[moos].
NICK: The cow wasn't getting up.
After she had the calf.
She was struggling to stand,
so obviously something wasn't right.
NARRATOR: This angus gave birth to her first calf yesterday,
and she's been down ever since.
NICK: I called Doc Pol because I'm fairly new to cattle,
so not quite sure what's going on, so.
Just wanted to make sure that she was gonna be all right
and get her any help that she needed.
DR. POL: Thank you, hang on, see that's the problem,
you get older your knees are bad.
NICK: Yeah.
DR. POL: Aw, Angus.
Oh ho, look at this, she sees me coming.
Yeah, that is, that is a calving paralysis.
But not bad, see that?
NARRATOR: It's an issue Doc's seen countless times before.
DR. POL: She's a very young heifer yet,
calf is big, and what happens is that the calf then gets more
or less stuck in the pelvis, it takes a long time to be born.
There are nerves that come from the spinal cord inside
the pelvis and then go through that hole in the pelvis
to the legs.
And when they calving like this a long time,
the calf pushes on.
Well you know what happens when you hit your funny bone...
[grunting]
It goes away quick.
Well, this just has to heal up.
When the calf is pushing on those nerves, yeah,
the nerves get damaged and then the cow cannot get up.
You may lay still sweetheart.
What we do is anti-inflammatories.
Cortisone and B complex.
And the thiamin in the B complex helps to regenerate nerves.
Now, this leg is the best.
So, what you have to do, is go like this.
Now the circulation gets back in there.
NICK: Keep her doing that, eh?
DR. POL: Yes, keep doing on this leg.
NICK: Okay.
DR. POL: Sometimes it's permanent, it all
depends how bad the nerves are damaged,
this one definitely has some feeling yet,
so she'll make it.
But it takes some time.
One syringe every 12 hours.
NICK: 'Til she gets up.
DR. POL: Yeah, until she gets up.
You know, if you hang on to the tail
she already can almost get up.
NICK: Okay. DR. POL: Make sense?
NICK: Yes. DR. POL: Good enough.
See you guys.
NICK: He's been at it a long time,
and he's the expert, uh, that's why we call him.
He knows what he's doing.
Always has.
DR. POL: Go ahead.
I've been a veterinarian over 50 years now and
I still enjoy my work.
NARRATOR: Another major milestone is fast approaching.
DR. POL: I'll be 80 in September.
It's my birthday and I'm supposed to be 80 years old.
MAN: You do a good job. DR. POL: Thank you.
MAN: For being a young man.
[laughs].
DR. POL: It doesn't make any difference how many years it is,
it's how old you feel.
A body in motion stays in motion.
[grunting]
I plan to stick around for a long time yet,
so the more I move now, the better it will be.
NARRATOR: To celebrate, Doc and Diane have planned
a little jet-setting.
DR. POL: It's finally time that we can go back
to the Netherlands.
The last vacation that we had was like six years ago,
so getting a trip to Amsterdam is just fantastic.
DIANE: Have fun.
DR. POL: Today we're working, tomorrow we're leaving.
KATHRYN: C'mon, honey!
She is spicy and fearless, she loves going as tall as possible,
being on my head, being on my shoulders.
She thinks she's superwoman and nothing can hurt her.
Oh my gosh, that tail.
DR. POL: She's a monkey.
[laughter]
KATHRYN: She has a lot going on,
she's got a little bit of an underbite,
so she drools, her eyes are a little crossed sometimes,
and her tail continues to curl.
DR. NICOLE: Look at her.
Ghost is definitely a cat that sticks out.
She's just a little bit weird with everything but we love her,
she's adorable.
What'd you do to your leg?
KATHRYN: I know, that's what we're here to figure out.
It healed up and then I went out of town and somehow it got
twice as bad but on the other side.
DR. NICOLE: Ooh.
KATHRYN: So, I don't know what it would have...
DR. NICOLE: Same leg? KATHRYN: Same leg.
It's lumpy and weird.
You know, I wasn't worried in the beginning because
it looked like it was going to be okay.
DR. NICOLE: Oh, honey.
KATHRYN: But when I got back yeah,
I was definitely worried about it.
DR. NICOLE: Oh, I know it's terrible,
but I do have to take your temperature.
[meows].
KATHRYN: You're a good girl.
Good girl.
[meows]
I know honey. I know.
DR. NICOLE: Good temperature's normal, 102.2.
Ghost's temperature is normal, but when I look at her paw,
I can just touch it and pus is running out.
So, she clearly has a pretty bad infection and
I need to treat it.
So, I think it's a big...
KATHRYN: Yes! DR. NICOLE: Bacterial infection.
[hisses].
Oh, sassy kitty.
KATHRYN: Yes. DR. NICOLE: Don't scratch mom.
KATHRYN: I know baby.
DR. NICOLE: This is for your own good.
