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Ranger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Four years ago, United States Army soldier Francesca Salinas received a call from a military friend with an urgent plea \u2014 a beautiful, white German Shepherd at a local pound was going to be put to sleep if he wasn’t adopted that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the dog\u2019s unknown background, the choice was an easy one for Salinas. She, her newly rescued German Shepherd, Ranger, and her other dog, Captain, immediately developed a strong bond and have been inseparable ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when a mysterious accident occurred while Salinas was out of town, their determination to stay together was put to the test, and it would end up taking a team of surgeons at the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital<\/a> (SATH) to ensure the trio was reunited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Rare Injury<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Salinas was working on an oil rig when she received a disturbing call from her pet sitter \u2014 Ranger had somehow injured his tongue and had been rushed to a veterinary clinic, but the doctors weren\u2019t sure if the injury could be healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico when they called me, so I had to call in two choppers and a plane to come pick me up,\u201d she said. \u201cI just said, \u2018Do not touch him until I get back.\u2019 I was determined to not give up on him, and I knew he would be determined too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once back in her hometown of Tomball, the severity of Ranger\u2019s injury became clear. The veterinarians believed he somehow got his tongue stuck inside a toy, leading to a serious amount of necrosis, or lack of blood supply causing death to the cells, of the tongue\u2019s tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clinic\u2019s only suggestion was to bring Ranger to Texas A&M University for a second opinion, so Salinas loaded him up and immediately drove to College Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon arrival, her determination paid off right away \u2014 Ranger\u2019s veterinary team knew exactly how to save him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tongue\u2019s tissue was dead, so it needed to be taken off,\u201d said Dr. Kelley Thieman<\/a>, an associate professor and the Nancy & Michael Shaw \u201968 Chair in Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt really came down to us having the team and supplies necessary to be able to do that procedure,\u201d she continued. \u201cI can’t say enough about having a full, fantastic team that’s used to working together. That enables us to do a lot of things other veterinary practices might not be able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving Ranger at the hospital for his procedure was difficult for Salinas, but she knew that she had found him a care team that would treat him like their very own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were there with me every step of the way and they didn’t give up on him. They kept me apprised of everything that was happening; from the time I dropped him off to every time they did rounds, they would send me updates on how he was doing,\u201d she said. \u201cFrom the way they treated him, I knew they cared as much as I cared. I really, really appreciate that from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Complete Recovery<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Captain and Ranger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tongue resections aren\u2019t very common in veterinary medicine and those that do happen are usually because of a tumor forming on the tongue or diabetes causing the end to die off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis case was unusual because he was otherwise healthy and just had a freak accident,\u201d Thieman said. \u201cThis may have been the first tongue resection I’ve ever done for an injury caused by a toy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, the procedure was relatively straightforward, and Thieman\u2019s fellow soft tissue surgeon, Dr. Jacqueline Davidson<\/a>, was available to perform the tongue resection the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tongue is super vascular, so it bleeds a lot,\u201d Thieman said. \u201cWe place a gentle clamp across the tongue to decrease the blood flow, and then we just resect the dead part and stitch the edges together so that it comes back in a functional, rounded tongue shape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, Ranger lost about half his tongue from the injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, dogs are highly adaptable and can easily learn to work around impairments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDogs have a lot of tongue and because they don’t speak like humans do, they don’t really need all of it to function,\u201d Thieman said. \u201cWhat tongue he has left is alive and functional, so he can still feel and taste with it. He may be a messy eater and drinker, but he can do it happily and pain free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending a week at the SATH recovering and learning how to eat and drink with a smaller tongue, Ranger returned home to continue his recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He learned just the way that the surgeon explained it to me,\u201d Salinas said. “He learned to eat like a horse; horses don’t really use their tongue, but they still eat and drink water. He just learned how to slurp up the water and food instead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although removing so much of the tongue seems like it ought to have an impact on Ranger\u2019s taste preferences, Salinas said he is more than happy to eat \u201canything and everything,\u201d just like before the surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Salinas is an active member of the Army, she also received monetary assistance through the VMBS\u2019 Veterinary Valor Program<\/a> to support Ranger\u2019s care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was very grateful that they gave me good pricing for him and that they took care of him,\u201d Salinas said. \u201cIf you see the before and after pictures, you will not believe it. Everybody thought that he wasn’t going to make it. But it did not affect him whatsoever, having half of his tongue removed. He’s happy, joyful, and actually eats and drinks more than his brother!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information about the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, please visit our website at\u00a0<\/em>vetmed.tamu.edu<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or join us on\u00a0<\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0<\/em>X<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information:<\/em><\/strong> Jennifer Gauntt, Director of VMBS Communications, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, <\/em>jgauntt@cvm.tamu.edu,<\/em><\/a> 979-862-4216<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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