Scarlet and Gus are Champion Mini Bull Terriers whose owners were looking forward to their first litter with eager anticipation. Scarlet’s health was closely monitored throughout her pregnancy and everything appeared to be fine. However, after several hours of unproductive labor, she was rushed to Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital & Veterinarian Emergency Hospital for help with the delivery, including a possible emergency Cesarean Section.

When obstetrical assistance failed to allow Scarlet to deliver her puppies naturally, the Cesarean Section was needed. Knowing how important it is to minimize the puppies’ exposure to the anesthesia that is given to the mother and carried through her blood stream, Dr. Fred Rosen was able to induce Scarlet and deliver six pups in a total of only seven minutes. That rapid procedure resulted in all six new puppies being healthy and alert, despite the delivery complications.

According to Gus and Scarlet’s owners, their pups have new homes as far away as Poland and Brazil, “thanks to the wonderful doctors at Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital & Veterinary Emergency Hospital."

Sara began life as a tiny Lab puppy rescued from a ditch the day before Halloween. As she grew, her owner helped channel Sara’s typical Lab energy by finding a series of canine playmates for her. Unfortunately, when a Doberman playmate vaulted a fence to escape her nipping and jumping, six-month-old Sara tried to follow. She got hung up in the chain links and suffered a severe spiral fracture of her right hind leg.

Her owner rushed Sara to her family veterinarian, who gave her a shot for the pain and referred her to Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital & Veterinary Emergency Hospital. They were met at the door and Sara was taken straight to Dr. Fred Rosen. Dr. Rosen took several radiographs, measured the femur and ordered a stainless steel plate to hold the bones together while they healed. After an operation to align and secure her femur, Sara spent three days in the Intensive Care Ward where she was monitored constantly by the nursing staff. Sara’s owner was invited to visit on Sunday afternoon and took her home on Monday.

When Mattie, a two-year-old Boykin Spaniel, began vomiting, acting lethargic and showing no interest in eating, her owners thought she might have eaten something other than food. Recognizing the classic symptoms of a foreign body in her stomach or intestines, Mattie’s family veterinarian referred her to Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital for an immediate endoscopic exam.

Timing was critical because a foreign body in the stomach can often be located and removed using an endoscope. But if the material has time to pass from the stomach to the intestines, surgery is required to remove it. Intestinal surgery involves a difficult recovery for the pet and can be substantially more expensive than an endoscopic procedure.

Bruno is a  German Shepherd who had undergone a successful emergency procedure at a surgical facility to reverse torsion and remove his damaged spleen. His surgery was completed at 3:00 a.m. and his owners were to pick him up at 7:30 a.m. that same day.With a snowstorm forecast for Hendersonville, Bruno’s owners were worried about being able to transport him back and forth between his regular veterinarian each morning and the surgical facility each evening for the professional monitoring and care he needed. In a bad storm, it was possible that Bruno would end up unattended in a closed veterinarian office or at the owner’s isolated mountaintop home, where they felt unprepared to handle post-surgical care following such a traumatic procedure.

Then a friend told Bruno’s owners about Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital & Veterinary Emergency Hospital and he was brought to us for round-the-clock care. That gave his owners peace of mind that Bruno would have the professional care he needed, night or day. Equally important to them, they were welcome to come visit him during his stay.