KEITH – A1058875

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Brooklyn Center 

My name is KEITH. My Animal ID # is A1058875.
I am a male tan and brown lhasa apso mix. The shelter thinks I am about 12 YEARS old.

I came in the shelter as a STRAY on 11/25/2015 from NY 11207, owner surrender reason stated was STRAY.

MOST RECENT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WEIGHT
11/28/2015 Exam Type RE-EXAM – Medical Rating is 4 NC – SEVERE CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS, Behavior Rating is NONE, Weight 13.8 LBS.

S/O: VET CHECK FOR RECHECKING OVERALL CONDITION – RUPTURED ANAL GLAND ABSCESS VS. NEOPLASIA QAR ON PRESENTATION PER HANDLER, PATIENT HAD BEEN EATING VERY WELL – THIS MORNING DID NOT EAT MUCH OF FOOD ALLOWED MAJORITY OF HANDLING SEVERE PERIODONTAL DISEASE – MULTIPLE EXTRACTIONS NECESSARY GRADE V/VI SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR AUSCULTED KCS OS SMALL PEDUNCULATED PIGMENTED MASS/WART ON RIGHT CHIN/LOWER LIP AREA – APPROX. 0.5 CM DIFFUSE MUSCLE WASTING (MODERATE) ULCERATED PERI-ANAL MASS ON RIGHTSIDE OF ANUS APPEARS TO HAVE DRIED BLOOD OVER IT (>0.5 CM IN DIAMETER). THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER RAISED, DERMAL PERI-ANAL MASSES, ALL 0.5 CM OR BELOW IN DIAMETER. RECTAL EXAM REVEALED BILATERAL PERINEAL HERNIAS – REDUCIBLE, BUT ABLE TO FEEL A LARGE AMOUNT OF TISSUE WITHIN THE HERNIA. A: PERINEAL HERNIA PERI-ANAL MASSES – R/O BENIGN VS. MALIGNANT VS. ABSCESSES MUSCLE WASTING/CACHECTIC KCS PERIODONTAL DISEASE HEART MURMUR PX: GUARDED P: CONTINUE CURRENT TREATMENT PLAN PATIENT WILL NEED FULL GERIATRIC WORK UP +/- CARDIO CONSULT +/- SURGERY, CONTINUED TREATMENT FOR KCS, AND DENTAL NEW HOPE PLEA SENT ADD RIMADYL 12.5 MG PO BID X 5 DAYS FOR FURTHER PAIN RELIEF

11/25/2015 PET PROFILE MEMO
11/25/15 10:15 Upon intake Keith was nervous and tense. When approached slow he scanned negative for a microchip and allowed all handling.

WEB MEMO
No Web Memo

BEHAVIOR EVALUATION 
No Behavior Summary

GROUP BEHAVIOR EVALUATION 
No Group Behavior Summary

11/25/2015 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 4 NC – SEVERE CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS, behavior rating was NONE
Scan negative Male; 12 YO; 13.8 LB Very calm during exam; allowed all handling, including eye tests and palpations Geriatric R and l grade 4 systolic murmur; degenerative valve disease Possible anal gland adenoma OR anal sac adenocarcinoma; ulcerated 4/4 dental dz KCS obs; confirmed via Schirmer test; Optimmune applied Possible retrobulbar mass left eye – no retropulsion Painful – 0.37cc buprenorphine 0.5mg/ml administered Severely reduced vision; poss blindness left eye New hope notified

11/28/2015 RE-EXAM (LAST MAJOR EXAM)
Medical rating 4 NC – SEVERE CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS,
S/O: VET CHECK FOR RECHECKING OVERALL CONDITION – RUPTURED ANAL GLAND ABSCESS VS. NEOPLASIA QAR ON PRESENTATION PER HANDLER, PATIENT HAD BEEN EATING VERY WELL – THIS MORNING DID NOT EAT MUCH OF FOOD ALLOWED MAJORITY OF HANDLING SEVERE PERIODONTAL DISEASE – MULTIPLE EXTRACTIONS NECESSARY GRADE V/VI SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR AUSCULTED KCS OS SMALL PEDUNCULATED PIGMENTED MASS/WART ON RIGHT CHIN/LOWER LIP AREA – APPROX. 0.5 CM DIFFUSE MUSCLE WASTING (MODERATE) ULCERATED PERI-ANAL MASS ON RIGHTSIDE OF ANUS APPEARS TO HAVE DRIED BLOOD OVER IT (>0.5 CM IN DIAMETER). THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER RAISED, DERMAL PERI-ANAL MASSES, ALL 0.5 CM OR BELOW IN DIAMETER. RECTAL EXAM REVEALED BILATERAL PERINEAL HERNIAS – REDUCIBLE, BUT ABLE TO FEEL A LARGE AMOUNT OF TISSUE WITHIN THE HERNIA. A: PERINEAL HERNIA PERI-ANAL MASSES – R/O BENIGN VS. MALIGNANT VS. ABSCESSES MUSCLE WASTING/CACHECTIC KCS PERIODONTAL DISEASE HEART MURMUR PX: GUARDED P: CONTINUE CURRENT TREATMENT PLAN PATIENT WILL NEED FULL GERIATRIC WORK UP +/- CARDIO CONSULT +/- SURGERY, CONTINUED TREATMENT FOR KCS, AND DENTAL NEW HOPE PLEA SENT ADD RIMADYL 12.5 MG PO BID X 5 DAYS FOR FURTHER PAIN RELIEF

A staff member writes:  Keith came to the Care Center as a stray.  He is an older man at 12 years old and does have some health issues.  He is very sweet and allowed all handling during his medical exam.  Please consider this senior sweetie Keith!

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