He says: “We noticed Marley was much quieter than usual and then she started coughing. I could feel something poking out of the side of her neck, pushing against her skin but I had no idea what it was. At first I thought it might be a bone.”
Thomas’s local vet advised him to take her to The Blue Cross animal hospital in Victoria, London. X-rays revealed the two and a half inch darning needle had pierced through the roof of Marley’s mouth right through the back of her neck.
It narrowly missed her jugular vein and windpipe and staff quickly operated to carefully pull the needle out. Marley has now recovered from her ordeal and Thomas says she’s back to her usual cheeky self.
He says: “We were very surprised when we saw how big the needle was and we have no idea where she got it from. The main thing is that she’s doing fine and she’s totally back to normal now.”
Blue Cross vet Julia Smith, who carried out the operation, said: “You can see on the X-ray that the needle had travelled right through the neck muscle, so she must have pounced on the needle with some force. The needle was close to her spine so she’s very lucky to have escaped without any permanent damage.”
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