UPDATE ON SHADOW

UPDATE: Shadow has been adopted 

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Hi all,

It has been sometime since I updated all of you about Shadow, so I thought it was time that I put up a post. Shadow has been recuperating from his leg surgery at his foster carer's, and he was also treated for a few other minor issues that he had with his skin. He was given the all clear at the beginning of the month, and so we scheduled him to be neutered with Dr Singham last Wednesday.

I visited him on Thursday morning at the clinic and he was doing well. He was bright and alert and wouldn't stay still enough for me to take a nice picture of him. In any case, his sutures will be removed this coming Thursday. Let's just hope that he is a good boy and does not remove his sutures like he did the last time. 

We have incurred another RM682 for treatment of his skin, blood work before neutering, neutering and boarding. 

Here's a recap of what we have received and spent on Shadow:

Total contributions received           RM 6,120

Veterinary Expenses (Paid)           RM 4,061
Petty cash to Foster Carer            RM    100
2 bottles Oxyfresh Antioxidant       RM      90

Balance                                      RM 1,869

Veterinary Expenses (Paid)          RM    682

Balance                                      RM 1,187

Once again we would like to thank everyone who contributed towards Shadow's medical expenses. We will keep you updated if we incur any further expenses. Otherwise, we will donate the balance to an animal charity/organisation as we see fit.

Additionally, Shadow is now ready to be adopted. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help share details about Shadow to potential families that would give him a good and loving home. He is a very sweet and gentle boy. He does not have a single aggressive bone in him. He is however a big dog and is super active. Therefore, his new family will need to be able to take him for long walks and runs and must be experienced handling large breed dogs. Shadow will also most probably need to go for obedience training. If you would like to adopt Shadow, please do email us at 

animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com  

SHADOW IS DOING WELL

Dear all

I have just spoken to Shadow's foster carer and Shadow is doing well. He is eating well and his leg seems to be healing quite nicely too. I will try and visit Shadow soon to give all of you some new pictures of Shadow.

Once again here are Shadow's x rays before and after surgery.

In the mean time, here is the breakdown of the expenses incurred for Shadow so far, and I am attaching/re-attaching the receipts for Shadow's veterinary expenses.
 
Total contributions received           RM 6,120
Veterinary Expenses (Paid)           RM 4,061
Petty cash to Foster Carer           RM    100
2 bottles Oxyfresh Antioxidant     RM      90

Balance                                      RM 1,869
 

SHADOW - DONATION UPDATE

18/05/11 UPDATE: Shadow was discharged on Tuesday 15/5 and was taken home by his foster carer. He is very happy to be out of the hospital but still needs to be cage rested for a few weeks. Please continue to send positive vibes to Shadow so that he will recover really quickly.

Shadow's latest bill at Gasing Hospital came up to RM1,111 which AWAM has already paid thanks to all your donations. I will be posting the bill up as soon as I have some time to scan it.

Once again, a HUGE thank you to all of you who have contributed. I will keep updating this blog with Shadow's progress, and results of his follow up treatments.

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Shadow would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has donated towards his medical fund. Shadow is a really lucky dog to have so many of you rooting for him. 

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I would like to inform everyone that I am temporarily ceasing collections for Shadow as I have just received a pretty large donation of RM2,500 from an anonymous donor to meet Shadow's follow up treatment, food and any other expenses necessary to ensure Shadow's speedy recovery.

Total contributions received             RM6,120.
Expenses incurred and paid so far   RM2,950
Balance                                         RM3,170

I estimate that Shadow's current boarding and treatment expenses to be about RM1,000 or so. I will update the details when Shadow is hopefully discharged next week. According to Dr Prem, Shadow is doing well although the surgical wound is still slightly raw and weepy. So please continue sending positive vibes to Shadow to help him recover quickly.

Once again I would like to thank everyone who has helped  by either contributing or by sharing Shadow's story. I will try my best to update this blog with Shadow's progress as regularly as I can.

Thank you,
Natasha Fernz

SHADOW - POST SURGERY UPDATE

Hi all,

Just a quick update on Shadow. As most of you already know, Shadow was re-admitted to Gasing the day after he was discharged. This was because he managed to chew off his bandage and sutures during the night while he was at his foster carer's.

