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Frisky - A Dog in Need
 IN HONOR OF Frisky - Originally, Frisky was dropped at a shelter by her family; the shelter in turn adopted her out to a new home. A year later, the lady returned Frisky to the shelter because she was "too much dog". Of course, the lady never took Frisky to obedience training nor worked with her. This time the shelter contacted DAR&E and a 3 year old Frisky came to us in the beginning of December 2009.
During her vetting, it was discovered that she had heartworms. After her heartworm treatment, Frisky had swelling at the injection site. Over the coming weeks the site was treated with a variety of procedures to reduce the inflammation. Frisky was a super sweet, very affectionate girl. She became a favorite with the vet and kennel staff. They really fell in love with her wiggly butt and generous kissys.
At last, Frisky was cleared to go into foster care. The day before she was to be picked up, the kennel staff noticed that she had been throwing up and did not eat her dinner. On closer examination, it was believed that Frisky was starting to bloat. A very serious and often fatal condition. She was ushered in for x-rays which showed her stomach was twisted. DAR&E gave the OK to do what was needed to save her. Frisky was rushed to an emergency veterinarian who performed the surgery to untwist the stomach and tack it down to prevent reoccurrence. The surgery was a success and it was caught early enough that there didn't seem to be a lot of tissue damage caused by the twisting, but bloat is a traumatic blow the the system. Although things looked good, the next 48 hours were to be critical for Frisky.
The next morning she was returned to our vet for observation. She seemed to be doing quite well. By the following morning, things took a turn for the worse. The vets thought she may have bloated again and again, DAR&E authorized whatever treatment was needed to save her. During the surgery, the stomach was fine, but the spleen had twisted, so it was removed. The vets were giving her a 60-70% chance of survival. By the evening, Frisky had deteriorated and went into cardiac arrest. The shock to her system was just too much. The vets tried everything to stabilize her. Finally, they had nothing left to try and recommended we humanely euthanize her. Sadly, we made the difficult decision to let Frisky go. Her treatment expenses exceeded $4,900.
Bloat is a very serious life-threatening condition that every pet owner should know about. For more information, here are a few websties.
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