Fecal smear – tons of rods, some cocci – should be more balanced for bacteria, so an overload of rods and not enough normal range cocci – waiting to hear back for parasitology for things like Giardia and Coccidia. She was de-wormed with strongid in Egypt.

 

She has been de-wormed again here.

 

UA – lots of struvite crystals, some WBC’s – all dogs should have some struvite crystals, she has an overabundance.

 

Very concentrated urine – >1.050.

 

Eye and ear infections, heart murmur.

 

Donations can continue to be made direct to Liston Animal Hospital 613-591-0966

 

OR via PayPal to gwen@birchhaven.org

 

OR via email transfer to contactbhrr@gmail.com

 

She is just not eating nor drinking enough on her own and the last weight we took was 42.2 kgs(92.84 pounds).

 

When I picked her up yesterday, she was quiet and after getting her home, she remained quite quiet. I had been made aware that she was not eating and this meant that she had not eaten since she left Egypt on Friday.

 

While she had been drinking with her lovely overnight foster, she was not drinking at our place, and with these extreme temps, this was concerning. She did at least urinate and had one bm with her overnight foster, yet nothing since.

 

To all that have seen this Dane since her arrival to Canada, they would say that she was a ‘hot mess’. From her eyes – left one, in particular, is quite swollen and has a discharge and they are both white-coated, to the condition of her coat – she has fur missing on her tail, etc., her fur is stained, she has terrible callouses and scars, her ears were still bothering her – we were able to get them addressed in Egypt and they still require further attention – not to mention the lumps that she had.

 

We addressed all that we were informed was possible in Egypt and the plan was to address everything else, including a mature spay upon her arrival to Canada.

 

Yesterday, in doing an assessment, her temp was well over 40 and she became quite flat.

 

We went to emerge and then today, she was admitted again, this time to the Hospital I work at where she remained on fluids for dehydration, we gave her a cerenia injection, we did 2 x-rays, we did another CBC and a comprehensive blood panel. We also attempted to fine needle biopsy two of her lumps – very little material was able to be extracted due to how hard the lumps were. Some debris plus squamous cells were seen and the next course of action, and as planned is to have them removed at the time of her mature spay. We will send them off to pathology.

 

This poor girl has been bred many times over too. Her poor vulva and mammary glands/chain.

 

Pancreatitis was ruled out as was pyometra. The Vet mentioned an odd ‘boney structure’ seen in one of her x-rays that we can investigate further, at a later time. Something, he was curious about, yet did not feel that it was the cause of anything.

 

The immense heat, the long travel, all of the changes, the fact that she is a special needs dog, that she is a Dane – quite sensitive they can be and that she has quite a few medical conditions – we are still doing diagnostics, has not been great on this sick Dane.

 

She still has not had a pee nor a bm since I picked her up. The x-rays show that her bladder is small.

 

Sadly, the monies that we raised on Saturday have already almost completely been consumed with her bills over the last 24+ hours. 

 

Her bills are now close to $1,500 and rising.

 

Donations to her Vet care can be made direct to Liston Animal Hospital 613-591-0966 OR via PayPal to gwen@birchhaven.org or via email transfer to contactbhrr@gmail.com

 

We are sorry to beg and plead, yet, we shall soon be tapped out with the money that we have raised to date……

 

Thank you in advance for any consideration to her cause and please do keep her in your thoughts. She is truly a gem of a girl. She has been a model patient………

Miss Jamila is the sweetest wee thing ever! 

 

Thank you to Jane Smith for safe harbouring her overnight and meeting me in Kingston.

 

Thank you to all of her lifesaving rescue angels that made this rescue even possible!

 

More soon!

 

Making our way home now!!

I am beyond indebted to so many that have come together to assist us in saving her. We were her last hope and this is an honour to bring her into our Rescue.

 

We will now investigate her eyes further plus those lumps due to the limitations of the vetting in Egypt. We will recheck her ears and also assess her heart as DM’s Danes are prone to heart concerns too.

 

I am so in love with her already…..I am very excited to meet her. Jane says that she is super sweet!

 

Such a pretty little thing! 

 

We will post the grand total shortly of what was raised today – yet, I must extend heartfelt thanks to Cherie, Aaron, Loralei, and Sean for being such troopers in this 43-degree heat/sun that we had today! It was brutal, yet, they were incredible and I can say that the grand total raised between the $650 in donations received from generous folks not able to be in attendance to the amount raised today at the event; is over $2,000! WOW! Tears of such humbled gratitude have welled up more than once…..

 

Despite the weather, people came out and bought and ate and chatted and laughed and we could not express enough thanks to all for their life-saving support!

 

We cannot continue our important work without our village and we are filled with immense thanks to each and every kind, caring, and loving soul!!! 

 

We will announce grand total along with detailed thanks once we are showered, rested, and recovered….the temperatures out there today were insane!