One Michigan man knew his 2-year-old dog better than anyone else, which is why he knew something was seriously wrong when he suddenly started sneezing one afternoon and leaving trails of blood everywhere from a recurring nosebleed.
One afternoon, Mark Kovicak’s 2-year-old beagle, Rex, had run off into the woods after a bunny, however, when he came back, he couldn’t stop sneezing and had suddenly developed bad nosebleeds. Mark immediately took Rex to the vet to get him checked out, and was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics.
The medicine did nothing to help stop the nosebleeds or his constant sneezing, and for six months, Mark spent hours visiting vets and searching google to help put Rex’s mysterious suffering to an end. Finally, Mark took Rex to the Dr. Kristopher Sharpe of BluePearl Veterinary Partners and they finally discovered a long, straight object was lodged in Rex’s nose after taking a CT scan.
Sharpe immediately got to work and pulled a 5-inch-long stick out of Rex’s nose, which would have eventually become life threatening if not removed. “I felt like hugging him,” Mark said. “Honestly, I had tears of joy.” And just a few days later, Rex was back to his normal, playful self. “He is an absolute machine when he’s playing.”
“He was just so relieved, as I can only imagine – your dog experiencing discomfort for months and to not know what was causing it,” said the vet’s communication manager Carrie O’Brion said. “He had his dog back; the dog that he knew and loved.”
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