Sunday Evening March 18, 2007

Gem of the Day: "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~


9 Week old Baby Mandy is in trouble.

Folks, sorry to bother you on a Sunday evening, but we have an emergency situation that needs your prayers and your help.
Mandy, our 47 Heart Murmur baby, has pneumonia and is in ICU at Texas A&M. Scroll down for more about this urgent medical emergency. I don't even know if any of you are online. If you don't get this until Monday, we still need you. Usually, very few of us are online on a Sunday night.

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In January of 2007 we paid $23, 119. 55 in vet bills

In February, 2007, We Paid Vet Bills Totalling $ 36, 450.23



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Baby Mandy is very sick. She isn't critical, but they do have her in ICU on very strong antibiotics. She was scheduled to go home last week, but when she began sneezing, they decided to keep her. She has a fever and is coughing. They X-rayed and found a pneumonia on her lung.

Of course this is costly to treat. She is going going to have several days of ICU on her bill, that we didn't count on. Her heart surgery was $2400.00. That's what we counted on.

Now, in order to pull her through this, it is going to run an extra $800-1000.00.

I don't know what to do other than come and tell you. If they take her out of ICU to save costs, she wouldn't have anyone watching her in case she started to crash. I don't think you guys want us to move her to the less expensive ward.

Mandy was born December 17, 2006, in a puppy mill in Missouri. Baby Mandy is our 47th Heart Murmur patient.
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I'm really getting nervous about tomorrow, when we pay bills again.

This is more about the four Lancaster County Bichons that we took in from an Amish Mill. Yipes.

Subj: Expense Summary Lancaster
Date: 3/16/2007 9:45:59 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Coffeymon@aol.com

Robin,

I did a spread sheet for all the expenses for the dogs. The bottom line right now looks like $2839.80.

That includes 14 days of quarantine, all surgeries, procedures and meds. It also includes a 10% discount on all meds and procedures and a 20% discount on boarding.

The cost per dog is
Mercedes(f) $644.70
Austin (f) $653.70
Healy (f) $842.70 She is the one with the mammary tumor.
Benz (m) $698.70

As soon as Benz gets his Elizabethean collar off I will get a nice picture and write up for him and send it to Bonnie.

Cheers,Monica>

I'm just concerned that our vet bills are going to exceed what we have to pay them with, not even counting Mandy's medical emergency down at Texas A&M.

In January of 2007 we paid $23, 119. 55 in vet bills

In February, 2007, We Paid Vet Bills Totalling $ 36, 450.23

Last Monday night we paid $6,902.63 for vet bills, for just one week of vet bills.

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to:	pup3@aol.com
from:	SPR Ebay	100% positive feedback rating!
subject:	EBAY UPDATE
	Hi, Robin,	Happy Easter & Passover!

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	Bronze Ebay We are an Ebay Power Seller again, because we have maintained $1,000 a month in sales for a certain period.  Thanks to everyone for getting us there, both donators and buyers.   We have many new items up for bid on the Small Paws Rescue Ebay site.  Please see the great assortment below!
	We are also registered with Mission Fish.  Ebay sellers can donate percentages of their sales to Small Paws at listing time and Ebay will keep track of the donations and payments for them.  Look for this symbol.

 

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	Young Dogs Note Card 11 x 14 H. Maas	giraffer	$7.00	100%	Good 'Til Cancelled

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	Bichon Frise Loom beaded purse, dog ORIGINAL Purr	dapurrfectgift	$500.00	50%	Good 'Til Cancelled

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	Chihuahua Loom beaded purse, dog ORIGINAL Purrr	dapurrfectgift	$500.00	50%	Good 'Til Cancelled

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	We are always completely amazed at the generosity and kindness of Small Paws Supporters.  The selection of items to sell we have had over the past months has been fabulous!  We have many items in stock to list but are also always looking for new items for the next round.  Email us if you have something to list.
	THANKS!
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Please keep Mandy in your prayers, as well as little Annie, who has been lost down in Florida for over 3 weeks. We have had over 70 sightings of her and tonight, will be attempting to do a chemical capture using a dart gun.

