09.30.07
Posted in Uncategorized, Chantilly Worth at 8:31 pm by Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue
Remember Chantilly Worth? She almost died of pneumonia just over a month ago. This lucky girl was adopted today! Here is the report from her foster mom, Patricia.
Tilly was very nervous on the way to meet the Daigreponts. Since the Daigreponts had contacted me earlier this week, I had been telling Tilly that someone was interested in being her new family. She was doubtful, but I reminded her that I was only a pitstop on the way to her awesome forever home. However, when she laid eyes on them, it was love at first sight for all of them. Within minutes, I was non-existent to Tilly, who had eyes only for Ken & Ann. They, in turn, were immediately smitten. The Daigreponts drove up from Houston to meet Tilly. We met at her son’s house in Richardson. They came prepared: new collar, tag, harness, leash, toys, bed, crate, chewies, food/water dishes, & kibble. They told me they use VCA in Houston, & know the medical director personally, & already have her initial visit planned. (Tilly was in the hospital here at the VCA Metroplex). By the time I left the house, Tilly was attached to Ken’s lap & seemed to be planning her reign as queen of her new domain. She had even already begun sharing guard dog duties with her niece, Daisy, an awfully cute terrie-poo. As I said good-bye to her, she looked at me & seemed to say, “And you are?
Please excuse me, I have my family to tend to….” These are the kinds of stories we work for!
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:26 pm by Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue
Wow, this little guy is truly a miracle. I’m sure you’ve ready his entire story, but if not, click HERE and all of the Barkley blog entries will come up. You can read from bottom to top chronologically.
HERE is yet another movie showing the miracle that is Barkley Turner. He is already walking with more stability and looks absolutely great! I was very worried one week ago on Monday, when they said he was already a quadraplegic - and you read the notes from the DVSC surgeon who said if the ruptured material had remained impinging on the spinal column long enough to kill the nerves, that he would, indeed, be totally paralyzed.
Jenni, Barkley’s foster mom, gave me this cute report this evening:
Barkley is doing okay, he is still really weak and very wobbly when I put him on the ground to go to the bathroom. His body curves a lot to one side. He is very skinny from not eating for a couple of weeks. But he is eating all his food at meal times so that is a good sign. He does not like the crate very much. He cries at night so I have been sleeping with him on the floor for the past couple of nights. He lays right next to me and stops crying so that is good. (But not so good for my back LOL!)
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Don’t forget our GREAT Matching Donation Challenge. Since we are so far behind, not only with Barkley’s fund, but even worse with the heartworm puppies, one of our unbelievable ANGELS has issued this challenge…
For all donations made this weekend, to get us even, she will MATCH dollar for dollar!!!
Yipee!!
To date, for the weekend, we’ve received $1185. Double that and we’re only $500 from our goal of having all doggies’ funds raised.
Thanks to Rosemary Cody, Jean Smith, Marty Howard, Brian Shakespeare, Sunny Goldberg, Joan Samara, Danthanh Vu, Cat Martindale, Lorna Van De Weile, Fur Kids, Gay Yancey, Anna Dee Lastick for the weekend donations.
Please help us take advantage of this wonderful donation offer and get all of our kids’ vetting funds raised!!!
If you think you can help with this fabulous MATCHING CHALLENGE, please go HERE for paypal or go HERE to send a check(please indicate September 29 Matching Donation Challenge). If you want to use a credit card - American Express, Mastercard, Visa and Discover - I’ve uploaded the credit card authorization form - please click HERE to down load the form.You can then fax it to 281-754-4851.Andemail me (Teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com) so I know to look for the fax.If you want to use a credit card, and have already used it before, just email me (teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com) the amount you would like to send to help.
These funds will cap off Barkley’s fund and the fund for all the adorable heartworm dogs we’ve just treated!! We should be back in the black after this.(At least until thenext Barkley comes scratching on the Lone Star door).