So she's gonna need some good antibiotics.
KATHRYN: Yes.
DR. NICOLE: To get this healed up, huh, princess.
KATHRYN: That's kinda what I figured.
DR. NICOLE: Ghost is gonna get a shot of some antibiotics and
some anti-inflammatories to help her feel better.
KATHRYN: Aw, good girl! DR. NICOLE: It's okay.
Good girl.
Hopefully, those two shots will do the trick.
And then I'm gonna get you an ointment to put on her paw.
KATHRYN: Okay.
DR. NICOLE: And then continue to clean it with
peroxide once or twice a day.
KATHRYN: Okay.
DR. NICOLE: Ghost will be just fine;
I just need to make sure Katie keeps the wound clean and
the antibiotics should start kicking in the next few days.
KATHRYN: Are you ready to go home now and
enjoy your, your medicine?
Despite the huge wound on her leg there's no slowing down
crazy Ghost Kitty.
There we go!
So, we're gonna go back to the lake house and lounge because
that's the reward that you get when you're a very good patient
and you get all those shots.
There you go, sweet pea!
So, lots of cuddles, cuddle party later today.
Okay.
O'DONNA: Hey there little dude.
Made the car ride fine.
Oreo's five years old.
He's small.
He reminds me of a actual newborn bunny.
You're just a handsome little guy.
He won't get any bigger, because he's a Netherland Dwarf bunny.
Okay, let's get you open, buddy.
I know.
He has sores in his ears.
His eye has tears coming out which I guess is un-normal for
a bunny to create, that's causing the fur to go bald
around the eye.
DR. POL: What's going on here?
O'DONNA: So, his eyes there's all that.
DR. POL: Oh man.
See there's injury on the bottom of this eye.
This is from draft.
O'DONNA: Is it? DR. POL: Yeah.
It's from the heater out of the floor or for a window
that's open in the summertime,
but if there's a draft, they get the sniffles.
And they start rubbing their nose,
then they hurt it on the fence.
NARRATOR: Oreo's attempt to alleviate his symptoms,
doubled his problems.
DR. POL: Okay. I want you to put Plexiglass
on two sides of that cage.
O'DONNA: Okay.
DR. POL: That way you don't get a draft in there.
O'DONNA: And he has it's either sores or
a buildup of skin in his ears.
DR. POL: Yeah. There is a lot of problems with him.
So much crud in there.
I'm gonna look underneath the microscope,
'cause that looks like mites.
Okay. Go back in there.
O'DONNA: Okay.
[purring]
DR. LISA: Ew.
DR. POL: That comes out of ears, is that ear mites in rabbits?
DR. LISA: You should look at it under the microscope.
DR. POL: That's what I'm going for!
O'DONNA: You'll be fine dude. I'll give you a carrot later.
DR. POL: Couldn't find ear mites in there but
I think I found some eggs.
What comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Makes no difference, you find mites,
you find eggs, we have problems.
Gonna see if I can get more out of that part of the ear.
NARRATOR: Multiple problems, call for multiple solutions.
DR. POL: This is for the ears.
Oh. Just a couple drops and massage it.
This will help to get that stuff out.
And then this is supposed to help for the ear mites.
Hopefully just one time should be good enough.
Drops for the eyes, just a drop, at least twice a day.
O'DONNA: All right.
DR. POL: I know it doesn't feel good.
O'DONNA: See look at you dude. DR. POL: Good.
And I think that's it.
O'DONNA: All right. DR. POL: Okay.
O'DONNA: Oreo gets to go home and get a lot of meds and
love and probably a lot of bunny treats.
Yeah, I know you're angry.
Hopefully with these drops too,
he'll look like a brand-new bunny and
get that fur growing in and look great.
You'll be fine.
[squealing]
NARRATOR: Now appearing, broadcasting her name for
all to hear.
[squealing].
Is, "Reeee, Reeee!"
DEANNA: My pig is Re Re.
She is ten weeks old. She has become a pet.
She thinks she's a dog.
She has a dog bed, she comes and goes through the doggie door.
She's a good pig!
NARRATOR: This good little piggie has a big lump.
DEANNA: And it's kinda come and gone,
and it's getting worse and worse and worse.
STAFF: Hi, baby. How are you, Re Re?
Can we get her on the scale?
DEANNA: Yeah, she's not gonna like it.
[oinking].
NARRATOR: One of a pig's...
[squealing].
Major defense mechanisms.
STAFF: We're gonna go with 32.
[squealing].
NARRATOR: Is its voice.
[squealing]
[laughter]
DR. LISA: Hello. DEANNA: Hi.
DR. LISA: I heard this one before I saw it.
[laughs]
DEANNA: You want her up on the table?
She's pretty good.
DR. LISA: Uh, if, if she'll stay.