Lauri Caron, from the OCTAGON WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND REHABILITATION CENTER, in conjunction with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, (Hey, I told ya we were involving government agencies on this search! Captain Linda Harris has been wonderful to us, from the Fish and Wildlife Commission) is going to be the one shooting the dart gun.

Lauri went out there on Friday night, an hour and a half drive, and came face to face with Annie at 7:30 in the evening. She only went out to scope out the situation and find a place to set up for tonight. SHe did not plan on actually spotting her on Friday night.

When she saw her, it was totally unexpected as the neighbors usually see her between the hours of 9:30 P.M. and 6: 30 A.M.

Lauri began to pump up the dart gun. She says you don't want to have a loaded tranquelizer gun sitting on the front seat with you while you are driving, so you pump it up directly before use.

Annie saw Lauri, and began to turn to run, giving Lauri only a shot of her little head, WHICH SHE DID NOT TAKE OF COURSE. She is aiming for her little butt, and since she didn't have a clear shot, she opted to come back tonight. THANK YOU LAURI!

I know we need funds too, but I also know that these two other organizations are using their own resources to help us right now, to keep Annie from being alligator or panther bait.

They are a 501C3 organization under the same section code of the IRS as Small Paws Rescue is, Animal Rescue.

They have to feed tigers and other large animals. If you can send a few dollars to the OCTAGON WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND REHABILITATION CENTER, I know they would appreciate it so much, as would I. This is what they need in the form of a wish list, and this is how to donate to them.

Between "Never Give Up Katie" from EARS, and Lauri Caron with the dart gun, ANNIE you better get ready, because you ARE going to be coming home soon!

We had estimates of as much as $5000.00 for chemical capture from other sources. Lauri isn't charging us a penny. She just asks that we make a donation to her sanctuary so she can keep feeding those tigers. I assured her we would be doing that! After all, tigers are people too!

This is how to donate to EARS, through their secure online credit card site. (EARS is also under the same section of the IRS code as Small Paws is, Animal Rescue.)

Ok, I think that's all. This has been a busy news weekend with the millions of cans and foil puches of dog food that has been recalled, Mandy in ICU at TAMU, and hourly updates on Annie and her Floridian Exploits.

More as it happens. And as you know, after all this time, now coming into our 9th Spring with Small Paws, it is always happenin'. All My Love, Robin

Prayer Requests

<Subj: Re: Gary's Heart Surgery -
Date: 3/15/2007 8:17:48 PM Central Daylight Time
From: JANEWAY59@aol.com
To: Pup3

Hi Robin,
Gary's surgery is back to next Tuesday, March 20, so please include the World Famous Redford Bichons Hudad AKA super helper guy that goes anywhere for SPR, in a prayer request. We are praying for his quick recover and for God to help with his surgeon, doctors and nurses that will care for him in hospital. He is a good egg and helps me with countless hours at church and all my other volunteer work.

Thanks,
Jane Cameron>


<Subj: Our Beloved Simon

(Editor's Note: This is the cancer dogs, whose Mom found us from the Robin's Canine Cancer Files page. Shalon isn't a Small Pawser (yet!) but I offered to send this out for prayer and she said that would be very nice. If you feel so led, please drop a note to her. It's just agonizing when your dog has cancer.)

Date: 3/16/2007 6:06:17 PM Central Daylight Time
From: shalaelay@excite.com
To: pup3@aol.com

Dear Robin,

I just found out that our 11 year old Bloodhound mix has Lymphoma and has about a month, if that to live. I am devastated. My boyfriend is devastated. He's had him since he was a puppy and they've done everything together. Since I've been around, it seems that Simon and I have become great buddies and I am going to miss him so much. I read about your sweet little Nicholas and I am sorry for your loss but I thank you for sharing your experience with everyone. It does help to know that we are not alone in this.

Wednesday night we explained to our 3 year old (my step-son) that Simon was going to Heaven and that when he couldn't sleep at night, that Simon would always be there to listen to him if he wanted to talk. He didn't understand but maybe I was in a way telling myself that he would always be there for me too. We prayed until the little one fell asleep that night and I found out today that for sure, he has lymphoma. Just from what I've read on the internet, he is in stage 2. I am not sure if any of his organs have been affected but it is killing me inside.

