Lady was surrendered by her owner who is having health issues and can no longer care for them.
She is 9 and has skin and ear issues.  Her infections will be cultured so we can address the underlying root.
Her teeth are covered with tartar and her gums are bleeding. We will not know until the vet does the cleaning how many teeth have rotted under the tartar and will have to be pulled. He will also flush her ears at that time.  She also has a mass removed behind front armpit her left side and biopsied.

The estimate for her care is about $700.

Soco was surrendered by his owner who is having health issues and can no longer care for them. He is 6 and needs to be neutered and has heavy tartar on his teeth which will also require a dental. 

The estimate for his care is about $400.

Shiloh has been turned into rescue because he has a growth the size of a cantalope on his left rear leg and his owner cannot afford the surgery.  Shiloh will be evaluated by our rescue vet this week, and the vet will decide whether they can do the surgery (if it's simply a fatty tumor under the skin) or whether a surgeon will need to remove this.  Tune back in for news after the evaluation...

10/20 The vet has done a pre-op visit for Shiloh.  His tumor is wrapped around his inside and outside of the leg which will necessitate us taking him to a surgeon instead of having our vet do the surgery.  He also has 2 tumors in his ear-one looks potentially cancerous and he also has a possible tooth that needs to be pulled.  He has pseudomonas in his ears (rods) and a culture was done so we can find out if it’s the drug-resistant kind.  We may have to cure this before he can have surgery.  He's also not eating and we’re trying to figure out if it’s just anxiety/stress or if there’s a medical cause.

11/04 - Shiloh has an appt with the surgeon Nov. 17

11/28 - Shiloh had his appointment and the surgeon believes this can be completely repaired. He will be having surgery the week of Dec 12th. The estimate for his surgery is $1,000.

12/30 Shiloh had his surgery on Dec 11 and he did great! He had 2 huge lipomas (4 lbs of fat) that were connected in the middle that she removed.

He had 2 drains and stayed overnight because so much was removed. Shiloh's tumors all apeared benign and the surgeon did not believe there was a need to biopsy them.

The surgeon's only concern is that 1) the sciatica nerve was stretched over the lipoma and 2) there is muscle atrophy in the rear leg that had the lipoma. She says the leg really looks small with the lipoma gone.
She says that based on what she's seen, she expects him to lose 10% of the function in that leg. She fully expects over time and with physical therapy/exercise the muscle will grow back and recover, but she's a
little concerned and waiting to see how he responds once he's up and walking to see if there was any damage to the sciatica because of it stretching over the lipoma. She fully expects him to recover and us not
to be able to notice the difference.

Josie was turned in because her owner could no longer afford her medical care.  She has a UTI, chronic ear infections which may need surgery, and a growth on her face.  She also needs a major dental (some teeth have rotted), and has recurrent skin allergies.  She has been seen at the vet and put on medications to deal with her infections.  Once these are healed, we will be discussing surgery for her ears and teeth.  Her foster mother is concerned  she's in pain because she's crying so they will be heading back to the vet asap. Josie can go up stairs but going down is a problem. When she lays down it is hard for her to get up. She has to be bribed with a treat to get her to go outside to releive herself.  Once she is outside she loves it. She is happy to sniff and look around. She likes to take very short walks and roll in the grass.

Her dentistry was done as well as cleaning out her ears under anesthetic at her last visit to Chelmsford. So far we have spent $500 on her care.

09/29 - My appointment in Chelmsford went well today. Dr. Berchtold said my skin has greatly improved. Though it is no longer red and raw, it still is somewhat itchy. My foster mom will start me on Benedryl daily.
I started Proin last week because I could not help making puddles in the house. My foster mom told me not to worry. But, it made me very stressed to not be in control. The Pronin has made a huge difference and I am very happy about that.

Both my ear infections are clearing up. It has been a slow process. They are not 100% yet so the doctor wants me back in two weeks. I hope I can avoid surgery. So, paws crossed for me. I have been started on fish and potato to see if food allergies are part of the cause of my chronic ear and skin issues.

My teeth are looking good. Don't need any pulled. (Whew!)

My foster mom is a bit of a helicoptor parent and is worried about my back legs. She doesn't think I get around very well. I take Dasuquin every day for arthritis. Mom is hoping we can get an x-ray of my hips at my next appointment. Not sure what that is but it sounds expensive.

Almost forgot...I lost a few pounds. All this fresh air and healthy diet is doing wonders for me.

Thank you everyone at NESSR for all the care and support you are giving me. I love you all. I'm having a great time in my caring foster home. Everyone is making me feel so welcome. But, I am still looking forward to the day when the doctors tell me I am well enough to meet my furever family.
Love and Kisses,
Josie

Sadie has a cracked tooth and several rotten teeth that will be removed next week at Chelmsford animal hospital. While she is out, they will also flush her ears since her ear infection has recurred, and will remove a tumor on her eyelid.

1/3/2010 - Sadie had several teeth removed, a dental, a small tumor on her eyelid removed and her ears flushed at Chelmsford. She is recovering nicely.

It was initially believed that Phoebe had severe skin mange and ear infections.  She was taken to a vet, and does not have mange.  She does however, have, many raw spots on her skin with no hair which is believed to be a reaction from a flea infestation.  Her skin has been treated, and she is on steroids and antiobiotics.The vet believes she will fully recover and grow back her hair.  She also has a nasty ear infection and is being treated for that.  She will be going to the vet to have her ears cleaned and cultured shortly.

09/29 - The vet has cultured Phoebe’s skin-after several weeks on antiobiotics she still has skin pustules and the vet is concerned this may be a drug-resistant staph infection.

10/20 - The infection is not staph and Phoebe has been treated and her skin is clearing up nicely.

11/04 - Phoebe’s skin is healed.  She is going to be spayed shortly, and will be available for adoption very soon.

11/28 - Phoebe's skin has completely healed and she has been spayed. She is being fostered by a potential adopter.

Murray has had some health challenges. The vet anesthetized him to clean out his ears and culture the bacteria. Unfortunately, it's 2 different psuedomonas strains causing the nasty infection. We will try baytril/ ciproflaxin. We may have to consider the very expensive ticarcillin if that does not work. While he was out, the vet also checked his teeth. Unfortunately, he had 4 very rotten (and painful!) teeth that had to be removed. He spent the weekend at the vet recovering, so that they could give him morphine for the pain. He is back at his foster mom's, being kept quiet, he's on pain meds, and getting soft food. He also has a growth inside his left ear canal which the vet was unable to remove or biopsy. As of today we've spent $900 on his care.

09/30 - Murray went to the vet this week and is doing much better. His ears are infected with pseudomonas, but luckily they are responding to Baytril. He has a growth in his left ear and will be going back in 2 weeks for another recheck of his ears and sedation so they can biopsy the growth. His head tilt is 75% better and the vet believes he had a bad ear infection and a vestibular episode from which he is recovering.

11/28 - Murray's ear is completely healed and he is doing great! He is available for adoption.

Rescue has spent $1500 to date for Murray.