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Sheriff

 

  

 

Sheriff, an 8 yo liver and white male, came into rescue with a torn ACL in his right hind leg.  The evaluator wrote about him, "This is one of the kindest dogs I have met-as friendly and obedient as a Springer should be.  He is limping terribly and keeping that leg elevated. He was on pain meds for it but not any longer. Again, this is a very sweet dog that spent the hour either sitting between my legs or on the couch with his head in my lap."  Sheriff has his pre-op appointment Monday morning and will be having surgery on his ACL Thursday.  The estimate for his surgery is $1200.  Please consider making a donation for his surgery.

Update Jan 12-Sheriff's surgery went very well yesterday. Unfortunately the orthopedic surgeon who did his surgery also informed us that most likely his left hind leg is going to need to be done as well.  Sheriff will have a 4-6 week recovery period where he is leash walked to ensure his leg heals properly, and then he will be re-evaluated by the surgeon.  If surgery is needed, it will be scheduled......

Update Feb 8-Sheriff had his stitches removed today.  His leg is healing, but the vet estimates it will now be 3 months before we can evaluate the other leg.  He still needs to be kept completely quiet (leash walking only) and will need hydrotherapy for his leg as he is not putting any weight on it yet. 

 

 

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Dannie

 

Dannie came into Rescue from a shelter.  She is underweight, and was constantly peeing.  The first visit to the vet yielded a UTI-she had 2 nasty e coli bugs and was put on Baytril for a month.  Unfortunately 3 weeks into that she had blood in her urine, and ended up at Tufts emergency room.  They recommended a full diagnostic workup with ultrasound and xrays to check for both heart and bladder problems.  These were done and her bladder ultrasound was suspicous, but nothing was conclusive so a culture was done of her urine while she's on the antiobiotic so we can see if she has cancer cells in her urine. Her foster mom is feeding her a huge amount of food but she has only gained 1 pound.  We were hoping that her peeing would be solved by clearing up the UTI, but no luck so far.  She is a sweetheart who has been loving and affectionate despite all her problems and we are working with are vet to diagnose the cause of her peeing and her inability to gain weight. NEESSR has spent over $700 on her care thus far.

 

 

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Georgia and Brittany

 

 

 

Georgia and Brittany came back into Rescue when their adopter was no longe able to care for them.  They both have cysts on their eyes (see picture above of Brittany's) and some rotten teeth and will be needing surgery for this.  In addition, Brittany has developed lesions which the vet is concerned are sarcoptic mange.  Both dogs as well as their foster mom's springer will have to be treated for this.  The estimate for both surgeries is around $900.

 

March 2-Today Georgia developed lesions and is going to the vet for a scraping for mange.  It turned out not be to mange, but a skin infection.  Her surgery is scheduled for later in March.

 

March 4-Today Brittany had her surgery.  Everything went well and they did a slit biopsy for the mange since the skin scraping previously did not work-her skin collapsed into a bloody mess.  Below is a picture of "Look Ma, no cysts!"  We're told she's feeling much better and is curled up on her recovering with her sister.  :)

 

 

 

March 8-The one large lesion on Brittany's side came back as a Mast Cell - level 2.  The range is between 1 and 3.  2 means medium risk.  Dr. James took a huge margin on this one because she was suspicious.  She is pretty sure she got it all.  The nasty thing about this one is that mast calls can float in the  blood.  There is a test for this but unfortunately it simply tells you they are floating around but not where they are going to land.  At age 12 there really isn't much we can or possibly should do.  I am a great believer in COMFORT and QUALITY of life versus painful intervention.  So we wait and watch and see if other spots pop up or some other symptom shows up. She appears happy, good appetite and likes her walks.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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