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Be an Angel,
Help Our Little
Miracle Girl
Honey walk
again.
Twice to the Rainbow Bridge and back again
and now Total Hip
Replacement.
Today, February 24th 2008, Honey is
2 years old now. She had Total Hip Replacement on her left hip and it
has healed very
well. However, her right hip has gotten a lot worse because it
had to support all her weight without help from her left hip for a
long time. She is now shifting that weight to her new hip and
in May her right hip can also be replaced.
We need to
raise again $3,000.00 so that Honey can live a normal and fun
doggie life.
So far we have raised
approximately $1400
that still leaves $1600.00
to go.
Please help with donations through
Paypal or by mail.
My life so far:
How I came to Pets Haven
On my way home from the vet. "I wonder what happened and
where I am."
This is how it all started, told by Cat my
foster mom:
On an early Friday
afternoon.
I was driving along on my route as a currier in rural
Arkansas, where dogs and cats are running loose everywhere and
hardly a day goes by when I don't see at least one new dog lying
beside the street. This time the little body of a yellow lab
looking pup was lying in the middle of the street. I stopped
to move her little body at least out of the middle of the road,
I really thought she was dead. Her little tongue was hanging out of
her mouth and there was no sign of movement.
When I got close that little tongue suddenly disappeared in
her mouth, that's
when I got very quick. She was unconscious, real cold and her gums
white. I rolled her into a blanket and put her into my car.
Fortunately the nearest vet was only a few blocks away.
The little girl was badly in shock and needed help fast.
I had no idea if she would live. The vet didn't even want to see
her, he was on his way out for the day but I wouldn't leave. He
finally agreed to stay and treat her for shock to keep her alive.
I called my husband in Fort Smith who took off work and came to pick
her up. I had to continue on my route and we met in Fort
Smith, getting back at the same time. We switched cars and I
rushed her to our own vet in Fayetteville after hours.
The little girl stayed mostly unconscious during the trip.
Our vet was waiting when I got there, her color had already improved
a little and she woke up occasionally. All x-rays turned out
great, nothing broken at all, no internal injuries either but a
concussion and a few bruises.
 She
stayed overnight and when I came to check on her in the morning she
had already eaten breakfast with a good appetite (she needs it, she
is very skinny). I took her home and she is recovering here.
She will have to stay quiet and sleep a lot for a while for her
little head to heal properly but she already goes out to potty and
comes to ask for food when she wakes up hungry, then back to sleep.
On my way home from the vet. "I wonder what happened and
where I am."
Her luck was only to last until Sunday
morning.
By then we called her Honey and she had eaten again
during the night, which was good. But Honey didn't seem to
feel as good as Saturday. She wouldn't get up to go potty, I
carried her and she did her business and went right back in to her bed
to sleep. We thought she was just tired, she had been through
a lot and still had the concussion. By noon she vomited her
food up, I checked her temperature and it was at 102.5. An
hour later she vomited again and her temp had gone up to 103.8.
I called our vet. His immediate reaction was Parvo, I brought her back
to the vet.
I am going back to the vet; they say I have Parvo, don't know what
that is but I sure feel awful again.
She tested highly positive for Parvo, that was
Monday morning. Tuesday evening one of our veterinarians
called to prepare us for the worst. When I visited her
Wednesday morning, I got a tired look and a very small tailwag, then she went back to sleep. A friend called later
that morning to remind us of Tamiflu, a drug now used against Parvo.
Our vet got it right away and she was on it within 2 hours. We
kept hoping and got lots of good thoughts, well wishes and prayers
for Honey to get better.
The break came that night, her blood count
started going back up and she sat up on her own Thursday morning.
When she was offered food she actually ate some and kept it down for
several hours. Then, in the afternoon, she didn't vomit
anymore and the next meal stayed down. I came to visit her Friday
morning and to my surprise was told she could go home. Honey
has since made big steps in her recovery every day and is now
playing and eating with appetite almost like a normal puppy would. It
is only Sunday, one week after her Parvo diagnosis and she is
outside playing for a while.
Honey who seemed so lucky when she was found,
has more problems to overcome. Before she can go to a forever
home she will have to have Hip surgery. While she seemed
alright at first, it became clear during her growing spurts that her
walking and sitting has been getting more and more difficult for
her. The X-rays taken of her hips showed serious Hip Dysplasia and
the accident made the problem far worse on the side she had been
hit. She is now scheduled at Columbia University in may to
undergo her first replacement. Please wish her well and send
her many good thoughts.
Exhausted but back home on Friday, still
have an IV catheter in my arm.
I feel much better
today (Sunday).
 
Skinny
but on top of the world. Her luck wouldn't
last! Now Honey is waiting to go back to a hospital again for
Total Hip Replacement surgery. She
was diagnosed with bilateral luxation of the hip joints
On My Way To Columbia
What a day! We are
all packed for tomorrow and ready to go. The drive is about 6.5
hours and we'll have to take brakes.
I'm still kind of damp
from my bath. Mom Cat wanted to take pictures of me with my new
collar and sitting next to the car but I wanted to watch a beetle
under a rock and couldn't be convinced to move. Besides I hate to
sit it doesn't feel good.
Dad Charles is
installing a TV and a doggy gate in my room, so I won't be too bored
when I get back. I like watching some TV but would rather be
outside playing with the others. I guess patience isn't my strong
side. It is all so exciting and makes me want to talk all the time,
not really the thing to do, mom Cat says. Well here are a couple of
pictures with my new collar of me not cooperating at all.
We just saw that some
Angels have sent presents. Thank you sooo much.
I'll talk to you again
when we get to Columbia, if mom Cat can get the laptop working.
So long,
Your Honey pup.
Hello everybody, I am
back home.
Mom Cat says to keep it short because she still has to unpack and
then catch up on all the things that didn't get done while we were
gone.
My surgery went very well and Dr. Cook is very pleased. They looked
at those gray pictures and uuhd and aahhd and told me what a great
girl I am, so it must be good. My next hip surgery shouldn't be
scheduled until about 6 months from now so I can carry all the
weight on the one they just did.
You can see my scar and it looks all clean no swelling at all so
far.
My problem is that I am very bored already because I have to stay in
a small area, cage size, for two weeks and have to keep this
horrible plastic thing around my head until the staples come out.
I got to chew on my bone some this morning, mom Cat held it for me
because I can't get to anything with my collar.
I want to thank all the Angels who are helping to pay for me.
Lots and lots of smooches for you all.
Honey
A whole months later
and all I've grown is leggins. It is too embarrassing at least
I am not going to the park yet. I feel so much better but I am
not allowed to run and play yet. My next x-rays will be in 3
weeks and then we will know how well it all went.
Well looking at the
picture below maybe my coat is getting a little better.
December 07. I
should be going for surgery soon but we are going to wait until Spring
when the weather gets better because half of my body has to be
shaved and coats would be rubbing on the wound when I go for
exercise walks. I am doing pretty well and can run and play.
Only when the weather changes or I have been sleeping and then want
to get up my bad leg hurts. Mom Cat sometimes gives me a goody
(Rimadyl) she says it helps.
My waiting
should also help getting more money saved because we have several
other little dogs who also need surgery. Loosing my big sister
Kate was also real tough, she went away really sudden and
everybody was very sad here. Please look at Daisy's and Mikie's
story and help if you can.
Have a Great
Holiday Season,
Your Honey Pup.
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