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10/4/09 - MEMORIAL
Flora passed away at the Cherry Ridge Vet Clinic
on Sept. 28th 2009. She was rescued by AABR in early July, and came
home with us as a foster just a short time later. Picked up as a stray in
Scranton with no identification, Flora was in need of immediate love and
care. She was scared, underweight, and had a badly damaged left ear
from what appears to have been a
dog fight. There was
also a large growth on one of her hind legs.
Flora was a spectacular dog right from the
beginning. She was terrified of
dog crates. Lucky for us she didn't need one (even with two cats in
the house). She loved to snuggle, play with her treat ball, and play fetch
with her rope toy. Mostly, she just wanted to be close to us and could
always be found within a few feet of Bill and I. She was so sweet. Everyone
that met her loved her.
Tragically, Flora had tumors that began
making their appearance as soon as she started gaining weight. The tumors
were stage 3. Despite major surgical efforts to remove the cancer, it
continued to invade her body. The vet who did her surgeries reported he went
as deep into the tissue as he could - but couldn't get all of it. From what
he saw inside it was too late for chemo or other radical
cancer treatments.
Aside from the tumors and devastating
prognosis, Flora recovered from her surgery and behaved like any robust
boxer would...full of life and love!
When it was time for her pass on -she let me
know. She was so wonderful and is deeply missed.
08/18/09 - Flora has had surgery...
So far over $1000 in medical bills.
Tumors were removed from her ears and neck. Flora's biopsies have not come back yet, but we
will keep you updated as soon as we no more.
Wow. I don't know whether to laugh (head
wrap) or cry. She has a head wrap on, a drainage tube sticking out of her
chest and lots of ugly black stitches.
As always, the bad new first. In the middle
of the abscess was a tumor. Dr. Rutledge did Flora's surgeries today. Dr.
Rutledge has done surgeries on both of my former dogs with excellent
results. That made me feel a lot better today while Flora was at the vet. I
did speak personally w/ Dr. Rutledge on the phone today - he said it was a
mess in there and the tumor/abscess area was well into the "tissue area." He
mentioned that the droopiness on the one side of her face could have
something to do with the tumor he removed today. Sooooo...its off to
biopsy!!! along with the tumors from each of her ears and a large chunk of
that thing on her leg (they wanted a better eval of exactly what it is).
Her behavior is better than I expected - she
is eating, drinking, and bm is normal. Of course she is obviously
uncomfortable but is laying low.
I am to meet with the
financial manager on wed. Flora is scheduled to have her ear wrap removed
(hopefully) on wed and drainage tube comes out Fri. am. Her stitches are
scheduled to come out on Sept.2nd.
So far so good, Tara
Please help if you can by sending a
donation to help with Flora's medical bills!
7/28/09
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Flora
is a fawn girl estimated to be around 3 years old. She was found as a
stray with pink painted toenails - somebody may have taken care of this girl
at one time, but now she is very skinny and has an infected and lacerated
left ear. She was not reclaimed, and AABR stepped in to care for this sweet
girl and find her a forever home.
She did great with both dogs and cats at the shelter.
Flora
is wonderful with people. She is at our vets now and getting treated.
Please donate to help pay for her medical bills.
Please apply today to foster or adopt
Flora!
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