Meet Tug's Team of Caregivers
L to R: Mr. Harry Griffin, Ms. Mary Turner, Dr. Frank Verstraete and Dr. Boaz Arzi with Tug
After: Sporting an Elizabethan collar to prevent damage to stitches, Tug was "doing fine" after surgery and ready for suture removal May 12, 2010.
Photo: Don Preisler, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
L to R: student Nayeli Rojas, Dr. Frank Verstaete, Dr. Boaz Arzi, Ms. Mary Turner and Mr. Harry Griffin with Tug October 25, 2010. Photo: Don Preisler, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Six months later: Mary Turner, Tug's caregiver and member of English Springer Rescue America and Harry Griffin, Mary Turner's friend (and Tug's buddy) talk with class of 2011 veterinary student Nayeli Rojas as she gives a patient exam during Tug's follow-up visit to the Dentistry/Oral Surgery Service at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Tug was brought to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine by Turner and received surgery in the Dentistry/Oral Surgery Service in April 2010 for two birth defects, a cleft palate and a bifid nose. Professor Frank Verstraete and resident Boaz Arzi repaired the cleft palate and restructured the nose. Ms. Turner expects to adopt the dog.
Before: Tug is readied for surgery (April 2010) to correct a cleft palate and a bifid nose. The space between the two sides of Tug's nose is visible. (The tube at the side assisted with Tug's breathing during anesthesia.)
Photo: Dentistry/Oral Surgery Service, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
"3D image of Tug's skull before surgery showing the cleft at the front of the skull where the bones did not fuse properly. The model is a reconstruction from computed tomography (CT) imaging"
Image: Dentistry/Oral Surgery Service, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine