Sadie 8.15.09

I have some new news on Sadie. We waited for her to get a little more comfortable before taking her to the vet. As it turns out she doesn't have arthritis. Foster brought her to the adoption event and had a visit with the vet today. On his first inspection the vet felt her leg and says its a mangled mess of bone there and he didn't know if it was an old fracture that healed wrong or if it was osteosarcoma. Well upon x-ray it was clear it was neither. This tough little girl was shot and still has bullet remains in her. The leg obviously was never addressed and healed completely wrong. It looks mangled on the x-ray. There is also bird shot/bullet all around the leg and in her body but the little pieces in her body don''t seem to be bothering her nor are they causing any damage. On top of that her back leg is dislocated. It has been dislocated for so long that the joint has healed over and cannot be reset - the vet recommends amputation. Foster reports that she's still happy and chipper.

I will see her tomorrow at the adopter reunion. Poor little girl. As you may recall, she is also heartworm positive and is blind in one eye from cataracts. The vet estimates her at only 5 years old. Whoever did this to her should be shot and tortured themselves. I hope karma does it's job.

We are going to do a massive fund raising push for her. If you would like to donate even $5, every little bit will help. Please forward to whoever you know who may be interested in donation or adoption of this special case. Rescue Angels will start by treating the heart worm and go from there once she gets stronger. She has a long road ahead of her, but she has already survived so much and she is now surrounded by people who love her. She is such a sweet natured little thing. She will be an amazing dog for someone and the hard cases always seem to know when they are rescued.