[squealing]
Re Re has a very assertive voice and is not afraid to use it.
[squealing]
She's not super thrilled with me examining her today,
and she is very clear in telling me so.
DEANNA: Re Re, hey, hey, hey.
There, oh, how's that feel?
Oh, is that better?
DR. LISA: I can make it kinda squish back inside her belly,
so that means it's not an abscess or an infection.
DR. LISA: She has a small defect in her body wall
that is, uh, causing, uh,
a little hernia.
NARRATOR: A hernia creates a lump when fluid or
organs slip through the opening.
DR. LISA: Re Re is going to be a family pet,
so in her case we're gonna do some surgery to repair it.
I might have you bring her back on a different day,
it's a procedure where we put them under anesthesia
and then suture that body wall defect back together.
Pretty straightforward and a lot easier to repair when
they're small like this.
DEANNA: Happy that it's going to be an easy fix,
that's what I wanted.
DR. LISA: Well... DEANNA: Okay, you ready, baby?
DR. LISA: I'll put that in the schedule.
DEANNA: All right.
DR. LISA: If you want to take her outside.
It'll be an 8:00 am drop off.
DEANNA: So, we have to come back and
have her belly stitched together.
So, she does not have a hernia no more.
No not that way, that way yep.
[oinking]
You're free again.
Back to the truck.
[meows]
RONALD: My daughter called in for Gizmo.
Well Gizmo, he started screaming almost.
[meows]
He was, he was hurting.
[meowing].
They'll fix you up.
Yeah, they'll fix you up.
[meows]
Okay.
He had had urinary problems before.
So reasonably sure that's what's wrong with him again.
DR. NICOLE: Hello, how are you?
Good boy.
RONALD: He seemed absolutely fine.
DR. NICOLE: Ooh, oh, yeah that's his bladder.
RONALD: And then he started screaming.
DR. NICOLE: Okay. Yeah, he's blocked.
Gizmo has a history of being blocked,
meaning that he can't urinate on his own.
He has a really, really firm bladder and I touched it and
that made him scream.
So unfortunately, that means he gets to stay with me again.
RONALD: Okay.
DR. NICOLE: We'll pass a catheter, get him cleared up
and making him feel better.
Cats can get blockages where they actually form crystals in
their urine, and when they try to pee a crystal
gets stuck in their urethra.
RONALD: Take good care of him 'cause he just...
DR. NICOLE: Oh yeah. He's a good boy, huh?
RONALD: He's a good boy, you know.
Gizmo, he's, he's a great cat.
Just a great cat. He means a lot to everybody.
[meows].
DR. NICOLE: I know, we're gonna make you feel better.
Gizmo isn't too happy today.
Especially after not being able to urinate.
[meows]
Yeah, I know, okay I'll stop.
Every time I just touch his bladder, he yells.
[meows]
The urinary catheter will allow a flow of urine so that
way his bladder can shrink and all the urine can come out.
See that like a little stone right at the tip?
STAFF: Ooh.
DR. NICOLE: For me to see the crystal with my naked eye,
that is a pretty big crystal,
so that must have been the blockage.
STAFF: Hey, look at that. DR. NICOLE: Urine luck, heh-huh!
Look at all that.
You feel better bud? Hmm?
Okay so we got pain meds, he got antibiotics, he got fluids.
His bladder is mostly empty now.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Once Gizmo wakes,
all he'll have to do is go with the flow.
DR. POL: Which one? LAURA: This is the worst one.
And then that one over there's doing it too.
NARRATOR: This evening, two of Laura's calves,
suddenly bloated.
LAURA: We're supposed to be leaving on vacation today, um,
so this was kind of an emergency.
DR. POL: That is weird.
LAURA: They do not look well at all.
They're acting like they just want to lay down and be done.
DR. POL: Where's the feeder; what kind of stuff is it?
JASON: There.
DR. POL: Hang on, I'm not as fast as you.
That is weird that they suddenly bloated like that.
JASON: I know! DR. POL: Oh boy. It's too fine!
JASON: Too fine. DR. POL: Too fine!
NARRATOR: When grain is so finely ground,
it digests too quickly in the stomach and causes bloating.
DR. POL: What we see here is frothy bloat.
And it's the gas that is produced by
fermentation of this grain.
Okay tell him that you want it coarse,
as coarse as you can get it.
So cow can chew it, puts a lot of saliva with it,
and then it gets digested properly.
So, baking soda's perfect, and a bottle full of mineral oil.
So, what we have here is acidosis.
In order to get rid of the acid we use a buffer,
which is baking soda.
And when there's too much grain in there,
we also use mineral oil to make it go through faster.
That's not beer bottle.
It'll work!
The easiest is when you have a beer bottle with a long neck.
You stick that in their mouth and tip it up and
they'll start swallowing the stuff.
Sorry buddy, but it doesn't taste good.
