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Wednesday March 09, 2011

Gem of the Day: "The man who removes a
mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

~William Faulkner~

We have a medical emergency on top of the mountain.

If you've ever wanted to help a Bichon, please read this newsletter.

It is of the most urgent nature.


This precious little girl was found hit by a car, alive and lying
on a busy four lane major highway near Dallas.

Samantha is under one year old, weighs 11 pounds, and has a broken hip. She needs surgery to repair it as soon as we can raise funds. Please read.
This is urgent.

See a short video of this darling baby girl. This was sent by vet techs the Roanoke TX. vet clinic who is caring for her now.

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This is a very serious situation.

It's all I can do really, to come and tell you about this without crying, myself.

After doing this work for nearly 13 years now, I hope I have come to be able to know what you all want us to do. You have told us over and over. Thousands of you from every walk of life.

Yesterday, we made a decision to pull a little female who had been hit by a car, from the Irving Animal Shelter in Irving, TX.

You know that I never come to ask you for help for a particular dog until we actually have that dog in our custody, we have a diagnosis, and a treatment plan and estimate.

Well, we have all of that.

We also have a deficit in our bank account, after paying over $8000.00 in vet bills on Monday night.

I got this from Dave Hagadorn, this morning.

Subject: money #
Date: 3/9/2011 8:23:56 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: dhagadorn@steeltekinc.com

-$4,757 as of this morning.

David Hagadorn<

We were able to get back up to about $4000.00 in our account before we paid these bills totalling $8126.60. We are waiting to be able to mail some of these checks until funds come in.

See Vet Bills Paid For the first 7 days of March, Totalling $8126.60

We have put all vetting on hold that isn't absolutely essential.

We have put all spays/neuters and dentals on hold while dogs are in quarantine from being in a shelter, hoping by the end of their quarantine time, we. will have been able to raise funds for them.

Right now, we have this little girl needing surgery and our discounted rate with the Veterinary Surgical Center in OKC, OK., with Dr. Skip Tangner, is for $2000.00.

But before we can do that surgery we have to be able to reimburse our volunteers for vet bills that they paid, and to pay our previous vet bills.

Samantha is being kept on pain meds until we can get her in for surgery.

I'm hoping we can raise enough to bring us back up to a point where we can operate and also pay for her surgery, which I'm praying can take place on Friday.

This is a picture of her with another dog at the vet clinic that looks like a black cocker spaniel, just to show you how small she is.

See another short video of this darling baby girl trying to walk.

Samantha doesn't understand about vet bills being so very high all across the country.

She survived this MAJOR four lane highway near Loop 12 and 183.
That in itself is a miracle.

She doesn't understand why she was crossing a highway in TX and was hit by a car.

She doesn't understand that she needs surgery.

She only knows that she hurts.

Maybe we shouldn't have pulled her with our account being so low.

But if we hadn't, she would have assumed room temperature.

I tried to see if there was any other group who would or could take her and there was not.

We were it.

I felt you all would want us to get her out, and just to come and tell you what is going on and why.

I am here staring at this computer screen and praying.

I will issue all matching challenges.

You can probably tell I'm stressed about this. This is a mountain, folks.

If you can't help, please pray that those who can will feel led to do so.

Is there anyone who will take that first step to the top of this mountain with me? With Samantha and me? I am ready to try for this precious baby girl.

All My Love, Robin

See Vet Bills Paid For the first 7 days of March, Totalling $8126.60

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Prayer Reports and Requests


<Subject: so glad to hear your Chipper is okay.
Date: 3/8/2011 5:24:35 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: sweetangel462002@yahoo.com

Hi Robin,

I was glad to hear that your Chipper is doing better. My Hope is better too. turns out she didn't have a bladder stone after all. She just peed in my bed cause I took her ball away from her for the night. She can be very stubborn when it comes to that ball !!! thanks for answering my email so quickly. I will keep you and all the bichons in my prayers.

Debbi>

<Subject: Re: Ok, I need some prayers, and a negative result
Date: 3/2/2011 10:36:50 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: deltagrp@aol.com

Dear Robin:

They have scheduled me to see the Dr. on Monday. I guess I will find out when they do the surgery. You may share it since ALL prayers are greatly appreciated.

There is so much going on with us. Pat is also having a procedure on his esophagus Monday for his reflux.

My brother and his wife will stay with Mom and make sure things are going OK with her real leg and her prosthetic leg.

I have many friends in Los Angeles who are like family, and will help out if needed.

Bichon hugs and thank you,
Sue>

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and more than anyone else ever will!)

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