He is currently still there and will be there till such time that he is allowed more freedom of movement. I will keep everyone updated as best as I can. I do apologise for being a bit quiet this past week, but my own dog had taken quite ill and I had to spend all my time looking after her. :-(

In the mean time, here are Shadow's x-rays before and post surgery for those of you who might be wondering what is wrong with him. He has to have complete cage-rest, i.e. no pressure or stress on the leg for several weeks now that we have inserted the plate, screws and pins to re-align the bones.

SHADOW - POST SURGERY UPDATE

UPDATE 26/04/12

Shadow was re-admitted to Gasing Hospital because he managed to take off his bandage and sutures while at his foster carers. As such his wound is now slightly infected. Hopefully we can bring him back to rest at his foster carer's in about a week's time. Please pray that Shadow recovers quickly.

Please note that I have revised the target collection to RM3,500 as todate I have already incurred and paid RM2,950. I am not sure how much his current bill for boarding and treatment at Gasing will be, and there will also be follow up treatment later on at Dr Singham once we discharge him again from Gasing.

In the mean time I would like to thank all of you once again for contributing towards Shadow's treatment costs. He is a very lucky dog!!! 

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I picked Shadow up from Dr Prem's this morning and he was so happy to see me and Chandra. We could barely handle him as he was giving us a full body wag and was jumping up and down in excitement. While on the one hand this is a good sign, it is also a bad thing...

Dr Prem had a long chat with us before we were allowed to go and get Shadow to explain Shadow's condition and the care that he will need for the coming months. I am going to try and re-explain it all to the best of my ability, so here goes:

Basically, Dr Prem told us that Shadow's surgery was slightly complicated as the bone had hardened and that the space between the fractures had lots of matter in it, which meant that he had the fracture for some time already.

Unfortunately these did not turn up in the x-rays to give Dr Prem an accurate assessment of the situation, which was why the surgery took longer than anticipated. Additionally, this meant that Shadow could not be neutered at the same time.

But nonetheless, the plates have been implanted and Shadow MUST rest his leg, i.e. he MUST NOT put pressure on that leg for at least 10 days, and then after that we can start to slowly allow him to put pressure on it over the course of about 6-8 weeks.

As such, we have to cage Shadow for the duration and only allow him restricted movement so that the leg can heal properly. We will have to take him to Dr Singham on a weekly basis to get the sutures cleaned and the leg assessed to ensure that it is healing properly, which includes yet another x-ray in 3 weeks time.

In the mean time, however, Shadow is really very happy to be back at Chandra's house. He could hardly contain himself and dashed straight into the house and inspected every corner to make sure that things were how he left it. It took the both of us to get him into the cage that we prepared for him.

So please pray that Shadow will be a good boy and not get up to too much mischief so that his leg can heal quickly and properly.

I would also like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated towards Shadow's medical treatment so far! I really appreciate it and I am amazed that there even people whom I don't know that have contributed. Shadow is really lucky that so many people are rooting for him. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

In the mean time, for those of you who still would like to contribute towards Shadow's fund, please transfer money to:

Natasha Valerie Fernz
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly. Please note that I will only update the log once the money has been cleared.

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I am also enclosing the bills for all Shadow's treatment so far. There will obviously be more costs incurred as we go along, and I will try my best to post any cost incurred as soon as possible.

Total Incurred To date:  2,950

Hayward Animal Clinic RM 430 less RM112 for Tanner & Tokyo

Gasing (Brickfields) Veterinary Hospital RM 400 Deposit

Gasing (Brickfields) Veterinary Hospital RM 2,232 (Balance)

SHADOW ~ POST SURGERY

Shadow had surgery on his leg yesterday to insert the plate and pins/screws to mend his fracture.

The surgery took over 4 hours as the bone had hardened significantly. This means that Shadow would have had that broken leg for sometime.

Anyway I visited Shadow today and he is recovering from his surgery. He isn't happy to be at the hospital although he needs to rest his leg properly.

We are still in need of funds for Shadow's surgery which we will have to settle by the end of the week.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could sponsor even a small amount towards the cost of Shadow's medical treatment.

Please transfer money to

NATASHA VALERIE FERNZ
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly.

Please also let me know if you would like to remain anonymous.

Shadow would like to thank you very much for your contributions in advance.

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 Here are the x-rays of Shadow's leg after the surgery. You can see quite clearly where the plate and the pins/screws have been placed.

DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR DONATIONS

Dear all,

I have just setup a dedicated current account (albeit in my name) to collect funds for Shadow's surgery and any other future animal welfare causes.

