This has been an emotional day for me. I am having a battle inside to get over the anger I feel at what had been done to Jack at the puppy mill. Thank God for PuppyMillRescue!
Yesterday at the Vet, one of the first things the technician noticed was the scarring in the shape of a handprint on the pink skin of his back. As if he had been grabbed numerous times by the millers by just his little body.
His rattley chest was diagnosed as Pneumonia.
He was able to have the awful tooth pulled. The actual tooth was very tiny, but the plaque built up on it made it look like a sharks tooth.
He seemed to have some type of fungus on his skin, probably due to exposure and filth.
He was given a dewormer which produced plenty of results this morning!
Both of his back knees are luxating patellas, and he has a bad front knee.
When giving a pill the Vet noticed that his palate is elongated and during times of stress covers his trachea, cutting off his oxygen causing him to become lifeless and his tongue to turn blue.
While I was cleaning the black gunk out of his ears, he became limp and I thought I was going to have to take emergencies measures to keep him alive. This was the case for the Vet while they pulled his tooth. I think it may have scared them too.
The good news is- he does not have heartworm, the knees and pallet can be surgically fixed, he was given antibiotic for the pneumonia, and a special shampoo for the fungus, plus an antacid for the stomach problems and other medicine to help with the bloody stools.
Right now poor little Jack is taking several medications twice a day. What a brave strong little boy he is.
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