Come look inside the dog’s nose.

See that?  I’ve piqued your interest, haven’t I?

Hallie's Rhinoscopy

Hallie, our 14-yr-old Beagle/Cocker mix has developed a bad breathing problem.  We’ve visited her veterinarian several times, and he’s been REALLY good to her (Thank You, Dr. Christensen), but we were running out of ideas on what’s wrong.

So I took her to a specialist this morning, and they did a rhinoscopy.  Essentially, they stuck a probe (with camera) up Hallie’s nose and back behind through her throat.  They got some really interesting pictures.  Looks like a growth and polyps that are blocking her airway.  They biopsied it, and we should have results back late next week.

For the not-so-queasy, here is a video of the procedure.  There’s a little bit of blood, but you can clearly see the mass, especially towards the end of the video in the retro 1 & retro 2 sequences.

If the video’s too much (and trust me, I understand), you can see the mass in the image above (see retro p1 frame).

So for the next 68 seconds, here is the view inside Hallie’s nose.

Enjoy!  BTW, this has to be the oddest blog post I’ve ever written.

Video