Re: [PyrNet-L] Kelly

["Merrilie" <Grammy@biddeford.com>]

Our thoughts and prayers are with you both...... my vet has a jar of the
heartworms on an eye-level  shelf as a reminder to patients (owners) what
these critters do.... not a pretty sight. I'm glad she only has one
treatment left. She is very fortunate to have found you for her Mama!

merrilie


> Hi All, Debbie here, thought I would tell you the story of Kelly, and get
all
> of you to pray for her. Kelly, is a Pyr we found standing in the middle of
> the highway. We brought Kelly home and exhausted all means of finding her
> owner, vets, paper, rescue league, and ads in stores around us. After well
> over a month, we decided to get Kelly a rabies shot and a heartworm test,
as
> she was likely to be staying with us. To our horror she had heartworm, all
> ours have been and are on heartworm medication. The vet wanted us to out
some
> weight on her before treatment, being a grade 2, he thought we would have
the
> time. 2 days before treatment was to start, the owner of her finally
called
> feeling guilty. She said that she could not afford to keep her and had
turned
> her loose and then felt guilty about it (imagine that)! She said that she
did
> not want her back and couldn't afford to care for her. After some good
advice
> from another Pyr list I called the lady (REAL IFFY ON THAT ONE) back and
told
> her she would have to sign the Kelly over to us if we were going to treat
> her. Imagine my surprise when we arrived at a $500,000.00 home and she
> couldn't care for her. We treated Kelly and everything was going great and
3
> weeks after treatment, she became toxic from the worms dying off, 105.6
temp
> off and on for 4 days, in the hospital right away. It was touch and go for
a
> while, but she is back home and doing good. The prayers we need are for,
she
> has 1 more Ivermect treatment to go, we are taking her in next week for
blood
> work to see when we can go ahead and treat her. Please pray that when she
has
> the treatment, she does okay, right now she is a rack of bones again, but
her
> appetite is back and maybe that will end soon.Thankyou........Debbie
>
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