Development LIFESAVING MEDICAL CARE We have all seen the wonderful benefits of being able to perform on-site spay and neuter surgeries. But the new surgery suite has also provided us with many more opportunities to help homeless pets. In October, sweet Lexi arrived on a transport from California and the shelter staff noticed that she had rapid breathing and bloody discharge. Given that she was sent to us as possibly pregnant, we initially thought she was in labor. It wasn’t much later that we brought her into radiology to take x-rays of her with our brand-new x-ray machine. We discovered that she was not pregnant, but rather Lexi had open pyometra (a bad uterine infection). SafeHaven veterinarian, Candice Corriher, DVM performed emergency surgery, with the Lead CVT assisting. Thankfully, it went very well and Lexi is now recovering and doing great. She is available for adoption and searching for her forever home. We also want to introduce you to Keanu, a three-month old kitten who has already been through quite an ordeal. He was surrendered to us after, sadly, getting into an altercation with a dog. Unfortunately, that altercation caused a fracture to his left front leg. Upon further examination, our Veterinarian determined that the fracture was beyond repair and the best course of action would be amputation of the leg. On November 9th, the first on-site amputation was performed at SafeHaven. Keanu is recovering well and doing great! He ended up stealing his surgeon's heart and will be adopted by our very own veterinarian once he is completely healed.
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