No prizes for guessing what happened to this beautiful Labrador over the weekend.
Beautiful Bess is fortunate enough to spend many hours of her days patrolling the grounds of Petworth Park, as her dad is park warden.
Over the weekend the sun shone and the weather was warm. Many of us decided to spend the time enjoying the sun in our gardens and unfortunately for Bess, Mr Adder decided to do the same!
After making the mistake of saying ‘hello’ to this unusual looking guest, Bess’s face started to quickly swell. Her owner called us straight away at our 24 hour hospital at Storrington.
During the Covid 19 crisis, with the exception of our Ashington branch (due to its close proximity to Storrington), all of our clinics are manned and in operation by a vet and nurse. Our 3 GP style clinics at Pulborough, Westergate and Worthing are available for triage telemedicine style appointments, repeat prescription requests, food orders and they are able to see your pets should they need us. This is in addition to our flagship Storrington hospital which is continuously open 24/7 365 days of the year. Please, please do not hesitate to call if you need us. You are NEVER wasting our time.
Bess was swiftly brought into our Storrington hospital. As well as the swelling, Bess was visibly in a lot of pain.
Over the last 24 hours Bess has received emergency treatment including an anti-venom infusion, pain relief, intravenous fluids, blood tests, antihistamines and 24 nursing and monitoring from our qualified teams of vets and nurses.
The following day Bess was feeling a little better, the swelling had reduced, her tail was wagging and she ate some breakfast.
Bess continued to make good progress during the day and during the afternoon wee were able to send her home to her dad.
Many thanks to her Dad for allowing us to share her story.