We had a plastic bottle here with not a long neck,
and yeah it worked, but not very well because
he chewed the plastic bottle.
Come on, swallow it.
He doesn't want anymore.
That's good enough.
Okay put the cap on, make sure that bloat is out
in an hour or so.
JASON: Okay.
DR. POL: And if that one bloats up again, he gets half a bottle.
JASON: Okay.
LAURA: We just have to keep an eye on them
for the next few hours.
As long as the bloating keeps going down,
they should be in the clear.
JASON: Thanks Doc.
DR. POL: See 'ya ladies, and gentlemen.
NARRATOR: Laura and Jason are all set to go on their vacation.
Before Doc can do the same,
he wants to check in on this morning's patient.
DR. POL: Hello, I just stopped in,
I wanna make sure.
I thought she'd be up, and I thought it'd be fun to see her.
And, lo and behold, she is already up and
walking which is very good.
[laughs]
Look at the drunken sailor.
That's good.
[mooing]
NARRATOR: Officially off the clock.
DR. POL: And away we go.
DIANE: I'm really excited.
NARRATOR: Doc and Diane are up in the air.
[phone rings]
STAFF: Pol Vet, how can I help you?
DR. LISA: We're having a pretty chaotic day here at the clinic.
STAFF: We are booked out quite far.
STAFF 2: Okay, hang out for just a second.
AUTUMN: All right, Dr. Pol's on vacation
and it's a pretty busy day
and we're just trying to keep up.
[phone rings]
STAFF: Good afternoon, can you please hold?
DR. LISA: Our regular schedule is busy enough when we have all
the doctors here, a little bit stressed today!
NARRATOR: While Dr. Nicole and Dr. Lisa man the clinic,
Dr. Brenda's tackling the farm calls.
[moos]
DR. BRENDA: Those two first?
Okay and how many are we doing all together?
16?
KIM: We have 16 cows that we want to run through the chute.
DR. BRENDA: All right we're ready.
NARRATOR: All 16 need vaccinations,
and nine need pregnancy checks.
DR. BRENDA: Come on heifer.
Cows and calves and the bull and whatever.
All of them. Whoa!
Whatever's here, we're going to work through everybody.
It's fall, that's what we do.
If they're running at you get out of the way.
[chuckles].
Hopefully it'll go quick, everything will be smooth.
DREW: Hey. You're a bottle baby.
You're supposed to be tame.
[laughs]
DR. BRENDA: Okay we are done with her.
Come on babe let's go.
You ready for round two?
DREW: We'll find out.
[laughs]
NARRATOR: As they get into the groove...
DR. BRENDA: There 'ya go.
[moos]
DEANNA: Oh, not the flowers.
Come on.
[squealing].
STAFF: Re Re's here!
NARRATOR: It's surgery day to repair Re Re's hernia.
STAFF: Re Re, this is gonna make you angry.
Come on.
[squealing].
DR. LISA: Just like before, Re Re is not really happy to
be here today.
STAFF: Please hold.
DR. LISA: And the plan is to get her sedated.
And do that right away.
Are you trying to eat me?
[laughs]
You're cute, so I don't mind.
Time to sleep, little pig.
[oinking].
NARRATOR: After his catheterization.
DR. NICOLE: Gizmo is doing good.
I'm gonna keep an eye on him,
see if he is urinating by himself.
If he is, then he can go home on just some medication
and his new food.
Okay, I'll talk to you later.
DR. LISA: Thankfully, now that Re Re is peacefully sleeping,
we all get a little bit of a break from her opinions,
until she wakes up, at least.
When I'm repairing a hernia, basically what I do is put
the patient on their back so that all the abdominal contents
go back to where they're supposed to be and
then kinda freshen the edges of the hernia,
close it back together with some really strong sutures,
and then close the skin over it.
[shushing]
NARRATOR: Dr. Brenda and the Haskells...
DR. BRENDA: Come on, let's go.
NARRATOR: Have boogied through half the herd.
DR. BRENDA: You're not supposed to be quite this tame,
did you know that?
Yep, I'm ready.
Two and a half.
Three.
She's open.
These cows are either pregnant or open,
which open means they're not pregnant.
She is pregnant two.
This one's also three. Two.
These cows are not bred more than three months,
so the biggest they're going to be is a little bit
bigger than a large grapefruit.
And the uterus when it's normal sized in the cow,
the tubes are about the size of a hotdog.
[moos].
Closing my eyes feeling the uterus.
DREW: What is she? DR. BRENDA: Two.
It doesn't make my fingers see any better but
sort of it makes my fingers see better.
She's about two.
CAMERON: Good girl.
KIM: Well, it means the bull's working.
CAMERON: He's not a dud.
[laughs]
LAWRENCE: You're okay.
She's a German short haired blue heeler mix, and she's just
a giant cuddle bug.
