My Story- as told by my foster mom

Bosco is an owner surrender after an “accident” left him in desperate need of surgery. No one is quite sure what happened, but his owners took him to the vet with a broken leg. They did not have the money to have the leg set, so the Veterinarian agreed to wrap the leg and explained how to care for him. Three weeks after the initial vet visit, he was taken back to the vet because the leg now “smelled funny”. The owners did not do as the Veterinarian had instructed them to do; the wrap was left on for the entire three weeks! When the Veterinarian removed the bandage he discovered it was severely infected. Gangrene had spread through the entire leg. The only option to save his life was amputation. That’s where ABR came in! After the mention of a call to the police about animal abuse, the owners surrendered him into ABR’s care. We approved the life saving surgery and a specialty surgeon was called in to remove the leg. But since the leg was so badly infected the specialty surgeon would not do the operation because he did not believe Bosco would make it. (HA! Was he wrong...) Since Bosco was already under anesthesia another Veterinarian agreed to do the amputation. Because he was not a specialty surgeon, he was only able to remove the leg, not the leg and shoulder. This means that Bosco will need to undergo another surgery to remove the rest of the leg and the shoulder. (He currently still tries to "use" the leg which results in the occasional tumble.)

A few new pictures July 3, 2008

Mom took a few pictures of me tonight. That's such a fun game. She must have taken a million.

Such a cutie I am!




That's my foster sister. She can be a little crabby sometimes, but I can get her to play with me when I'm being really good! She's fun, but you should try playing with the cat. He's the best. I am very gentle!



Oh yeah, that's my favorite spot on the couch. Life is so easy here...lots of love and plenty of rest.



Well thanks for looking. I hope you enjoyed!
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Good News! June 27, 2008

I have great news to share! I got my stitches and staples removed today! The vet was very impressed with how well I healed. I was a real trooper too. It hurt a little (some of the stitches were buried a little), but I did great! I had blood work done too. MomPam and MomLaura noticed that I drank a lot of water and were a little concerned about that. All of my blood tests came back great! I have fantastic kidneys and an amazing liver. I just love to drink water. They discovered that I have loved water since I was born. It was on my vet records from when I was a baby. Now we just have to limit my water intake, and that doesn't seem to affect me at all.

I also got a heart worm test and of course it was negative.

Next is my neuter surgery. I will let you know as soon as that is scheduled.

Here is a new picture of me enjoying life!


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A little scare June 19, 2008

Well tonight it seems I may have gotten myself into a little trouble. MomLaura caught me licking a few too many times. She knows I hate that stupid collar, so she tries to let me have free time without it. Well tonight it seems that I have licked a scab off of my incision exposing a 2 cm hole where I must have previously pulled stitches out. Off to the vet. The only problem was the time. It's almost closing time for all of the local vets. Good thing the Emergency vet clinic is still open. (Not so good is how much they charge!) Well I must have really won them over. They gave me a small discount on the bill: $200-my good looks discount= $27.00. Wow, but MomLaura said that doesn't mean we can do this again!! I think she was scared. I got 5 staples, and they said give it another week to heal.
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Doing Great! June 16, 2008

I went to DogFest this past weekend (June 14 - 15, 2008) with some of the Ohio ABR Volunteers. It was fun. SO many new dogs to get to know.





This is where MomPam handed me over to MomLaura. MomLaura couldn't believe how well I was doing for just 1 week post surgery! That must be because MomPam took such good care of me! Thank you so much MomPam, I will never forget your hospitality, love, care, and kindness!
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Bosco Post Surgery June 9, 2008

I told you, I did just fine through surgery. From MomPam again right after surgery: "For all those wondering how Bosco is – the vet tech watching over him told me he is doing really well and showing very little sign he had recent surgery." Amazing, Huh?

I was pretty swollen right away, but that didn't stop me from loving life. I had so much to do...including learning to walk again. That didn't take long to learn, I'm a Brittany!!

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Bosco Pre Surgery June 6, 2008

Hi All! This is me right before I went into surgery. I was all wrapped up by the nice ladies at the vet clinic. They were so great! Everyone was worried I wasn't going to make it, but obviously I did just fine! This is what my first foster mom, Pam, said when she met me: "Here is our boy. He was pretty engaging this morning when I visited him – a sweet, quiet dog who didn't show he had been running a fever yesterday. He will go into surgery this afternoon. He is very skinny. Although he weighed in at 30 pounds... In any case, the vet was very impressed with his compliance and calmness during the examination of his obviously painful leg. He is optimistic about our boy's recovery and his office will call this afternoon after surgery."


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