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Each month we feature an interesting case history from our files.  This month's case history is Ruka, who sometimes eats things she shouldn't.

xray of bottlecap
Sometimes dogs can eat the strangest things. What did Ruka eat now? Let's use the endoscope and see if we can figure it out.
We have the coolest tools at here at the hospital.
Here we are looking with the endoscope inside the stomach at what we saw in the previous xray. Whatever it is, it has sharp edges.  It would be really painful to let nature take its course.  So we will have to go in and get it.
dish close up
soapdish with dimensions
Dr. Griffiths went in to Ruka's stomach and look what he found.  Ruka, no more watching those beer commercials on television!  Ruka recovered from the surgery just fine.
Ruka, the brave patient, after surgery.
ruka the dog