GOLDIE IS IN
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On 20 October, Goldie & her story appeared online at the Best Friends Network site!
The next day, her story appeared in the Pet Corner Section of the Saturday, October 21 Colorado Springs Gazette, with a request for donations and a link to her website. This article is thanks to the efforts of Mary Gade, who personally contacted Bill Radford and asked him to run the story. GOOD WORK MARY!!!
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GOLDIE'S
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Lisa reports:
Four weeks! Exactly four weeks ago Deb B., that very special AireAngel who turned out to be Goldie's savior, discovered this injured Airedale as she lay under a bush at the side of the road. This paralyzed dog had a coating of ice frozen on top of her urine-soaked, feces-covered coat.
Although Deb was on her way to work, she detoured, and with love & tenderness, put this poor dog into her car and drove her directly to the Elk Park Animal Hospital where immediate steps were begun to save this dog's life. |
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With no hesitation, I can say that Deb saved this dog's life. If it hadn't been for Deb and her compassion, we would not be reading about Goldie's story today. Let us all remember Deb and her actions should we ever be faced with a similar situation.
In a nutshell, Goldie continues to improve. With the benefit of pain meds, Goldie is acting more like an Airedale. Two days ago, when we left her for three hours, she found a big box of grooming supplies and proceeded to scatter them all over the room. She's more mobile now, always positioning herself where she can NOSEPOKE and get gentle scratches & massages.
As you can see, she's had her stitches removed and the incision is healing nicely.
First thing Monday morning, she is scheduled for an ultrasound of her liver. If anything looks suspicious, a biopsy will be performed. At that time we will also be able to determine if she has been spayed.
The voluntary movement & strength in Goldie's leg continues to improve. Sometimes drastically; it's hard to describe exactly what she's doing sometimes, so I may try to take some short movies to put on the website.
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A little setback with the arrival of her four-wheel chair. A chair had been shipped with delivery for last Wednesday, but the company discovered it had sent the wrong chair, so we were told to refuse that delivery and they were sending the correct chair, which should be here sometime this week. I'll let everyone know - with pictures - as soon as it arrives.
Goldie is taking 2-1/2cc of Milk Thistle, a proven herbal remedy, twice a day for her high liver enzymes.
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Goldie: You may be Queen of the Couch now, Gracie,
CONTINUE WITH THE SAGA OF
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