Liz did surgery with Melissa and got to use her teaching skills
again. Melissa did a spay and a neuter with
Liz merely giving advice and hovering.
We treated a couple of male dogs for TVT, transmissible venereal
tumor. This is a unique cancer as it is
spread by direct cell transmission during breeding. It mostly occurs on the penis of male dogs
and the vulva of female dogs. It is
only found in the tropics. It can
metastasis and male dogs can bleed to death as the tumors get quite large and
hemorrhagic. Liz cut most of the tumor
mass off, treated them with vincristine, a chemotherapy agent, and neutered
them so they would not continue to spread the tumor. We also did another surgery on Lolly, Daniel
and Rachel’s little dog, as she had more dead bone on her foot from the dog
bite a week ago.
Julie arrived today, a large animal vet considering long
term service here. She is going to hang
out with us for a while then go to a different area of Uganda where she is
considering working to get a feel for it.
Andy moved on from plumbing to electrical wiring as many of
the lights in Val’s house did not work.
An electrician came and they worked together most of the day. Batman and Andy replaced and painted the ceiling in the
bathroom. We had our 3rd
consecutive day of hot showers! Val said
it had been more than 2 years since the hot water worked.
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