NARRATOR: Phoebe has some lumps on her legs.
DR. NICOLE: It's mostly in the skin,
it's kinda behind her elbow, yeah.
I want to stick a needle in it, look at it under the microscope,
and see what's going on.
Good news, just fatty masses,
nothing to worry about.
Um, the only thing I would worry about it is if they tend
to get bigger, then they may start impeding how she walks,
so just keep an eye on them,
if they stay that size, we're fine.
If they get bigger, then I'd like to take them off
before they get too big.
I don't think she's really needs anything.
LAWRENCE: Okay. DR. NICOLE: Okay Phoebe?
LAWRENCE: Super-excited and glad to hear the news that it's,
you know, no big deal right now.
When she gets home, I'm sure she'll get lots of love
and probably a treat.
C'mon, good girl.
[rattling]
DR. BRENDA: Hang on, mom.
Two!
She's pregnant about two.
Okay that's the last of the cows.
All right, you guys have a good day.
[moos]
DR. LISA: Not too shabby.
Surgery went really smoothly,
I was able to fully repair the defect.
She's gotta stay pretty quiet and chill so
that everything heals up.
[phone rings]
STAFF: Good afternoon, can you please hold?
STAFF 2: And you are all set, have a good day.
WOMAN: You too.
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, in the Netherlands.
DR. POL: We can come up the steps here or use the elevator,
and then our room is right here already.
NARRATOR: Doc and Diane have settled comfortably into
their vacation across the pond.
DR. POL: And then the nice thing is that
the bedroom has the balcony.
And there's Diane on the balcony enjoying the sunshine.
Diane and I love to go on travels like this and
we have learned to leave our worries behind
and enjoy the moment.
And this is what you see, little boats, big boats.
DIANE: Once I'm over here, I feel like
I'm in my second home again.
So I'm really excited about it,
it's been a while since we've been back.
DR. POL: And this is already 8:30 at night,
and it's busier than all get out.
Old Amsterdam. Very nice.
FAITH: Hi buddy. I know.
Olaf was one of our first babies born on our farm.
Come here bud.
He got his name from of course if you guys can
guess it, the movie...
Frozen.
NARRATOR: Unfortunately, Olaf's fairy tale life has
taken a turn.
FAITH: He was nice and plump and now he's gone to this in a week.
Become really skin and bones.
He's just not eating and drinking.
But I hope it's nothing more serious.
Because if it is then...
[takes deep breath].
DR. NICOLE: There you are.
FAITH: Hey. DR. NICOLE: Hello.
FAITH: My daughter Kyla who's nine,
it's her goat and so it'll be really sad if, if we lose him.
DR. NICOLE: Let's see your color?
Oh my gosh.
DR. NICOLE: At first glance I see Olaf looks pretty skinny
and he has really pale mucous membranes.
I'm very concerned about some intestinal parasites.
When's the last time you dewormed anyone?
FAITH: I dewormed the entire herd the end of May.
DR. NICOLE: Okay.
So, first thing's first I want to go ahead
and run a fecal sample and see if he has any parasites.
The pressure is on.
Olaf is one of Faith's favorite goats.
So, I have to make sure I get him feelin' better.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Seven, eight.
Nine, ten, 11, 12, 13.
14.
Just on that little bit of stool sample
he has a whole bunch of parasites.
Somehow, he got some worms.
FAITH: So, the whole herd will have them.
DR. NICOLE: Yes.
We just need to treat those worms.
Sorry bud.
And he should do much better.
FAITH: So, should I be getting shots for all of them?
DR. NICOLE: Treat all of them.
If you can rotate pastures, clean up as best you can.
And I want her to deworm not only Olaf but
also all of his friends.
That way they don't reinfest each other.
You can add electrolytes to his water.
FAITH: Sure.
DR. NICOLE: But just because he is so pale,
he's lost a good amount of blood and weight too.
FAITH: I'm gonna do what she said and actually,
I'm gonna have my kids do what she said.
Okay sounds good, thanks.
'Cause that's, you know, one of the blessings of children.
I actually just received a text asking if Olaf was okay and so
I'm gonna let her know that he's okay and that it's just worms.
Come on buddy.
Come on. Up, up.
Ew don't pee on me, no.
Olaf. Get...
[laughs]
Seriously?
Okay woo-hoo. I won.
STAFF: Picking up, or? DEANNA: Yeah, picking up.
Re Re had her hernia fixed, and we are picking her up,
after surgery.
[oinking]
Oh, I think I hear her!
STAFF: Do you guys wanna come back with me to get her?
KENDALL: I'm extremely excited now that Re Re can go home and
she won't have a bump on her belly.
DEANNA: Re Re!
KENDALL: Are you ready to go home?
STAFF: Sleepy girl! DEANNA: Come here, baby girl.
