06.18.08
Gianna and Alamo update
Ok, you’d think these little dogs would be GRATEFUL for the fact that we are fixing them up and that you all are donating HUGE sums of money just so they can walk right.
But, no, they have to show off and…
Well, I spent last night in the emergency room with Gianna. Between 7 pm when she got dinner and 9:45 pm when I was letting her out for her last potty break, SHE CHEWED THE CAST AND SPLINT OFF of her repaired leg.
So off we went to get it re-wrapped.
I took her in to Gulf Coast this morning to have the surgeon make sure it was ok. They just re-wrapped it and she was good to go. WHEW.
We now have her in one of the large suites at Deogi. And a GIANT e-collar is encircling her head to make sure she doesn’t chew this cast off.
While I was there, Dr. Beale and I discussed Alamo. Here is a picture of him with Dr. Beale.
The repair of the break in his arm is doing well, but Dr. Beale thinks the muscles and tendons have “redirected” their function to support the way Alamo used to use his “arm” that it’s not functioning now. You can easily see in this picture, the weird angle that Alamo is holding his arm.
We talked about two options:
1. Operate again and reposition the tendons and possible even turn the plate holding the break together to turn Alamo’s leg more forward.
2. Do nothing and see if it starts working later.
And, the bad thing is that we are still $820 short on his first surgery AND $645 short on Giannas. AND, we have Weise’s surgery coming up. And Cubbi’s.
We’ll make a decision later this week, but for now, Alamo is a happy, kissy little dog.
Thanks to all of you for what you’ve done to date.
If you would like to help pay off Gianna’s bills, please click here.
To help pay Alamo’s click here.
We will send out another newsletter on Friday morning, I hope!!
