay! We've got
our stuff, guys.
754
00:32:54,698 --> 00:33:00,620
She looks sounds, smells,
appears, absolutely normal.
755
00:33:00,704 --> 00:33:03,373
It's just those weird lumps.
756
00:33:03,456 --> 00:33:08,003
SARAH: So best-case scenario,
this lymph node that we took
the samples from today,
757
00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:10,046
it's just a bacterial
infection that we can
treat with antibiotics
758
00:33:10,130 --> 00:33:12,215
and we can move on. Oh.
759
00:33:12,299 --> 00:33:16,469
DR OAKLEY: There we
go. Look at that. Nice.
760
00:33:16,553 --> 00:33:18,096
SARAH: Sweet.
DR OAKLEY: Uh-huh.
761
00:33:18,179 --> 00:33:21,016
SARAH: Worst-case
scenario is if it comes
back, that it's cancerous,
762
00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:23,560
then we kinda have to
take some other things
into consideration.
763
00:33:23,643 --> 00:33:25,812
DR OAKLEY: Aww,
just look at her face!
764
00:33:25,895 --> 00:33:28,189
What a good sister.
765
00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:29,774
Nice. Okay.
766
00:33:29,858 --> 00:33:33,570
Now let's get our samples sent
in and see what we find out.
767
00:33:33,653 --> 00:33:37,574
NARRATOR: Another set of
biopsies go out to the lab,
768
00:33:37,657 --> 00:33:39,993
and Zoey's results
are finally in.
769
00:33:40,076 --> 00:33:45,248
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
So, the tumor on Zoey's back
is a type of papillary adenoma.
770
00:33:45,332 --> 00:33:49,502
It's actually like an
apocrine or sweat gland tumor.
771
00:33:49,586 --> 00:33:52,672
So, it
is a cancerous type tumor.
It does need to be removed.
772
00:33:52,756 --> 00:33:54,507
And it's gonna be tricky to
remove it, because it's got
773
00:33:54,591 --> 00:33:56,718
such large vessels coming to it.
774
00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:59,679
NARRATOR: As for the lump on
her leg, more worrisome news.
775
00:33:59,763 --> 00:34:02,891
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Zoey has a mast cell
tumor on her front leg.
776
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:05,560
You can't really
predict how they'll act.
777
00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:08,897
It can metastasize and spread,
especially to the lungs.
778
00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:10,982
It's definitely
life-threatening.
779
00:34:11,066 --> 00:34:14,653
NARRATOR: Zoey needs
surgery immediately.
780
00:34:14,736 --> 00:34:18,782
DR OAKLEY: I was really
hoping to help Zoey
as quick as possible.
781
00:34:18,865 --> 00:34:23,620
But because I'm away, it would
be best for Nicole if she can
take Zoey to a bigger center
782
00:34:23,703 --> 00:34:24,996
and get this done right away.
783
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,540
She's gonna have to travel a
bit, but it's really important
784
00:34:27,624 --> 00:34:29,376
that she gets it
done quickly for Zoey.
785
00:34:33,630 --> 00:34:38,635
NARRATOR: A plan's in place
for Zoey. Now Michelle has
one more case at the AWCC.
786
00:34:38,718 --> 00:34:40,679
DR OAKLEY: Porcupine posse.
787
00:34:40,762 --> 00:34:44,015
SARAH: Gonna go get a porky.
DR OAKLEY: Ready to go.
788
00:34:44,099 --> 00:34:46,976
So, we're just getting
ready to catch Snickers.
789
00:34:47,060 --> 00:34:49,020
Um, we want to
have a look at him.
790
00:34:49,104 --> 00:34:53,108
He's got a problem with
his tail, so he's been losing
a little bit of his quills,
791
00:34:53,191 --> 00:34:55,110
and not on purpose.
792
00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:59,823
NARRATOR: Snickers was
raised illegally as a pet,
then rescued by the AWCC.