KENDALL: She follows my dog around a lot and
I'm sure Ginger missed her.
[squealing].
DEANNA: It's okay, there you go,
you walk like a big girl.
She's a sweetheart, she's like my dog!
She will cuddle with 'ya, she follows you around.
She's a good pig!
NARRATOR: Re Re bids one last.
[squealing].
To the clinic.
And she went, "Re, re ,re," all the way home.
[squealing].
KATELYN: Aw, look at you pretty girl.
TERA: The cat's name is Willow.
She's coming in today for an eye,
possibly an eye injury.
She originally was feral, um,
she was found at an abandoned house.
She's still very shy, but she's,
she's come around a lot.
DR. LISA: Hello! TERA: Hello there.
DR. LISA: Hey sweetie.
Oh yeah.
So, when I look at Willow, Willow's third eyelid that is
kinda creeping over more of her eye than it usually does.
On that left side is just hanging out a lot more.
And this could be part of something called
Horner's Syndrome, where the nerve that's responsible for
helping keep it in place is, gets a little bit irritated.
There's a few important nerves that travel close to the ear
that can become, uh, affected by a severe enough infection,
which results in the third eyelid prolapsing in
this fashion that we're seeing with Willow today.
This ear looks pretty, pretty dirty in there.
Willow's ears are pretty full of debris,
so I'm gonna make sure I give them a good cleaning.
I'm trying to clean out the gunk, I'm sorry.
KATELYN: You're okay, Willow.
DR. LISA: I know. I know.
She's like, "Please stop."
I'm sorry.
TERA: She's like, "I'm trying to be friends with you,
but this is just too much."
DR. LISA: I know, quit glaring at me;
it makes my heart hurt!
Well, that helped a little bit.
TERA: Oh, it does it went back. DR. LISA: Yeah, it kinda does!
I'm gonna treat the infection in the ear so
with a topical ear medication.
And then for the ear drops, you can start them tonight.
And I think once we clear up the infection,
her eye will go back to looking normal.
TERA: I'm really excited that she is going to be okay
and that it's not anything more serious.
KATELYN: You gonna help me give Willow her medicine?
TERA: We're going to do our best to get that medication into
her ears, and, um, yeah, just keep an eye on her.
NARRATOR: Doc's big day is finally here!
And the Pols are celebrating with a boat tour
on Amsterdam's famous canals.
DR. POL: It's nice to have a, a nice quiet boat tour with Diane.
Hello!
DIANE: Looking at the different architecture,
and you're just sitting there taking in the sights,
it was really nice.
NARRATOR: It's an occasion worth remembering.
DIANE: He likes to do videos and so lots of times I'll do
the still shots and he'll do the videos.
DR. POL: Ooh?
NARRATOR: Even if Doc's still getting used to being on
the other side of the camera.
DR. POL: Uh-oh.
The cake was very nice,
we had a good time celebrating my 80th birthday.
SHAUNA: Will he get out and walk?
HAYLEE: I don't know. Come on.
[snapping]
SHAUNA: You're gonna have to get him out.
HAYLEE: Come here.
SHAUNA: My dog's name is Junior.
Hey big guy.
He is a Saint Berdoodle.
So, his mom was a Saint Bernard
and his dad was a standard poodle.
And he is a really, really great puppy.
He's usually running around, playing,
having fun.
Which he hasn't been doing that lately.
He's just been laying around,
kind of lethargic.
Here we go.
STAFF: Can we get his weight?
SHAUNA: Yeah, he was 47, I just had him here on Monday.
Come on.
Junior was just in on Monday, for a puppy check.
SHAUNA: Yeah, that's not good.
He hasn't eaten in the last two days,
he is vomiting and just not acting like himself.
DR. BRENDA: Is this the one we just saw a couple days ago?
SHAUNA: Yeah, yeah Monday. DR. BRENDA: Geez.
So how long has he been bad?
SHAUNA: Um, like yesterday and today throwing up.
DR. BRENDA: Okay, keeping anything down at all or
bringing everything up?
SHAUNA: Bringing everything up.
He has not eaten yesterday or today that we know of.
And he's drinking lots of water but it's all coming back up.
DR. BRENDA: Pretty much immediately?
SHAUNA: No, it sits there for a little bit.
DR. BRENDA: Do we have any idea what he ate or
how much he's eaten of anything?
SHAUNA: She said she woke up and there was underwear
all over the floor.
DR. BRENDA: Okay.
SHAUNA: And he's thrown up four pairs of underwear
within the last week.
DR. BRENDA: Certainly, there's the potential foreign body or
blockage problems with him.
All right, let's take an X-ray and we'll see.
[kisses]
Come on sweetie.
NARRATOR: If Junior's intestines are blocked,
he'd need emergency surgery to save his life.
DR. BRENDA: Okay.
Stomach's here and empty.
