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Busker (09/09/09)| Busker was hit by a car, and his pelvis was broken. Surgery to plate his pelvis cost $1,250 (after discount). Busker will need x-rays at 4 and 8 weeks post-op, which will cost $150-300 each time. This sweet boy was so worth the money it took to save him!! |
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Freckles (6/21/09)Freckles came from the streets of as small town in east Texas. A good Samaritan took her in and contacted Ratbone Rescues to help save her. On June 19th she made it to her foster mom in Arizona, who promptly took her to the vet. The vet did a preliminary exam and found poor Freckles had indeed been living a hard life. Along with being very skinny and dehydrated, Freckles came up positive for heartworms and tape worms. She had a large raw and painful area on her back which was infected and infested with fleas, and her body’s reaction was making her itch all over. The vet examined Freckles' teeth and found she had ground down her bottom front teeth all the way to the gums, and her upper front teeth were broken. This could have been from trying to chew her way out of something or chewing on something incessantly. Freckles also looks like she's already had some puppies in her young life. The vet decided before doing any more tests (to see if there are more things wrong) that we should go ahead and try and treat the most dire health issues first with poor Freckles.
Freckles is going to need 6 weeks of treatment on a very harsh medication for Heartworms where she will have to be confined with no excitement or play. This is to protect her heart while the heartworms die off from the painful treatment. She needs x-rays as part of this to see how large her heart is and what damage has been done. She will also be treated for her infections, fleas and tape worms. When she has recovered from the Heartworm treatment, Freckles will need an extensive dental to remove her upper and lower front teeth so she can have relief from the raw nerves exposed from the damage. The extimated cost of all these treatments and procedures is $900.
Freckles is a very sweet and pretty little girl and obviously - she’s a fighter. She is only about 2 years old. With some help, Freckles should pull though this and become a wonderful companion for someone. She is fostering in Gilbert, AZ. |
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RockytheChamp (4/10/09)This is what Rocky's fostermom had to say this morning:
"After 2 long hours at the vet last night, and what seemed like hundreds of tests we finally got an answer. Rocky is a walking infection. He has 2 double ear infections, 2 shattered ear drums, an internal infection.... a skin infection... and eye infection... broken rib... heart murmor.... and an infection in his gums. Needless to say, he was severly neglegled. The Vet said his ear and skin infection have definitly been in his body for over 2 years, as his ears tried to heal around the infection. She was suprised that he was still alive. When I picked him up on Saturday, Animal Control said they had been giving him Amoxicillin for the ear infection as well as ear drops, and I continued doing that until we saw the vet. The vet said the infection was so bad she was sure the amoxicillin wouldn't kill the bacteria, as the infection under the microscope has 'rods' in it, and typically that medication would never kill an infection with rods.
The vet wanted to keep him for 2 or 3 days, but that would ave cost $160/day. So luckily, she gave me an IV and some antibiotic/steriod shots to take home and give him myself. Plus a few different kinds of medicine: two for the ears, one for the eye, and a pill for his body. Also, she 'threw in' some medicated shampoo for his skin, some food to help him put on weight fast, a pill to calm his stomach... and a partridge in a pear tree.
We kept giving him IV doses though the night, and this morning his temperature finally broke! It was over 105 at the vet's office, and this morning it was 101.2 - which is almost perfect. He has been spoiled rotten since he got home. Last night I boiled some chicken and brown rice, and made chicken broth with some doggie vitamins mixed in - which he loved. Plus he got to come to work with me today, since I want to keep an eye on his water consumption and his temperature. He
seems to be doing better! I got a tail wag this morning, and he's responding to sign language very well. His ears are so badly damaged that even after they heal he will still be deaf.
The bill was pretty steep: $425. But that included all of the tests, all of the medicine, the IV, and the steriod shots. They gave me a ton of stuff for free, and the vet said if anything 'goes bad' in the next week, that visit is 'on the house'."
We feel that Rocky is a real Champion, and his (and his fostermom's) story is a tribute to what rescue is all about. Plus - he has such a cute little face! We think that with the "9 million kinds of antibiotics" he's taking, he should shine up like a new penny! |
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To Sponsor, Click Here. (1/1/06)| For more information about sponsoring one of the Ratbone dogs above, please click here. |
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SUCCESS STORIES (October 1, 2005)| Thanks to generous benefactors, many Ratbone dogs have been helped with serious medical issues. Click to read some of their stories. |
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