793
00:34:59,906 --> 00:35:02,909
SARAH: Snickers is AWCC's
education ambassador.
794
00:35:02,992 --> 00:35:07,288
He's been around since
2007 for us, so he's been
around for a number of years.
795
00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:11,960
NARRATOR: Today's challenge,
treat the porcupine
without getting poked.
796
00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:14,546
DR OAKLEY: No
veterinarians will be
hurt in this procedure.
797
00:35:14,629 --> 00:35:16,256
Oh, my goodness, Snickers.
798
00:35:16,339 --> 00:35:18,967
I just love you so much.
799
00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:22,679
You're the cutest little round
pin cushion I've ever seen.
800
00:35:22,762 --> 00:35:24,180
SARAH (off-screen):
Old, old man.
801
00:35:24,264 --> 00:35:26,099
DR OAKLEY (off-screen): And
Snickers has got some moves.
802
00:35:26,182 --> 00:35:28,017
SARAH (off-screen):
Snickers is a little famous.
803
00:35:28,101 --> 00:35:29,394
He's an Internet sensation.
804
00:35:29,477 --> 00:35:32,480
And he has been caught dancing
and doing his own little jig.
805
00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:38,570
♪ ♪
806
00:35:44,534 --> 00:35:46,244
SARAH (off-screen):
And he does that even still.
807
00:35:46,327 --> 00:35:48,246
We really love him.
He's a fan favorite out here.
808
00:35:48,329 --> 00:35:50,248
MAN: You want me
to go backwards?
SARAH: I got it.
809
00:35:53,126 --> 00:35:54,627
Ready?
810
00:35:54,711 --> 00:35:58,965
NARRATOR: At 15 years of age,
Snickers is an old man and
more vulnerable to illness.
811
00:35:59,048 --> 00:36:03,261
SARAH (off-screen):
Snickers has some weird skin,
oily-looking mess that he's got
812
00:36:03,344 --> 00:36:06,097
going on in his quills,
especially on his underside,
813
00:36:06,181 --> 00:36:08,224
it seemed to
have gotten worse.
814
00:36:08,308 --> 00:36:09,809
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Ooh, that tail.
815
00:36:09,893 --> 00:36:11,102
SARAH (off-screen): Yeah.
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
I see what you mean.
816
00:36:11,186 --> 00:36:12,854
Oh, yeah, that
doesn't look right.
817
00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:15,690
NARRATOR: To find out what's
troubling this porcupine,
818
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:18,568
Michelle faces a
dangerous prospect.
819
00:36:18,651 --> 00:36:21,780
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Please don't swat me with it.
820
00:36:21,863 --> 00:36:24,991
So how these guys
actually stick you with their
quills is not shooting them,
821
00:36:25,074 --> 00:36:27,035
or I'd have a face
full of quills right now.
822
00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:32,040
What they do when they're
angry is they whip their tail
around and hit you with it.
823
00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:36,002
So his, all his little quills
and all his wool are gone.
824
00:36:36,085 --> 00:36:41,674
He's got some, like,
crusty layers of skin and, like,
825
00:36:41,758 --> 00:36:44,219
actually the quills
and hair have all like
826
00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:46,054
fallen off his tail,
the top of his tail.
827
00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:47,680
I know.
828
00:36:47,764 --> 00:36:49,057
Muh, muh, muh.
829
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:53,228
Um, like, some of
the quills are missing
the normal black tips.
830
00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:54,229
SARAH (off-screen): Yeah.
831
00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:56,064
DR OAKLEY: You know, the
quills will fall off naturally,
832
00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:59,359
but it's almost bald, and
so it's looking like there's
some type of skin infection.
833
00:36:59,442 --> 00:37:04,572
Another thing that can cause
hair loss or quill loss,
'cause quills are really just
834
00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:09,202
special hairs, are any
type of parasite infection,
like mites, lice.
835
00:37:09,285 --> 00:37:11,955
SARAH (off-screen): Yeah.
