Re: [PyrNet-L] Kelly

[dsmith@iolinc.net (Smith, Deborah)]

Hello!

    It's amazing what some people will do or say just because they get tired
of a dog, it drives me nuts.  Well, anyway, we are all praying for Kelly and
your family.:)  Hope everything goes well.

Sincerely,
Chrissy
Rajah and Moses
West Union, WV



>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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