Saving Mikey: A special forces Alsatian Oketz #K9 is back on her feet after becoming the first dog in the world to undergo oxygen therapy. Mikey was weeks away from retirement when she suffered catastrophic injuries to her face, body, and legs. The explosives dog in the elite Oketz canine unit underwent surgery to remove shrapnel in her eyes, ears, leg, abdomen, and head. The outlook was bleak. With no options left, Mikey's superiors insisted she receive the best treatment possible and called Professor Shai Efrati at his world leading Hyperbaric Medicine and Research facility near Tel Aviv. While Professor Efrati has pioneered the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat blast wounds in soldiers, he was hesitant when asked to use it on an animal. 'I told them I do not treat dogs,' he said. 'They explained to me this is a special dog that was injured . I said, ok, now we are listening. 'That's who we are in Israel, we want to give the best to our soldiers. And Mikey she's, she's one of our soldiers.'Incredibly after just a few weeks of treatment at the department of Shamir Medical Center the Alsatian is back on her feet. 'She is now better than even we thought she could be. It is just amazing to see.'
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