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First opossum patient of the year and first case presentation working with rehabber Sarah Stiles in about a year. This big boy male was attacked tonight by a dog, and he's suffered quite a few bites and the dog broke his right forearm. It was badly broken and the poor boy was so scared. Trauma is my specialty and where I feel most comfortable, so she called me about 9pm tonight, also because she didn't have medications anymore*. I went over and hooked him up with a good dose of enrofloxacin, some flunixin NSAID, and some BPC-157 peptide to accelerate healing. I stabilized his broken arm as best I could with two tongue depressers for splints, and wrapped with Coban. He will be in rehab a while to make sure it heals and that he can still use the arm before release. He was a good boy, and though he growled and showed his teeth, like most opossums, he did not try to bite me.
*Sadly, the veterinarian in Burkburnett who used to help with wildlife and issue scripts, Dr. Duffer-Burleson, died a few days ago after a 2 week battle with Covid. She was 66. She had some pre-existing health issues.
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