Chris,
I must have missed the beginning of this thread. What an inspirational
story of courage and strength! Hooray for Rusty and Alexis. I too am
sure that her all night vigil had something to do with his successful
fight to recover. I love those "miracle" stories. Can you imagine the
reunion scene when/if his guardians are found! Thank you so much for
sharing a bit of his story with us.
Blessings to Rusty, Alexis and you!
Nina
MacKenzie, Kerry N. wrote:
Wow. That's great news about Rusty. Alexis' nightlong vigil doubtless
played a big part.
Praying for his continued recovery, and for his reunion with his owners,
Kerry
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*Sent:* Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:56 AM
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*Subject:* Update on Rusty...
Amazingly, Rusty seems to doing better!!!!!
He had urinary tract blockage, kidney stones, crystals, an infection
and likely some permanent damage to his kidneys. Glucose level was bad
but vet is hoping it might have been a temp situation due to the
urinary tract problems. He’s going to retest him. I think he’s going
to need some lifelong care/monitoring and may come back to all our you
for more info for Alexis.
Just as an aside—the vet is calling Rusty his ‘miracle baby’. Friday
night he was dying. Alexis spent the entire night with him sleeping on
the floor in the surgical suite at the hospital. Somehow, he made a
turnouround that night and his temp starting going back up to normal!
They were able to remove his cath, IV, collar, etc. on Tuesday morning
and he ate like there was no tomorrow! Also urinated and moved his
bowels w. no problems. Guess he didn’t like all those things he was
hooked up to!
Alexis is hoping to bring him home today. She will keep him inside and
is posting anywhere she can find to locate his owners in Biloxi. They
likely don’t even realize Rusty made it out of the floods alive!
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