DR OAKLEY: Do you see that?
It's like all here, too.
836
00:37:12,038 --> 00:37:16,376
NARRATOR: Resident reindeer
and moose are already battling
an outbreak of mites.
837
00:37:16,459 --> 00:37:20,380
Now Michelle must
check Snickers, too.
838
00:37:20,463 --> 00:37:23,049
DR OAKLEY: I mean, who
would've thought, you know?
839
00:37:23,132 --> 00:37:25,260
NARRATOR: But this is
where things get tricky.
840
00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,344
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
I know, love.
841
00:37:26,427 --> 00:37:27,720
I know, I know
you don't like me.
842
00:37:27,804 --> 00:37:30,306
So, what I'm gonna do with the
scalpel is not cut him at all.
843
00:37:30,390 --> 00:37:34,269
I'm gonna dull
out the blade first.
844
00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:39,148
I'm just gonna try and
scrape the top layer of
cells off of his skin.
845
00:37:39,232 --> 00:37:41,943
That's where the mites are.
They're down in the follicles.
846
00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:45,989
NARRATOR: To soothe the
prickly patient, Sarah
comes armed with treats.
847
00:37:46,072 --> 00:37:48,283
DR OAKLEY: Let me see
if I can multi-tool here.
848
00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:50,159
SARAH (off-screen):
Oh, look at that.
DR OAKLEY: Yeah.
849
00:37:50,243 --> 00:37:52,412
SARAH (off-screen): Alright,
and grape is in his mouth.
850
00:37:52,495 --> 00:37:54,664
DR OAKLEY: Hold on,
hold on! Whoa! Whoa!
851
00:37:54,747 --> 00:37:55,957
SARAH: Snicky!
852
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,210
Boy, if a porcupine could
curse, he is cursing
you out right now.
853
00:37:59,294 --> 00:38:00,461
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
He's mad at me.
854
00:38:00,545 --> 00:38:03,506
I hate
that I'm having to bug him,
it's making him very sassy.
855
00:38:03,590 --> 00:38:06,843
He easily could be
whipping that tail around,
which is, you know,
856
00:38:06,926 --> 00:38:08,803
that's a porcupine
trademark move.
857
00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:10,388
I'm gonna try
and prick him here.
858
00:38:10,471 --> 00:38:11,723
(growl)
859
00:38:11,806 --> 00:38:13,433
Oh, that was a growl.
860
00:38:13,516 --> 00:38:15,184
He literally growled at me.
861
00:38:15,268 --> 00:38:16,936
I've never heard
a porcupine growl.
862
00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:18,938
I don't want to get stuck
with any of those quills.
863
00:38:19,022 --> 00:38:21,858
I got some crust,
but I need to go deeper.
864
00:38:21,941 --> 00:38:24,444
Mites are like under the
skin, so I need to really.
865
00:38:24,527 --> 00:38:26,404
SARAH (off-screen): Snicks.
866
00:38:26,487 --> 00:38:27,697
DR OAKLEY: Keep up your hair,
it's probably got. Ow!
867
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:29,282
You little stink pot.
868
00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:37,415
NARRATOR: Dr. Oakley
is checking Snickers the
porcupine for mites by taking
869
00:38:37,498 --> 00:38:40,126
a skin sample from
beneath his quills.
870
00:38:40,209 --> 00:38:43,922
SARAH (off-screen): Boy,
if a porcupine could curse, he
is cursing you out right now.
871
00:38:44,005 --> 00:38:44,923
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
He's mad at me.
872
00:38:45,006 --> 00:38:46,966
He knows that's
where his owies are.
873
00:38:47,050 --> 00:38:49,719
He knows we're trying to help
him, but he's gonna protest.
874
00:38:49,802 --> 00:38:51,387
He's gonna let us know
he doesn't like it.