I feel so guilty thinking of how his death is going to affect me. How my life will be drastically different. I'll have no one to go on hikes with, no one to care for (except our 3 year old when we have him)and no one to come to work with me and keep my company. I won't have anyone to sleep with or pet when I am sad or when my boyfriend is out of town. The house will seem so empty. All the things I once complained about, will no longer be there, the nose prints on the windows, the scratches on the doors.. I will never hear him sing "Warewolves of London" with the radio (he's a bloodhound mix so he's a great howler or speaker). I feel bad for complaining about those things even if I never said them outloud. I feel so guilty.

Anyway, like you, my biggest concern is Simon aka Boober being sick and being in pain. I found a lump in his neck on Monday after telling my boyfriend that I could tell he wasn't feeling well and that something was wrong. We rushed him tot he Vet Tuesday morning and she told me that his health was very poor and that it was a possibility that he had cancer (lymphoma). Not all of his lymph nodes were swollen just the ones in his back knees and his neck, which gave me some sort of hope that maybe it was just an infection that he could and would fight off. The vet did tests on his lymph nodes and I kept him at work with me, always by my side, not a second away from me as I desperately searched the internet for more information on the culprit for making my boober not be himself.

All the articles on the internet pretty much confirmed the vets guess while we waited for the results. He had all of the symptoms. I tried everything, thinking positive, asking for prayers and positive energies, holistic healing; everything!! He has excessive urination and thirst which is unlike him, he lost his appetite which was totally odd since he was pretty much an "oinker" when my boyfriend and I got together. I had put him on a diet last year and he lost 10 pounds in 4 months and he has maintained a healthy weight since then without me being too strict on him with the diet. Now, I am begging him to eat, feeding him what I can, he loves baby carrots so I feed him those, dog treats, anything I can that I think he will eat. This is tearing our hearts out and its only been 4 days. Only a few hours since the positive diagnosis. I've been watching him close since I noticed he wasn't acting himself. On Wednesday his stools were normal, Thursday they were a lot softer
and yesterday it was pretty much water droplets.. I cried the whole time hiking with him, (he felt up to it) as I tried to tell him how much we loved him and that he would be ok. His third eye lid is coming out of his eye and they are so swollen. I put eye drops in his eyes three times a day and was hoping for the best but unfortunately, got the worst.

We're going to try steroids (I am going to get them after work) and see if that doesn't help him with his strength but the vet mentioned that with increased water intake that it usually means an increase in calcium. With that calcimic increase and steroids it could lead to kidney failure. I am at a loss. It hurts soo much. It pains me to sit here and watch him slowly deteriorate.

If you have any advice for knowing when he's ready to go or any advice at all since you've been where I am now I would greatly appreciate it. It means a lot that you shared your story, glad I am not alone in this.

Thank you.

Shalon Pasic
Frisco, Colorado>

<Subj: Another prayer request
Date: 3/16/2007 10:22:38 PM Central Daylight Time
From: JANEWAY59@aol.com
To: Pup3

Hello Robin,
My neighbor, Tom Kish, is in the last stages of pancreatic cancer. I would ask our bichon friends to keep Tom and his wife, Marcia, and teenage sons, Nicholas and Anthony in their prayers. They are wonderful neighbors and have rescued bichon named Louie. Hospice has come to their home and there was a flood of neighbors and friends coming in and out to be there to support the family. I was lucky to talk with Tom a few minutes this evening, as he was still coherent. Please keep Tom in prayers for a peaceful passing and hold his dear family as they have so much to deal with the next few days.

P. S.: They say God works in mysterious ways - and you won't believe this one. I was paying my water bill at my township office and saw my an old neighbor, Carol (now, Carol is not old as in age, she moved a few blocks away a few years ago), driving by in their van. Carol is a pretty fast and crazy driver - most just get out her way. I waved her down to say hello, and she let me know that Tom was not doing well and I should stop by their house to talk to him as soon as possible. If I had not run into her on Thursday, I would not know how quickly our friend was failing. I had seen all the cars at their home all week, but thought it had something to do with their son, Nicholas and some high school activities! Always take a minute to say hello and not be in a rush - you never know how important that few seconds could be for someone else!

Jane Cameron
Redford, Michigan>

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