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Tiana adopted!

Today was a very big day for little Tiana. She has gone to her forever home and is in the final stages of recovery. Her leg surgery was completed and she has been spayed. Now there is just rehab to help her muscles gain all their strength and her healing to be complete. Tiana has been a pleasure to work with during her time in the hospital, with her foster family during her recovery and just seeing her grow and mature over the past month and a half. She is a very happy girl and thanks to her foster mom for getting her started with her training and socialization, she will have a great life. Thanks to everyone involved with her medical care and her fostering. We'll stay in touch with her new family to watch her develop into a beautiful young lady.

Tiana recovering from second surgery

Today was a big day for our little Tiana. I picked her up early this morning to bring her back for her leg to be re-xrayed and the rod removed if it was healed enough to support her weight. Once that was complete and Dr. Kelpe made the decision, she was prepped for surgery. The first two pictures are of her were on her way over to the vets and with the assistant, Natalia getting ready for surgery. She was also spayed at the same time as the other surgery.

Later on Thursday when she had recovered some from the surgery, I received a call that Tiana could be picked up and taken back to her foster mom. She was pretty sleepy but I knew that she would receive excellent care at home that night. She did well throughout her surgery and yesterday when I received a call from her foster mom, Beth, she said she was almost back to normal. Still not eating much yet but I'm sure today she is much better.

Madeleine's video

Madeleine's leg amputated

After much discussion with our vet and several orthopedic vets, it was determined the best option for Madeleine was to remove her leg. Although she was able to get around on it now, as she grew it would cause problems and put pressure on other joints. Repairing the leg would require several painful surgeries, months of physical therapy and a low probability of the leg ever being normal. So, on Tuesday Madeleine’s leg rear leg was amputated. This little trooper is already up and around and, according to her foster mom, doesn’t even seem to notice it is gone! She needs to take it easy for a week or so, which may be tough for Maddie! Click here to watch video.

A kiss for my foster dad

Relaxing outside

After surgery

Tiana visits the vet for a re-check

I was able to visit with Tiana today when she came into the vets for a recheck. She is healing well but still needs several more weeks before we can pull the pin in her leg. Dr. Kelpe checked her today and said she was doing very well in her recovery. The break was more extensive than if we had been able to repair it right after the initial break. It had been almost 2 weeks since the break had occurred before we could bring her into rescue. She's a happy girl, in the process of getting all her big girl teeth and was happily greeted by everyone at the vets clinic when she came in. She also had a visit from the volunteer, Suzanne, who had run to the shelter to pick her up for us. She could not believe how much she has grown already.

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Madeleine relinquished to Rescue

Madeleine is a 4-month-old little girl who was turned over to rescue after her broken leg failed to heal properly and her owners weren’t able to sell her. Her left femur was broken when she 6-1/2 weeks old, after getting caught in a fence she was trying to climb over. The family noticed she wasn’t using her leg the next day and took her to the vet. The doctor attempted to fix the break, but it hasn’t healed correctly and she cannot bend her knee. We are currently evaluating whether we will be able to save her leg with additional surgery and should know more in the next few days. In the meantime, Maddie is a happy, friendly girl who doesn’t let her disability get her down. She enjoys playing with the other dogs in her foster home and cuddling with her foster parents. Madeleine update, click here.