875
00:38:51,471 --> 00:38:54,098
Unfortunately,
I have to scrape till it
looks reddish, you know,
876
00:38:54,182 --> 00:38:57,310
'cause that means I'm
getting down into the layer
where the mites like to hide.
877
00:38:57,393 --> 00:38:59,354
I'm gonna try
and prick him here.
878
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,314
Ow! You little stink pot.
879
00:39:01,397 --> 00:39:03,149
That's not how I
thought you would get me.
880
00:39:03,232 --> 00:39:05,360
SARAH (off-screen):
Did he bite you?
DR OAKLEY: He tried.
881
00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:08,529
NARRATOR: Michelle finally
gets the sample she needs.
882
00:39:08,613 --> 00:39:11,491
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
What a good boy, Snickers.
883
00:39:11,574 --> 00:39:13,701
NARRATOR: And begins her
search for tiny parasites.
884
00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,662
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Oh, Snickers.
885
00:39:15,745 --> 00:39:18,456
Got my back turned and
you're going to bite
me in the booty, huh?
886
00:39:18,539 --> 00:39:22,835
I almost kind of wish I see
it, to be honest, because
it's an easy thing to treat.
887
00:39:22,919 --> 00:39:25,880
Okay, well, I'm not
seeing mites, buddy.
888
00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:27,632
SARAH (off-screen):
Ooh, no mites?
889
00:39:27,715 --> 00:39:29,467
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Nothing creepy or crawly.
890
00:39:29,550 --> 00:39:31,844
Now I'm just kinda
going and lifting.
891
00:39:31,928 --> 00:39:34,055
NARRATOR: The absence of
parasites leads Michelle to
892
00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:36,432
suspect another
irritating condition.
893
00:39:36,516 --> 00:39:39,727
DR OAKLEY: He's getting like a
skin fold dermatitis, which is
basically just an infection of
894
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:41,062
the skin around it.
895
00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:43,564
They can get these
skin folds, little
multiple muffin tops
896
00:39:43,648 --> 00:39:45,441
that can get
infected in there.
897
00:39:45,525 --> 00:39:47,360
(chirping)
898
00:39:47,443 --> 00:39:50,279
They can get,
you know, lots of bacteria,
it's often a yeast infection
899
00:39:50,363 --> 00:39:51,781
that gets going in there.
900
00:39:51,864 --> 00:39:53,908
So I'm glad we're gonna catch
it now and deal with it.
901
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:57,996
NARRATOR: Antibacterial
spray will help dry out
the porcupine's folds.
902
00:39:58,079 --> 00:39:59,747
DR OAKLEY: He might
just be too chunky.
903
00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:01,290
SARAH: Eh!
904
00:40:01,374 --> 00:40:02,959
DR OAKLEY: 'Cause he has a lot
of folds. Ooh, look at that!
905
00:40:03,042 --> 00:40:04,127
Now I can really see it.
906
00:40:04,210 --> 00:40:05,878
He's getting mad at me
so he's showing me. Ow!
907
00:40:05,962 --> 00:40:07,296
SARAH (off-screen):
It's okay, bud.
908
00:40:07,380 --> 00:40:12,093
NARRATOR: To stop the
dermatitis, Michelle soaks
every nook and quill.
909
00:40:12,176 --> 00:40:14,679
DR OAKLEY: I can
basically kinda lift him
up into like a wheelbarrow,
910
00:40:14,762 --> 00:40:17,223
and then I can get a
really good look at his belly.
911
00:40:17,306 --> 00:40:19,058
I can look at the
insides of his legs.
912
00:40:19,142 --> 00:40:21,602
Okay. Hang on.
I'm sorry. I just want to look.
913
00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:27,525
Ay! Those are in me! Ow.
914
00:40:27,608 --> 00:40:30,695
All in a day's work!
915
00:40:30,778 --> 00:40:35,199
NARRATOR: In addition to
topical spray, a course of
antibiotics will treat the
916
00:40:35,283 --> 00:40:37,827
problem from the inside out.
