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"Chatom" Henderson was presented to The Animal Clinic on May 16th, 2005 for not feeling well for three days, not eating, vomiting grass and it was also suspected that she may have eaten a chicken bone. Dr. Fluharty was concerned that Chatom might have a foreign body (chicken bone) stuck in her stomach or intenstines, so lab work and radiographs of her abdomen were done. The radiographs did not reveal any bones, however, there was an almond shaped mass in her intestine that looked like a palm nut. Chatom was started on medication for 24 hours in hopes that the sabal nut would pass through the intestinal tract and surgery would not have to be preformed. Chatom was still very uncomfortable the next day and it was decided that exploratory surgery should be preformed and the sabal nut was removed. Chatom recovered from surgery fine but was still vomiting and she started showing signs of head tilt. The neurological signs can be due to the sabal palm nut toxin so additional therapy was administered. After 4 days Chatom was still not showing any improvement and Chatom's owner Dr. Dawn Henderson and Dr. Fluharty decided that the best plan for Chatom was to refer her to Florida Veterinary Specialist that is located in Tampa, Fl. In Tampa Chatom was introduced to another doctor a Veterinarian Internist Dr. Mears who did a number of exhaustive tests including a MRI and still could not pinpoint specifically what was causing Chatom' problem. After many consulting discussions it was determined that Chatom may have an immune disorder causing encephalitis and a chemotherapy plan was implemented for Chatom's neurological problem. Chatom started improving soon after the therapy and the vomiting finally subsided. At her one-month check up, Chatom was back to her old self-full of energy and rearing to go. Thanks to her owner and the internist in Tampa she is recovering well. Chatom is a very special pet and is so full of love, and her owner Dr. Henderson is very special to have provided Chatom with the quality medical care that she received.
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