Spots surgery clip
Moderator: LoachForumModerators
Its 5 days post surgery. Spot gets his daily antibiotic injection, a quick look at his sutures and he's up and swimming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YZ4ojKErA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YZ4ojKErA
-
- Posts: 5054
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:04 pm
- Location: Tampa, Florida
You can't see it very well in the video clip but there is a tube in his mouth. No danger of water getting in his lungs. It flows out his gills. The drug that is putting him out is also mixed with the water. The vet said he can stay out of water for hours this way as long as he is kept moist.How did they arate him during surgery? I didn't even know people did fish surgery. He has his swim bladder removed? How will that affect him long term?
The rear portion of the swim bladder was stapled off and cut out. He still has some of his swim bladder. We don't know how it will effect him long term. The vet doesn't expect full recovery but hopes he can have have a decent quality of life. The alternative was to put him down since he had no control and floated up-side-down.
Wow.
It looked like he's staying upright better in the second vid. Very cool that you had a friend able to do this for him.
It looked like he's staying upright better in the second vid. Very cool that you had a friend able to do this for him.
books. gotta love em!
http://www.Apaperbackexchange.com
http://www.Apaperbackexchange.com
-
- Posts: 5054
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:04 pm
- Location: Tampa, Florida
You can't really see the tube going in his mouth because its covered by the hand of the vet student. The water passes out over his gills to oxygenate him. The black lead you refer to is actually one of the probes going to the portable EKG. His heart rate was being monitored during the surgery.I saw the black (?) tube near his gills, but I didn't understand how all that worked.
I too am amazed at the surgery. Spot seems to be having a better recovery than we expected.
-
- Posts: 5054
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:04 pm
- Location: Tampa, Florida
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 211 guests