917
00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:40,121
DR OAKLEY: We can put
it, you know, like in
an avocado or something.
918
00:40:40,204 --> 00:40:43,458
I know, I'm sorry, you
were so good, but at least
we didn't have to put you
919
00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:45,084
through another anesthesia.
920
00:40:45,168 --> 00:40:46,878
SARAH: Yeah, put him down.
921
00:40:46,961 --> 00:40:49,589
NARRATOR: Over the coming
months, Snickers should
regrow his lost quills.
922
00:40:49,672 --> 00:40:52,633
The team will continue
to monitor his progress.
923
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:55,178
SARAH: Well, if you're okay,
then we'll take him back.
924
00:40:55,261 --> 00:40:57,221
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
I'm good. Let's take him back.
925
00:40:57,305 --> 00:40:59,307
We're gonna see
if we can clear it up
with some medications,
926
00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:01,517
but if that doesn't
work, we're gonna need
to dig a little deeper.
927
00:41:01,601 --> 00:41:03,686
See ya, Snickers!
928
00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:11,611
NARRATOR: It's a new day,
and Dr. Oakley has one patient
left to see at the AWCC.
929
00:41:11,694 --> 00:41:15,448
Biopsy results are in for
Mai's swollen lymph nodes.
930
00:41:15,531 --> 00:41:18,493
SARAH: There she is.
DR OAKLEY: Oh, yeah, Miss Mai.
931
00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:20,161
So, results were clean.
932
00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:22,371
I don't know what that
lump was, the lumps were.
933
00:41:22,455 --> 00:41:25,917
But they are
just showing up as, like,
normal lymph node tissue.
934
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,337
A little reactive but
nothing, nothing scary.
935
00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:30,838
SARAH: Well, that's good news.
DR OAKLEY: Yeah.
936
00:41:30,922 --> 00:41:35,134
Likely, she was fighting some
type of infection and just
was able to, to get over it.
937
00:41:35,218 --> 00:41:37,011
She looks good and doing well.
938
00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:38,971
SARAH: Cool.
DR OAKLEY: Good stuff.
939
00:41:39,055 --> 00:41:45,019
NARRATOR: After
a long stretch away, it's
finally time to head home
940
00:41:45,103 --> 00:41:47,271
and touch base
with familiar faces.
941
00:41:47,355 --> 00:41:51,359
DR OAKLEY (off-screen):
Zoey! Zoey, you're a champ!
942
00:41:51,442 --> 00:41:52,735
NICOLE: She's like nope!
943
00:41:52,819 --> 00:41:55,446
Last time you guys picked
on me, I'm not staying here!
944
00:41:55,530 --> 00:41:57,031
DR OAKLEY: Absolutely not!
945
00:41:57,115 --> 00:42:01,244
NARRATOR: Nicole Holm takes
the day off from her vet tech
duties to bring her own pup in
946
00:42:01,327 --> 00:42:03,162
for a post-surgical checkup.
947
00:42:03,246 --> 00:42:05,790
DR OAKLEY: So Zoey had
surgery in Whitehorse.
948
00:42:05,873 --> 00:42:09,627
We were really concerned about
the masses we had found and
also the location of them.
949
00:42:09,710 --> 00:42:11,879
And now we're kind of
watching her like a hawk.
950
00:42:11,963 --> 00:42:15,299
NARRATOR: Turns out,
the situation was even
worse than they thought.
951
00:42:15,383 --> 00:42:18,052
NICOLE: So, they found two
more tumors on her that they
said were mast cells as well.
952
00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:20,429
DR OAKLEY: Okay, okay.
NICOLE: So, we went up.
953
00:42:20,513 --> 00:42:22,098
DR OAKLEY: Oh, I'm
so glad we got you in.
954
00:42:22,181 --> 00:42:23,724
Oh, yeah. Look at
the size of that thing.
955
00:42:23,808 --> 00:42:26,060
That was not what we
were expecting, was it?
