14.07.16

vet trip:
Nikkita*
Anonymous Dog*
(2)

I haven't normally posted about these kinds of trips but I'm going to start: this was a trip to the vet that didn't involve any of our dogs, the kind of thing we do as CADA all the time. Nikkita is Jackie's dog and also a good friend of mine; she was sterilized by us, was diagnosed with CTVT and was subsequently treated by Sandra on several vet trips like this one. Jackie was concerned her cancer might be coming back (it did once before) but she received a clean bill of health and was a very good girl through a difficult trip (blown tire early on). The anonymous dog (don't know her name) is a poor little chihuahua female that was hit by a car about 2 weeks ago. The owner brought it to Jackie, who consulted with Dr. Vic and Sandra and gave it pain meds until it could somehow get to the vet. I was told of this late last week and today was the first day I could get away. It turns out she doesn't have any internal injuries other than her hip, which was more or less shattered by the blow; she's otherwise okay. She can be fixed by surgery, but only Dr. Novelo does this kind of work. We have used Dr. Novelo in the past and he is very good, especially with orthopedic surgery. He has to look the case over and come up with an estimate of how much it will cost. The owners gave me some money for the vet but it will not be anywhere near enough - Sandra said she's sure this will be a costly surgery; she sent us home with better pain meds to last a few days. Jackie is now looking for donations from some of the people here who have helped in the past; you can also donate to us to help. Several people who live in Celestun recently donated to help the poor little pup whose leg had to be amputated, so we're hoping some more money can be found to help here. Assuming all goes well I'll probably take her back early next week. A hard trip both ways in the heat but both dogs were troopers.