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Monday Night November 15, 2010

Gem of the Day: "Prayer - the Original Wireless Connection."
~Anonymous~


Murphy is five months old. He is one sick little guy. The right side of his heart is enlarged. As we have done so many times before, Murphy needs a PDA heart murmur repair. $2000.00.
Murphy being well and leading a normal life? Priceless.

The Small Paws® Rescue Holiday Online Auction has been pushed back to begin on November 19, 2010 and it will end on December 5, 2010.
We need more donated items for this Holiday auction!


Click here to donate an item! It can be a doggy item, an item for your Bichon or for a Bichon's human, jewelry, just about anything that is in new or gently used condition!

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Click on the Bichon puppy to see page 2 of the Small Paws Rescue Newsletter, including fostering and adoption information.

Dear Small Pawsers,

Welcome to our newest members of our Small Paws® Rescue Online Newsletter, especially to those of you who have seen us on Fox and Friends in New York City, or on Animal Planet on "Dogs 101."

Welcome! We hope you enjoy reading about the Bichons and the people who love them!

If you missed our last newsletter, here it is.

Well, we have a "situation". It's sort of like having a perpetual full moon around here.

I told you last week that we would have TWO heart babies coming in soon.

Funny. That rainy day is here.

We knew it was coming but we didn't know that that the first little one, a darling five month old puppy named Murphy, was going to need to be moved up as in TWO DAYS FROM NOW.

It's ok. I can do this. I'm breathing and would encourage each of you to do the same.

In with the good air, out with the bad.

His foster mom says: "Murphy is the absolute best puppy. He is housebroken - yes, you read that correctly. He loves to be brushed, he knows the sit command, walks great on a leash and is an all around sweetheart."

You see, the right side of his little heart is enlarged and Thaibinh wants to go ahead and go in and repair that PDA THIS Wednesday, the 17th of November.

GULP.

For those of you who are new to Small Pawsing, just what is a PDA heart murmur?
Click here to learn more.

Dr. Thainbinh Nguyenba is our personal cardiologist. He was instrumental in designing the device that is used to repair these heart murmurs, thus saving these precious lives.

This is Thainbinh and I in front of the Medvet Medical Center For Pets in Worthington, Ohio, the morning we were filming for "Dogs 101" for Animal Planet.

If you are new and haven't see that episode yet, here it is on Youtube.
(Our portion of the program is about another heart murmur repair that we did!)

We get great service there at Medvet and our Bichons get the best medical care available. The price is roughly half of what it is anywhere else for these PDA Heart Murmur repairs.

Dr. Thainbinh Nguyenba (pronounced Ty-Bin Win-Baw) and the Cardiology staff at Medvet, keep me updated by phone every step of the way with our heart babies.

I have Thaibinh's cell and his home phone numbers, and he's told me to call him day or night, if we need him.

We've done this a few times before, you might say.
The Heart Murmur Repair Bichons Reunion Page

So, since the right side of little Murphy's heart is getting larger with each heart beat, (the heart is a muscle. The harder it has to work to pump the blood throughout the body, the larger it becomes. If it becomes too large, there is no more room for it to beat, and we don't even MAYBE want to go there as it involves assuming room temperature and other not so nice things.)

I know it's Monday night. I know we don't usually raise funds on a Monday night.

But this is something where they don't want to wait. And if THEY don't want to wait, we don't WANT then to wait, right?

Baby Murphy needs your help. WE need your help to be able to help him.

We have the following matching challenges that came in over the weekend before we even knew we were going to have to move Baby Murphy's surgery up.

But I know these challengers would want their challenges to be issued right away.

The first one is LIVE, from Manhattan in NEW YORK CITY, from Deborah Berger and her infamous Bichon, Groucho, er, I mean, Boris..

Date: 11/12/2010 10:40:52 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: normetski@aol.com
To: pup3@aol.com

Hi Aunt Robin,
Please issue a $200.00 challenge for all the fluffs. I've been perfecting my disguise since my last appearance on Fox and Friends, so I'll let you word the challenge anyway you see fit. Your devoted friend forever, Boris Berger.

And how many of you have ever opened your heart to an older fluff ball?

If so, this one's for you. Thank you Brenda, for loving Pickle's so very much, and for giving him such a loving home during his last years on this earth.

From: Brenda Bills [mailto:bbills@cableone.net]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 8:30 PM
To: susan@smallpawsrescue.org
Subject: donation and Challenge

Hi Susan,

I would like to issue the following Challenge.

My Dear Sweet Pickles Crossed the Rainbow Bridge 11/11/2008. Yesterday was his 2nd Year Anniversary With the Good Lord up above. He was an Older Fluff, when I first failed “Fostering 101” . He was a very big part of my heart, and I still think of him every day! Do I regret it? Never!

I would like to Issue a Challenge to anyone that has opened up their heart to an Older Fluff, and shared the remainder of their life, to receive blessing that you would have never thought!

Here is my $25.00 challenge in Honor of my Beloved Pickles!

Here’s hoping to see the black soon!

Thanks, Brenda Bills
Odessa, Texas>

So this is how you can help us to keep that appointment on Wednesday for Baby Murphy. I will issue all challenges for that precious baby boy! All My Love, Robin

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We've paid vet bills for October in the amount of $37, 415.66 averaging $1206.95 per day.

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This was sent to me this evening. Wanted to share as it's so touching. My brother is out of ICU again but not holding my breath, but he can nod yes and no because of the trach and now has been in the hospital going on 2 months on the 22nd of this month. He was moved out of ICU again this past week. He is awake more now but still on antibiotics for the pneumonia. He will probably be in this new hospital for 3 to 4 more weeks. He has along way to go to get weaned off the trach and vent and then get to eating again as he's on a feeding tube now. The physical therapy to get to walk again is on the agenda also.

Also on Mick, we had blood work again a week ago and again 100% perfect but his protein was a tiny bit low. He had a titer test and did not need to have his parvo and distemper shots. He's still eating chicken and noodles and veggies. He munches dog food when the mood hit him. He plays with the others and has good days and bad but more good. Dr Carlson said in "western medicine" it would probably be called IBS.

Thanks so much for all the prayer for Mick and Tom but still they are needed.

Would it be possible to ask for cards to be sent to Tom? He's been in for almost 2 months and possible for another 3 to 4 weeks and then a convalescent home to get his strength back. He has been in bed almost all of that time. I am sure its going to take quite a lot of time to get back to totally being Tom. Hospital rooms are kind of bleak and dreary and I would love to poster his wall he can see from the bed with cards if possible.

(This is from his wife) Linda Collins
"By the way, Tom is very "touched" when I recount to him all the well wishing coming his way. to send a card: Thomas Collins Room 321 @ Select Specialty Hospital-Columbus, Inc. 1087 Dennison Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-3201"
Thanks so much,

Kathy Ives,
Adoption Counselor Volunteer
Small Paws Rescue

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Humphrey Sisco
Dec 26, 1993~ Aug 30, 2006

When I first saw this beautiful picture of Cheri Sisco's "Humphrey", I thought it was truly the epitome of what we do, and why we do it. I wanted to use this black and white picture of Humphrey, taken only days before his death due to congestive heart failure, to let those who may be new to Small Paws, know what we do and why we do it. Without Small Paws, Humphrey would have never known love. He would have died in a kill shelter, sick and alone. Because of Small Paws, and Cheri Sisco, he lived, he loved, and he smiled.

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