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A CAREFREE RUN THROUGH THE
WOODS LEFT A MINNESOTA PUPPY IN
A LOT OF PAIN OVER THE SUMMER.
WHAT'S WORSE IT, TOOK NEARLY
SIX MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS
WRONG.
THIS IS THE IRISH SETTER WHO
LIVES IN WRIGHT COUNTY WITH HER
OTHER THAN.
IN JULY THE 1-YEAR-OLD DOG WAS
RUSHED TO AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL
BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER.
TURNS OUT SHE NEEDED A
SPECIALIST AND A LITTLE
SOMETHING EXTRA IN HER MEDICAL
EXAM.
WHAT SHE LIKES TO DO IS
CHASE THINGS AND SHE KNOWS
WHERE ALL THE SQUIRRELS AND
RABBITS AND CHIPMUNKS ARE IN
THE YARD.
Reporter: SHE ALSO LIKES
STICKS.
AND BRANCHES.
BACK IN JULY WHILE RUNNING
THROUGH HER OWN YARD IN
ROCKFORD THE IRISH SETTER
EMERGED FROM THE WOODS IN
EXTREME PAIN.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE,
CHOKING AND REALLY PANIC.
SHE WAS JUST HYSTERICAL.
THERE WASN'T A MARK ON HER.
I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEN SHE WENT INTO SHOCK.
AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LOSE
HER ON THE WAY TO THE EMERGENCY
ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
Reporter: THE VETERINARIAN
SAW A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND OR
HORNET STING MIGHT BE THE
PROBLEM.
NO PROBLEMS WITH X-RAYS.
AS WEEKS AND MONTHS PASSED SHE
HAD FEVERS, ABSCESSES AND
INFECTIONS.
THIS WEEK SHE TOOK THE DOG TO
THE SPECIALIST HERE AT BLUE
PEARL VETERINARY PARTNERS IN
EDEN PRAIRIE.
THIS IS THE OFFENDING STICK
THAT WE GOT OUT OF HER NECK.
Reporter: DR. ANDREW JACKSON
DISCOVERED WHAT WAS CAUSING THE
DOG PAIN.
HE SAYS THE WOODEN STICK WAS
DEEP IN THE DOG'S THROAT AND HE
EXPLAINED WHY THE INITIAL X-RAY
DIDN'T SHOW IT.
WOOD DOESN'T SHOW UP ON X-
RAYS.
SO WE DID A SPECIAL X-RAY WHERE
WE INJECTED DYE INTO HER NECK
AND THAT HIGHLIGHTED ACTUALLY
THE STICK PRETTY WELL.
WE COULD FOLLOW IT AND REMOVE
THAT.
Reporter: DAYS LATER SHE IS
FEELING MUCH BETTER.
BUT STILL A BIT CAMERA SHY.
THE THE VET SAYS SHE WILL BE
ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR QUITE A
WHILE BUT SHE IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
SHE GOT HELP PAYING FOR THE
MEDICAL EXPENSES BY REACHING
OUT TO A FOUNDATION CALLED
FRANKIE'S FRIENDS THAT HELPS
PET OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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