Thanks to Anonymous 2 in honor of Marty Howard who loves all the dogs, Judy Florence, Anonymous, Fur Kids, Martha Hughes, Barbara Grabell, Gay Yancey, Debbie Styron in honor of Maliaka, Traci Tran, Lorna Van De Weile, Barbara Moran, Impulse Devices - Wylene Dunbar, Anna Dee Lastick, Cathryn Brown, Wyatt Edenfield, Joan Samara, Doug Cameron, Joan Lundemo, Donna Ferris, Nichele Shakespeare, Lael Ward, Deborah Knoepfel, Sandy McPherson, Beth Kupka in memory of Josephine, Christine Hutchison, Cheryl McDonald, Rebecca Morgan, Joyce Hilldebrand and Mike Tate, Deborah Bettes in memory of Chloe, Melony Robichaux, Gloria Parrent, Barbara Grabell, Wendy Barnum, Linda Harrington, Rosemary Cody, Maureen Skarzynski , Jean Simth in honor of Jose, Pat Schoenfelder, Letitia Groce, Joyce Ycasas, STARS of Texas, Dantganh Vu, Traci Tran, Donna Wilt, M Hughes, in memory of Squickey, Rick Brezik, Pam Glass, Patricia Barnett in memory of LeAnn’s beloved Airdales, Capo and Casey for their very generous donations.
Also huge thanks to Becky P and Jenni C for staying up late to get all the stuff to me.And for being Barkley’s co-foster parents so that he has someone to watch him most all day. And to Karen H for getting pictures.
WE CAN ONLY DO THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF THE VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS THAT COME IN WHEN THE DOGS HAVE A NEED.
WE GET NO FUNDING FROM ANY OTHER METHOD - NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, NOT FROM THE SPCA OR HUMANE SOCIETY, NOT FROM ANY OTHER METHOD EXCEPT FROM YOU!
YOUR DONATIONS COUNT!!! WE ARE A 100% VOLUNTEER FOSTER-HOME-BASED ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE NO PAID EMPLOYEES AND VERY LITTLE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
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09.28.07
Posted in Barkley Turner at 9:55 pm by Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue
Are you sitting down?
Are you really sitting down?
Do you have a BIG box of kleenex available???
This is unbelievable, but this little fluffer that was a quadraplegic on Monday morning IS WALKING!!!!I just about burst out in tears when the clinic called this afternoon to tell me that he was walking and “eliminating” normally. Ok, not walking normally, but still, WALKING!
After laying underneath his owner’s bed for many days, in excruciating pain, unable and/or unwilling to move, he is now on the road to recovery THANKS TO YOU!!
Here is a little MOVIE of him getting ready to leave DVS.It’s a large file, so hopefully this will work.
Here is another MOVIE showing Barkley following the nurse around.Ok, he doesn’t walk well, but can you believe this?!?!?Now, he needs rest a lot of rest.
Do you want to know how lucky Barkley is to have you?Please read the surgeon’s notes below.Focus on the final paragraph that I’ve emphasized.
The Surgeon wrote:“Barkley is recovering from spinal surgery.Neurological recovery is gradual, and it is normal for it to take several days for the pain from a ruptured disc to resolve.Sometimes if there has been compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots for a while before the surgery it may even take a few weeks or more for the patient to be really comfortable and pain free again.
Since Barkley was showing signs of distress for at least two weeks before his previous owner turn him into your rescue (GO LONE STAR) we do not know how long Barkley has been injured.Bed rest is very important after spinal surgery.Please also keep in mind that since Barkley was weak and/or paralyzed prior to surgery, it is normal for this to take some time to improve.The average recovery period to walking again after spinal surgery is a few weeks, but some dogs may take even longer than this.
In most spinal cord injuries we can not determine how much movement and flexibility he will regain.However, usually 6 months after the injury will be indicative on the amount of function he will regain for the rest of his life.
