Have you been wondering how Donut
has been doing since our previous post about Donut? Well, nut to worry… Donut
is a brave and strong girl. She has displayed an indomitable spirit and
willpower to continue living and we do-nut have a doubt she will survive and
live happily ever after.
We asked Pawsitive Sensations to
help massage Donut’s acupoints to stimulate her poo after every method seemed
to fail and poor Donut looked increasingly tired and dejected. Thank goodness
it worked! We jumped with joy upon hearing that Donut pooped after her massage.
She also released some gas from her tummy and started eating again. Phew!
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| Donut in the recovery suite after surgery |
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| In shock and in quite a bit of pain |
Donut’s poop gave us the
confidence to send her for her surgery. Dear Donut just came out of the
operating theatre; it was a long surgery lasting almost 4 hours. We were
there to receive her as she came out of the operating theatre, conscious. She
was in obvious pain as the vet had inserted steel plates to hold her fractured
spine together. The vet tells us that her spine and nerves are totally severed
but we believe in miracles and will continue to hope beyond hope that she will
one day walk again. She may no longer have control of her bladder and bowels
but we won’t know this till much later.
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| Her wound is extremely long and painful. What a brave girl she has been. |
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| After the vet had left, we noticed this swollen. We never noticed previously when she had fur. |
We wanted to see the xray results after her surgery but the
vet said he was really tired and for us to come again in the morning.
She will need
to stay at the vet for about a week, for them to observe her recovery, after
which, she will require a foster home.
We are
really proud of Donut, how brave she has been and can’t wait for her to start
feeling better.
If you
would like to help with her vet bills or find out more about fostering requirements,
please email hopedogrescue@singnet.com.sg
Thank you.