Please transfer your donations for Shadow to:

Natasha Valerie Fernz
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly.

Shadow would like to thank you very much for your contributions in advance.

SHADOW ~ PRE-SURGERY CHECK UP

Today I took Shadow (and Chandra) to Dr Prem at Gasing Hospital for a pre-surgery check-up to make sure that he is okay to have his surgery on Saturday.

Shadow waiting patiently to be seen by Dr Prem

Dr Prem was quite pleased with Shadow's condition and has given us the OK for the surgery to go ahead on Saturday.

As we are unsure of Shadow's medical history, he will be vaccinated prior to the surgery. Shadow will be neutered as well while undergoing surgery for his leg. This is so that he won't have to go under anasthesia twice.

You can just see that his left foot is swollen

Shadow has put on some weight, but still needs a bit more bulk

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The estimated cost of the surgery is RM2,500 as mentioned previously. As we have requested for Shadow to be vaccinated and neutered as well, this may be slightly higher. However, the actual cost will only be known post surgery.

 

Our target amount is RM3,000 and we would like to appeal to all of you to spare a small amount to help Shadow. No amount is too small... 

Todate, the cost incurred for Shadow is RM318 at Hayward Animal Clinic, where Shadow's initial check-up, bloodwork, x-rays, frontline treatment, etc were done. 

We have also paid for treatment of Chandra's own dog and cat who have unfortunately fallen ill since the arrival of Shadow (see attached receipt below). The total receipt is for RM430.

 

Please transfer money to

NATASHA VALERIE FERNZ
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly.

Please also let me know if you would like to remain anonymous.

Shadow would like to thank you very much for your contributions in advance.

SHADOW GOING FOR PRE-SURGERY CHECK UP TOMORROW

Update:

Dr Prem has reviewed the x-rays and has tentatively scheduled surgery for this Saturday. I will be taking Shadow in for a pre-surgery check up tomorrow morning to make sure that Shadow is good to go for the surgery. Wish me luck folks...

In the mean time, we are still trying to raise funds for Shadow. Any amount will be greatly welcomed. No amount is too small.

Please transfer donations to

NATASHA VALERIE FERNZ
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly.

Shadow would like to thank you very much for your contributions in advance.

FUNDS NEEDED FOR SHADOW'S SURGERY

This lovely boy was rescued a few days ago by a lady called Chandra. He had apparently fallen in a drain and she did not have the heart to leave him there.

And so she brought him home. She soon realised that his left foreleg was injured. But unfortunately, she does not have the funds to seek medical treatment for the dog.

So Sherrina and I have decided to try and help Chandra out. Shadow (originally called Boy by Chandra) was taken to Dr Singgham of Hayward Animal Clinic for a thorough checkup.

He has several superficial wounds, ticks and also a swollen lymph node.
He is also somewhat underweight.

Dr Singgham has dewormed him and has also taken blood for a full blood test to make sure that he hasn't got any other underlying problems. The results should be out by tomorrow or the day after.

Shadow had x-rays of his leg done, and as we suspected, his left leg is broken quite badly.The x-rays show this very clearly.

Shadow will need to go for surgery soon to ensure that his leg heals. Dr Singgham has since sent on his x-rays to Dr Pem of Gasing Veterinay Hospital for review.

Based on intial phone consultation with Dr Prem, it would seem that Shadow would need to have screws and possibly one or two plates inserted to pull the bone together.

The initial estimated cost for the surgery alone is RM2,500. This does not include the costs of Dr Singgham's consultation, x-rays, blood test and flea treatment. We estimate that the cost to treat Shadow may rise to RM3,500 or more.

Shadow is a very sweet dog and will make a good companion. Eventhough he must be in severe pain, he has let us handle him without showing even the slightest bit of aggression. Please help us help Shadow walk properly again.

As such we would like to appeal to all of you to help Chandra by donating towards the cost of Shadow's medical treatment.

We will post all amounts collected and also the bills for the treatment. Any leftover money will be donated to other animal rescue cases as we see fit.

Please transfer donations to

NATASHA VALERIE FERNZ
MBB 514 299 321 246

Please indicate SHADOW in the transaction reference and email me at animalwelfaremalaysia@gmail.com if you have donated so that I can update the donation log accordingly.

Shadow would like to thank you very much for your contributions in advance.

Thank you,
Natasha Fernz