Barkley’s blood levels according to VCA were all in the normal range, so that is great because healing occurs best in patients that were healthy before the injury.
If Barkley did not have the surgery, the compression of the discs would have eventually shut off all blood circulation to the spinal cord below his compression and this would have lead to all the nerves dying and thus rendering Barkley completely paralyzed.Once the nerve dies there is no hope in regaining any function to the muscles controlled by that nerve.”
Did you read that!!??
HAD YOU NOT BEEN THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU ARE - COMPASSIONATE, CARING TO A FAULT, PEOPLE, BARKLEY WOULDBE COMPLETELY PARALYZED - ALL FOUR LEGS - WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU ALL ROCK!!!
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MATCHING DONATION CHALLENGE
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But, financially, we’re not out of the woods.DVS graciously gave us a few days to raise the final funds we need and thankfully………
drum roll, please….
We have a GREAT Matching Donation Challenge.Since we are so far behind, not only with Barkley’s fund, but even worse with the heartworm puppies, one of our unbelievable ANGELS has issued this challenge…
For all donations made this weekend, to get us even, she will MATCH dollar for dollar!!!
Oh my goodness!!!
If you think you can help with this fabulous MATCHING CHALLENGE, please go HERE for paypal or go HERE to send a check(please indicate September 29 Matching Donation Challenge). If you want to use a credit card - American Express, Mastercard, Visa and Discover - I’ve uploaded the credit card authorization form - please click HERE to down load the form.You can then fax it to 281-754-4851.Andemail me (Teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com) so I know to look for the fax.If you want to use a credit card, and have already used it before, just email me (teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com) the amount you would like to send to help.
These funds will cap off Barkley’s fund and the fund for all the adorable heartworm dogs we’ve just treated!! We should be back in the black after this.(At least until thenext Barkley comes scratching on the Lone Star door).
Thanks to Anonymous 2 in honor of Marty Howard who loves all the dogs, Judy Florence, Anonymous, Fur Kids, Martha Hughes, Barbara Grabell, Gay Yancey, Debbie Styron in honor of Maliaka, Traci Tran, Lorna Van De Weile, Barbara Moran, Impulse Devices - Wylene Dunbar, Anna Dee Lastick, Cathryn Brown, Wyatt Edenfield, Joan Samara, Doug Cameron, Joan Lundemo, Donna Ferris, Nichele Shakespeare, Lael Ward, Deborah Knoepfel, Sandy McPherson, Beth Kupka in memory of Josephine, Christine Hutchison, Cheryl McDonald, Rebecca Morgan, Joyce Hilldebrand and Mike Tate, Deborah Bettes in memory of Chloe, Melony Robichaux, Gloria Parrent, Barbara Grabell, Wendy Barnum, Linda Harrington, Rosemary Cody, Maureen Skarzynski , Jean Simth in honor of Jose, Pat Schoenfelder, Letitia Groce, Joyce Ycasas, STARS of Texas, Dantganh Vu, Traci Tran, Donna Wilt, M Hughes, in memory of Squickey, Rick Brezik, Pam Glass, Patricia Barnett in memory of LeAnn’s beloved Airdales, Capo and Casey for their very generous donations.
Also huge thanks to Becky P and Jenni C for staying up late to get all the stuff to me.And for being Barkley’s co-foster parents so that he has someone to watch him most all day. And to Karen H for getting pictures.
WE CAN ONLY DO THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF THE VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS THAT COME IN WHEN THE DOGS HAVE A NEED.
WE GET NO FUNDING FROM ANY OTHER METHOD - NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, NOT FROM THE SPCA OR HUMANE SOCIETY, NOT FROM ANY OTHER METHOD EXCEPT FROM YOU!
YOUR DONATIONS COUNT!!! WE ARE A 100% VOLUNTEER FOSTER-HOME-BASED ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE NO PAID EMPLOYEES AND VERY LITTLE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
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