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Dr. Arturo Otamendi holds Bubbles before her operation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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With a charming personality, Bubbles\u2014a 3-month-old black, brown, and white Shih Tzu\u2014lives up to her name.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t her sparkling disposition that led to the moniker; Bubbles received her name because she was born with meningoencephalocele\u2014a rare, abnormal sac of fluid, brain tissue, and meninges (the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord) that protrudes from the top of her head.<\/p>\n

When Darci Davenport, the co-owner of peacelovedogs\/PLD Dog Rescue Project in Missouri City, learned from a friend that the 5-week-old puppy was dropped off at a Montgomery County animal shelter, Davenport, whose rescue is known for taking in high-risk animals, went to visit Bubbles and fell in love.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has so much spunk,\u201d Davenport said. \u201cShe\u2019s just a regular puppy; she has no idea there is anything wrong with her. Once she bit my nose, it was over with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davenport had Bubbles examined by a veterinarian in Houston, and the puppy was referred to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital<\/a> (VMTH), in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences<\/a> (CVM), where she was cared for by a team from the Small Animal Hospital\u2019s neurology service, including Dr. Beth Boudreau, third-year neurology resident Dr. Arturo Otamendi, and first-year neurology resident Dr. Maya Krasnow.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeningoencephalocele can happen either because of congenital abnormalities\u2014the skull just didn\u2019t form properly\u2014or sometimes toxins or nutritional deficiencies can cause that in utero, as well; sometimes it can be acquired because of trauma,\u201d Otamendi said. \u201cIn Bubbles\u2019s case, it was congenital; she\u2019s had it since she was born. This happens actually very rarely in dogs and cats, more commonly in people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The abnormality can cause seizures, and, if at any point the \u201cbubble\u201d ruptured, the puppy could suffer from meningitis, encephalitis, bleeding, and even death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were worried about the pouch covering the outside potentially getting injured, because she\u2019s a puppy and she\u2019s pretty active,\u201d Krasnow said. \u201cShe wants to be able to play with other dogs, but if the bubble were to become damaged, we would worry about her potentially getting encephalitis. Additionally, there is an opening in her skull\u2014there\u2019s nothing really there covering her brain\u2014so we were worried about her experiencing trauma to her brain, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Otamendi, Krasnow, and other Texas A&M surgeons explored their treatment options and decided surgery was the best approach. As they waited for the 2- to 3-pound puppy to get a little bigger in order to perform the surgery, they explored various surgical treatments, including working with a pharmaceutical\/bioengineering company to produce a bio-compatible implant that could be placed over the defect in her skull.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks later, the doctors were presented a second option\u2014one that involved technology being used by a surgeon in another of the hospital\u2019s services; Dr. Brian Saunders, an associate professor of orthopedics, works in his laboratory with a memory foam implant that will become malleable at warmer temperatures and then hardens as it cools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe called him and asked if he knew anyone who did 3-D printing, which was our initial idea, and he volunteered that he and a chemist he works with might have something that could interest us,\u201d Boudreau said.<\/p>\n

With a surgical plan now in place, the doctors were ready to remove the meningoencephalocele from the top of Bubbles\u2019s skull and implant the centimeter-and-a-half circle made from Saunders\u2019s memory foam technology that would protect her brain. The two-and-a-half-hour surgery went off without a hitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest challenge was that we didn\u2019t know quite what to expect during surgery; it\u2019s not something that many of us have done before, and we weren\u2019t sure what kind of complications we would run into,\u201d Krasnow said. \u201cBut everything went extremely well. Our memory foam from Dr. Saunders\u2019s lab actually fit in very well, and we didn\u2019t have any problems. She woke right away after surgery and was eating, so we were really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctors emphasized the huge team effort that went into the surgery, including veterinary specialists from the Small Animal Hospital\u2019s neurology, orthopedic, surgery, anesthesia, and radiology services, as well as through the hospital\u2019s fundraising mechanisms, which helped offset the cost of Bubbles\u2019s surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to combine funds for the surgery through the Laughing Labs, Robbie Vanderpool Save the Animals, and Starr Funds accounts,\u201d Otamendi said. \u201cWe definitely thank everybody at Texas A&M and the Texas A&M Foundation for helping to provide these funds so we could perform the surgery that will allow Bubbles to hopefully live a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Theresa Cline and Darci Davenport play with Bubbles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Through her rescue project, Davenport had raised some money before Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, but afterward, because there were so many others in need, Davenport said she felt guilty about asking for more for one dog when so many other people and animals were in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s just so cute; she\u2019s so sweet and has such a will to live that I want to do whatever I can to get her better,\u201d Davenport said. \u201cShe has such a spunk and so much will to live that how do you deny that a puppyhood?\u201d<\/p>\n

Davenport said it means a lot to her that Texas A&M worked to help financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, this is the most amazing university ever; it\u2019s the best of the best. We don\u2019t hesitate, any time we have something that\u2019s complicated, to just drop everything and drive the two-and-a-half hours to Texas A&M, because you\u2019re not going to get any better care,\u201d Davenport said. \u201cThey are so caring, and for them to help the way they have and go out of their way to accommodate Bubbles and my rescue is\u2026I\u2019m just so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout this process, Davenport worked to find a good home for Bubbles to return to after her surgery. She found that in Houston resident Theresa Cline, who learned about Bubbles through a friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost my dog to breast cancer three months before I saw Bubbles, and I was just so distraught; I didn\u2019t know if I was going to have another dog anytime soon,\u201d Cline said. \u201cWhen I saw Bubbles, it was about at that three-month mark (following her dog\u2019s death) and Bubbles was almost 3 months old; as soon as I saw her, I was like, \u2018That\u2019s my dog!\u2019 I just kind of felt like my dog\u2019s soul was in this dog; she just kept pulling me in. I knew I was done, that this was my dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Bubbles no longer has the meningoencephalocele that earned her her name, she does have a sister with whom she can play now that she\u2019s fully recovered and officially a \u201cnormal\u201d puppy. As she waited for Bubbles, Cline adopted Mai\u2014a puppy she said looks so similar to Bubbles that they could have come from the same litter\u2014so that Bubbles wouldn\u2019t be alone.<\/p>\n

For Davenport, knowing that she found a home for her little \u201cUnicorn Puppy\u201d\u2014a puppy that, under normal circumstances, may not have survived to make it to a shelter, much less through surgery\u2014is bitter sweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody said, \u2018You\u2019re not going to be able to let her go,\u2019\u201d Davenport said. \u201cBut this is what I like\u2014to be able to send a dog home with someone like Theresa; that\u2019s my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Contact Information:<\/strong> Megan Palsa, Executive Director of Communications, Media & Public Relations, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science; mpalsa@cvm.tamu.edu<\/a>; 979-862-4216; 979-421-3121 (cell)<\/em><\/p>\n

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of CVM Today<\/a> magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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