956
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:27,311
NICOLE (off-screen): No.
957
00:42:27,395 --> 00:42:31,065
DR OAKLEY: So that
one was a cancerous mass,
but not a mast cell tumor.
958
00:42:31,149 --> 00:42:32,859
NICOLE: Correct.
DR OAKLEY: And that was
the one surgery is curative,
959
00:42:32,942 --> 00:42:34,068
you're all done.
960
00:42:34,152 --> 00:42:35,778
NICOLE (off-screen): Yeah,
and they said it was fine.
DR OAKLEY: Good.
961
00:42:35,862 --> 00:42:38,030
That's amazing they got it
to close, 'cause you really
go deep and wide on that.
962
00:42:38,114 --> 00:42:39,615
NICOLE: They said
that was one, too.
963
00:42:39,699 --> 00:42:42,493
DR OAKLEY: Whoa! Frankenpup.
NICOLE (off-screen): So, yeah.
964
00:42:42,577 --> 00:42:46,956
NARRATOR: Despite four
large surgical sites, Zoey
is taking it all in stride.
965
00:42:47,039 --> 00:42:50,877
NICOLE (off-screen): This
one here on her elbow was the
other one that we knew about.
966
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,128
DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay.
967
00:42:52,211 --> 00:42:53,713
NICOLE (off-screen): Zoey
acts like nothing happened.
968
00:42:53,796 --> 00:42:56,799
She is running around, and
you wouldn't think anything's
wrong with her if you couldn't
969
00:42:56,883 --> 00:42:58,467
see the suture lines on her.
970
00:42:58,551 --> 00:43:01,762
DR OAKLEY: Like again,
touch wood, it certainly
looks like it's gonna hold.
971
00:43:01,846 --> 00:43:04,223
NICOLE (off-screen): You
know, it's always harder
when it's your family pets
972
00:43:04,307 --> 00:43:05,683
or your family patients.
973
00:43:05,766 --> 00:43:07,768
But definitely, yeah,
ready to get back to my
regular role and not be
974
00:43:07,852 --> 00:43:09,812
worrying about my
own pets so much.
975
00:43:09,896 --> 00:43:11,731
DR OAKLEY (off-screen): Well,
thanks for bringing her in.
NICOLE (off-screen): Yep!
976
00:43:11,814 --> 00:43:13,357
DR OAKLEY: I'm glad we
don't have anything that
we're needing to do.
977
00:43:13,441 --> 00:43:14,859
That's awesome.
978
00:43:14,942 --> 00:43:17,820
NICOLE: I just need her to,
like, be healthy and happy,
so that when Corbin comes home
979
00:43:17,904 --> 00:43:19,947
from his first year of
college, he still has a dog.
980
00:43:20,031 --> 00:43:21,532
DR OAKLEY: Yes, I know.
981
00:43:21,616 --> 00:43:23,075
Nicole is a good friend.
982
00:43:23,159 --> 00:43:26,662
And she kind of drops
everything to come in, help
everybody else's animal in town.
983
00:43:26,746 --> 00:43:30,082
So, you know, with her baby
Zoey, I'm, you know, really
hoping that we can make sure
984
00:43:30,166 --> 00:43:33,002
that she heals up quickly
and have no other issues.
985
00:43:33,085 --> 00:43:35,755
NICOLE: Yeah, I mean,
she's pretty much acting
like a normal little piggy.
986
00:43:35,838 --> 00:43:37,048
DR OAKLEY: Yay!
NICOLE: Aren't ya?
987
00:43:37,131 --> 00:43:38,132
DR OAKLEY: Like
a normal piggy.
988
00:43:38,216 --> 00:43:39,592
NICOLE: Normal
piggy. She's happy.
989
00:43:39,675 --> 00:43:43,054
DR OAKLEY: Okay, see you guys!
NICOLE: Okay. Bye, piggy.
DR OAKLEY: Have a good day!