UPDATE 10-10-2004
A little note from Beth:
"Remember me? I've been in seclusion getting to feeling
better ever since a bunch of soft-hearted people helped me
overcome some big problems.
Now I'm back and want you to see how I'm doing.
In the first photo, I was sooooo hungry, I forgot that I
couldn't stand on all four legs!
In the other 2 pictures... look at me! I'm cancer-free and
soakin' up the sun, baby!
Today, I walked in through the door from the backyard for
the first time in a month. Now maybe Marilyn will stop putting
me in that darn kiddie pool for water therapy!
Thank you to everybody who helped me stop hurting.
Love, Beth
for little Beth, but there are
many of her friends that still
need medical care.
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YOU DID IT!!! THANKS TO YOU ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, CARING, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
(did I say wonderful) PEOPLE, BETH HAS HAD HER SURGERY AND IS NOW RECUPERATING AT
HOME. SHE IS EVEN WALKING NOW.
By noon today, we had enough to make the deposit on Beth's surgery so we DID IT. By the time I got
home from work, we had all we needed (baring complications) so THANK YOU!!!
Beth is an adorable little classic black and white shih tzu girl. We picked her up about six months ago from Harris County Animal
Control. They had found her as a stray in a north Houston neighborhood - matted and full of feces and urine. She also had SEVERE
allergies - her entire underside was thickened, rough and inflamed.
After a few months on good food and lots of baths, Beth started being a dog - happy, sweet and loved to sit in laps. The picture at
the right was taken after about three months.
Two weekends ago, Beth had a minor episode in which she fell to the floor and couldn't get up. We rushed her to the vet and they
found she had an old injury to her back - she was put on steroids, glucosomine, pain medicine and crate rest for a few weeks. She
seemed to get slightly better but still could not walk well.
had not been there the week before. On September 8, we took her in for an ultrasound that confirmed she had a fast-growing tumor
- but it is most likely operable - and doesn't seem to have spread through her organs.
But, with her back injury, we need to evaluate whether we can also fix the back, before we put her through the significant and
invasive surgery for the tumor. We urgently need to have a myleogram done ASAP, so that we can determine whether it will be
worth putting her through the surgery.
Update Monday, Sept 13 - We got a report from the vet today that Beth's back is recovering so that we can now feel comfortable
putting her through the surgery to remove the cancerous mass. This is not an optional procedure - without this surgery, she will
not survive. We do not want to make that decsion.
PLEASE help - these are the types of situations in which we strive to do the right thing - make it up to these little dogs for the
horrible manner in which they were treated in the past
in memory of my dear sweet Sarah
Christine Apple
& the remaining Apple Dumpling gang
Sheryl Goerke
Andrew Burton
Duyen Tran
Novelyn Secrest
In Memory of My Beloved Maltese,
Max
Tresa Lowe
Elizabeth Bartman
Diane Anderson
Good luck!
Teresa Hansen
Donna Wilt
Joseph W Zender
Barbara Grabell
Mary Bradshaw
Wendy Piatek
With love and healing prayers to
Little Beth
Kim Love
Ann Ervin
Deborah Alexander
Susan Burstad
Lisa Agnew
Beth Kupka
from angel Josephine and Gracie
Sharon and Douglas Buchanan
in honor of Nikki and Dylan
Susan Block
Traci Tran
Good luck today! Love, Traci & Lulu
Janee DuVal-Trasler
Lori Ugolik
In memory of my beloved Queenie
Patricia Dadamo
Carrie Carroll Simpson
Mary Lou Radler
Our love to Beth
Stella Lin
In memory of Puf
Susan Gregory
Kelli Davison
for Beth
Laura Ritchie
Good Luck!!
Patty Fulenwider
My prayers are with dear little Beth.
Thank you for helping this wonderful
little girl
Donna Glickman
Denise Duplinski
Katherine Hayward
Valerie Pettay
Lynne Berkstresser
Leslie and Bob Nichols
Annemarie Rizzi
Ja Schleimer
Susan Newquest
Laverne Broussard
Lady Jane's Legacy
dedicated to several of our foster
dogs who have now gone to the
rainbow bridge.
Boogie
Tiffany
Princess
Fifi
Phoebe
Paige
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