SHAUNA: Okay.
DR. BRENDA: And this is a mostly large intestine.
I don't really see any evidence of obstruction today.
SHAUNA: Okay.
DR. BRENDA: When we look at his radiographs,
I don't see anything that clearly looks
like an obstruction.
It looks to me like he's just got really bad gastroenteritis.
NARRATOR: Junior's intestines are inflamed and irritated.
DR. BRENDA: I'm gonna put him on an antibiotic,
something to keep him from throwing up,
make him feel a little bit better.
Good boy. There 'ya go.
Then we'll put him on probiotics to help kinda
repopulate him with good gut bacteria.
Don't let him eat anything stupid.
[laughs]
SHAUNA: I'm really hoping that this clears up Junior's problem.
HAYLEE: Come on.
DR. BRENDA: We'll see how things go overnight,
and if he's not improving, we'll see them back in the morning.
HAYLEE: Well, that's good news buddy.
DR. BRENDA: You do two pills once a day
to control the vomiting.
SHAUNA: Okay.
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, outside.
SHAUNA: He pooped something.
DR. BRENDA: Maybe it was a pair of underwear.
SHAUNA: That's a sock.
HAYLEE: A sock?
SHAUNA: That's a sock, oh that's one of your socks.
He pooped out a sock.
DR. BRENDA: Well maybe that's his problem,
maybe now he'll feel better.
Hopefully that was the last offending piece of clothing
that's in his intestinal tract.
I mean, if they're coming through, that's good.
SHAUNA: This is my daughter's first pet so
she is going to work a lot harder on keeping things
picked up and making sure her drawers are shut
so he can't get into things.
NARRATOR: As long as Junior can stay out of trouble,
the meds will have him back to himself in a few days' time.
Dr. Pol's vacation is over.
CHARLES: It's been so long since we went on a farm call
there's mold growing in my seat.
[horn honking]
NARRATOR: He's right back to work!
DR. POL: We're going to an Amish farm here and
this was a gelding that got kicked real hard and
they almost think that the leg is broke.
Let's go.
AARON: He never really put any weight on it after it happened.
DR. POL: Oh no, because it hurt like heck.
If it is a broken leg that means that they absolutely
do not want to put any weight on it.
Okay, grab ahold of him.
Oh.
That's not broke.
AARON: You don't think so? DR. POL: Nope.
Nope, not broke.
'Cause see, if it was broke, it would go like this.
AARON: Mm-hmm.
DR. POL: The leg is solid, so here we have a horse
that is very, very sore.
It's not broke, thank goodness!
What we have to do is make sure we get the pain under control.
So, I'm leaving him some pills.
Ten twice a day. For the next ten days.
And hopefully that horse will get better in a couple weeks.
He's a nice horse.
SADIE: Did they say how he's doing?
RONALD: I guess he's okay.
STAFF: Hi there.
RONALD: We're here to pick up Gizmo.
[kisses]
DR. NICOLE: Hi bud. You wanna go home?
Gizmo's a happier cat now that he can pee on his own.
Come on, sir.
RONALD: I knew that they could fix him up, but, still.
DR. NICOLE: Here comes trouble. SADIE: Oh, hi buddy!
RONALD: You know, he's Gizmo.
Wouldn't want anything to happen to him.
Okay Gizzy.
Oh, he's a good boy.
SADIE: His eyes were full again and he looks 100 times better
than when we brought him in.
DR. NICOLE: This is for pain and inflammation,
it's a tablet for three days.
And then this one is his antibiotic; this is a pill.
RONALD: You see those teeth, right?
DR. NICOLE: Oh yeah, he doesn't use them though!
Gizmo is going to get a new food;
it will start to dissolve the crystals in his bladder
without any extra medication.
Which is perfect because cats are usually pretty hard
to get meds into.
SADIE: You feeling better? STAFF: And you're all set.
RONALD: Okay thank you. SADIE: Thank you very much.
I'm just hoping that we have the problem figured out.
Come on, big guy.
And with switching up his cat food that we can avoid this
problem in the future, and he can live a long happy life.
Are you feeling better?
All right, you go home to your brother.
RONALD: Come on. Get you in there.
DAVE: Come on. This way.
Riggins is a black German shepherd.
He's about eight years old,
and pretty, pretty good with the family.
I noticed a few little blood spots on the floor and I'm like,
"Where did this come from?"
On the scale, keep going.
That's when I noticed it,
and I'm like, "That's not gonna heal well."
Come on, let's not do this, come on you gotta lay down.
Come here.
DR. LISA: He's not having it.
DAVE: You gotta lay down, it's just strangers he's just,
he's scared of.
DR. LISA: Yeah. DAVE: You know, and...
Roll over, come, no.
DR. LISA: Is it on like the inside?
DAVE: Inside right here.
