It’s not often one gets to cure Booda
Without radiation therapy, this six-pack would’ve been down to five.
Hospital Story
Saving Chief: WSU vets care for K-9 unit dog shot on duty
After suffering a gunshot wound to the head, a four-legged finest returned home today.
The bond between pup and owner
WSU veterinary team helps to save dog from deadly bacterial infection.
An MRI helps solve a dog’s medical mystery
Shortly after returning from a business trip in the fall of 2015, Lauren Grabelle found her dog, “Sugar,” dragging herself across the floor. Her hind limbs were lifeless. Lauren became alarmed.
Cherished time and memories with Hank
It was during Hank’s initial diagnosis that the Varner family was referred to the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine for radiation treatment with Dr. Janean Fidel where Hank would undergo a series of 18 treatments over the course of three and a half weeks in WSU’s care.
WSU’s Pituitary Team Leading the Nation in Pituitary Surgical Treatment
Anna, a 10-year-old chestnut colored boxer had always been healthy.
A puppy mill dog’s new chance
For three days, “Leah,” a charcoal gray Cane Corso, or Italian Mastiff, with a white patch on her chest had not been breathing on her own. Hooked up to a ventilator in the intensive care unit of the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the machine delivered each breath to her weakened body. After so much time, her owner Holli Peters wasn’t sure Leah was going to pull through. “I thought about taking her off the ventilator, because her prognosis was not good,” she says. But on the fifth day, Leah started showing signs of improvement. She was starting to breathe on her own.
Meet Scout: One of thousands of patients that has been helped because of MRI
When “Scout,” a 9-year-old German Shepherd mix, walked into the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, he went to work right away. Calm and obedient with friendly eyes and a large scar across the top of his head, he lies down on the mat his owner, Anne Hensley, puts down for him. She kisses his head, and […]
A dog may once walk again thanks to the Good Samaritan Fund
On a Sunday morning in October 2012, Tara Johnson and her husband heard their dog “Juno,” a 4-year-old Husky, whimpering several yards from their house. They ran to find her lying on the ground not moving. Although they couldn’t see any bite marks through her fur, they did see saliva on her neck.
“That would be typical of a wolf attack,” said Johnson. “We’d had several wolf sightings near our house a few months before she was injured.”
Chocolate
It has been more than 3 years since Chocolate first came to the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2008.