DR. LISA: Oh, yeah. DAVE: See what I mean?
DR. LISA: It's a pretty clean cut,
I think I can suture it closed pretty easily.
I think without sutures it will take a really long time to heal.
DAVE: That's what I was thinking.
DR. LISA: So, in order to, to do the sutures and
everything I'm gonna sedate him.
DAVE: Sure.
DR. LISA: So, he doesn't have to be scared
the whole time basically.
DAVE: Right.
NARRATOR: That is, if 80-pound Riggins,
will allow it.
STAFF: Come here.
DR. LISA: Riggins was, was pretty amped up.
It's okay bud.
So I'm gonna give him a little bit of extra sedation to get him
asleep so I can help him out.
What are you doing bud?
STAFF: Stay, stay good boy.
DR. LISA: Good boy, yeah, that's not so bad, huh?
STAFF: He ripped my pants!
DR. LISA: Oh no!
Hey, I have some thread.
STAFF: To make a suture.
DR. LISA: You're just not so sure about anybody.
♪ Go to sleep ♪
[buzzing]
Definitely want to make sure it gets really clean
so he doesn't get an infection.
I need to debride some of the dead necrotic tissue that's
lining the edges of the wound just to create a fresh edge
so the wound will heal together properly.
We wanna set ourselves up for success.
Now that everything's closed up,
I'm gonna get some pain medication and antibiotics
for Riggins to take home,
and then we'll see him again in a couple weeks to check back in
and to get those sutures out.
NARRATOR: Before Riggins wakes, a nail trim.
DAVE: Hey buddy. You all fixed up?
STAFF: And we cut his nails for him.
DAVE: Okay. Awesome! STAFF: Yeah, 'cause...
[laughter]
DAVE: Riggins! STAFF: It's okay, he was just...
DAVE: What did you do?
STAFF: You know, when he got his poke, he got startled...
DAVE: Oh. STAFF: And that was it.
[laughs]
DAVE: And he has been known to nip at the butt, you know and...
You ready to go bud?
Dr. Lisa, she, she did awesome,
a really nice job of handling him.
We'll go this way?
Really happy with the whole outcome.
Come on bub.
DEANNA: Come on, Jen!
Re Re had a hernia on her umbilical cord,
which was bulging out, almost hit the ground.
Re Re!
Her insides were coming out.
Hi sweetie!
So, we had to take her to Pol's, she had a operation.
She's gotten big hasn't she?
Are you the worlds best pig?
[oinking]
Look she don't even have a scar on her belly.
They did a awesome job.
She had nine stitches,
which come out two weeks later and perfect.
She's a happy healthy pig now.
There.
Like your butt scratched, don't 'ya?
So do I. Yeah.
I come down here every day and see her,
plays with the dog, the cows.
You wanna go see your friends? Huh?
She's everybody's friend.
Wanna see what they're doing today?
She can be kinda stubborn but normally
she's a happy go lucky pig.
Do you wanna go out in the snow?
Do 'ya? You can come out.
She loves the snow.
She's more than just a pig, yeah.
Come on.
Don't let the door hit you in the butt.
So glad that it all come out good.
I would have been devastated if something would have happened.
You seeing all your friends?
She say, "Here I come, here I come."
Isn't she the best pig ever though?
DIANE: You know, I know I was wondering if
I could get away with it.
DR. POL: Holy cow. DIANE: Look at the balloons.
NARRATOR: It's Doc's birthday dinner,
back home with family.
DR. POL: Your hair looks good.
[laughs]
DIANE: I'm still feeling a little bit jet-lagged after all
the travels that we did.
It was kind of nice because he did celebrate his birthday
in the Netherlands, now we get to do it here, so.
CHARLES: Woo!
DIANE: It's been a good birthday for him.
DR. POL: Oh my gosh!
CHARLES: My immediate family is here tonight,
my two sisters and my cousin from Canada,
so it's super great to have family here.
Hello old, man.
So how was your trip?
DR. POL: Fast and furious.
CHARLES: Well, that's the way you like it.
80th birthday, got a little pin here.
DR. POL: And, and, and I still work full time.
CHARLES: That's right, full time, 80 years old.
DR. POL: I guess that's what the main thing is,
you're only as old as you feel.
I don't feel any different than when I was 70.
Maybe a little slower.
DIANE: Family is really important to Jan,
so he really enjoys having everybody together.
DR. POL: Thanks for coming here on my 80th birthday.
At least I'm on my feet, and I can drive,
and I am still fast working, so I hope that we'll make it
another ten years anyway!
[laughter].
CHARLES: For 90 we're gonna have to do something really crazy.
[laughter].
DR. POL: The days come, the days go and just keep going,
I think that's what it is.
CHARLES: It's your birthday. DR. POL: Uh-huh.
Okay. Let's have dessert.
Captioned by Cotter Media Group.