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[ella]

 post_3_1086563868_1_.jpg   74.95KB   89 downloadsWhen I returned from work today, I went to let Princess out in the back yard. There was a cat in the alley and she seen it. well she took off like a bat flying down the stairs. when she does that she does not even touch the stairs. Her back foot hit the top stair and she went down hard. she cried in pain and was holding her back foot up. I thought she broke her leg I was so scard. I got her to lay down and I keep rubbing her and trying to feel her back leg to see if I could feel anything broke. She had a sore on her back leg for a few weeks, the doctor said she was licking it and that's why it wouldn't heal. I have medician to put on it , but when she hit her leg on the step it broke open and started to bleed. I couldn't feel anything so I got her to stand up and she started to walk on it and then she even started to run so I knew it was okay. It was still bleeding so I took her to the doctor anyway. I seen a different doctor today and she said nothing was broke but she didn't like the look of the sore on her leg she said that bone cancer can look like that and she would like to x-ray the leg and while she was at it she would like to x-ray her hips. I told her to go ahead but I was really scared now since I've lost two dogs and one cat in the last three years to cancer. When she came back with the x-rays the first thing I asked was is it cancer, I was so scared. She said no it wasn't cancer, but she could not believe her eyes when she looked at the x-ray's. On the first x-ray of her hips when she put it up to the light she showed me there were two 22 caliber bullets in her. One was in her hip and the other was in her thigh. and there were about 30 buckshot pellets in both x-rays she said she had no idea how many more she would find if she x-rayed the rest of her body. She said it would be better not to do anything with the bullets,and pellets because her body wasn't rejecting them and if she tried to dig them out it would really start something. the infection on her leg was one of the pellets was causing the problem and she gave her a shot and me some different medicine to see if the infection would go away. If it doesn't she will have to operate on just that one. No wonder she has always been so afraid of thunder and backfires and fireworks.my poor baby what happened to her before she came here to live. We'll never know.
ELLA

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[CAB]

Oh Ella,

I am so sorry. I have read this post more than once and each and every time I do, I get more angry. I'd like to know the frickin' SOB or SOB's who did this to her.

You're right though - we'll never know what happened to Princess before her life with you. All that matters now is that her fate is safest in your hands. Let's hope the infection clears up soon so that she does not have to undergo surgery. I'll say a little prayer for her.

Cheryl

[dobeluvr]

Hi Ella,

I know the shock you must feel upon hearing this awful news.

My first dobe that I rescued from the pound had a similar experience. Late in her life she had a growth on her side and when we took her in for x-rays, it turned out there was a bullet in her about 1 inch from her heart. Same advice. Leave it there. She was only about 1-1/2 when I got her. She had ear infections, fungus on her nose so it was pink, worms, sores, was terribly underweight, didn't know her name, had been an outside dog and then I found out she had been shot. Yes, she was afraid of thunder and fireworks. She would try to claw her way inside my body when they happened. She couldn't get close enough to me for protection. It was a HORRIBLE thing to watch and experience. There was just no comforting her.

I pray your Princess heals quickly both physically and emotionally. People do evil things. I trust God will take care of it because He's taking names.

Take care and give her a hug for me.

Jane

[ChristineNHarley]

Oh my goodness!! Poor Princess! Too bad dogs can't talk, huh?

She's being spoiled and loved by you now - thank goodness for you! You are giving her the wonderful life she deserves!

[Cathy]

Ella,
Your post made me cry.. I feel so bad for what happened to Princess before her new life with you. Some people just do not deserve any rights. Whomever did this to Princess should have nothing. I mean nothing!

I can only say that I am glad you two found each other and she has been given a second chance. I know this must be hard on you and your family but just think where Princess might be without you

We are praying that her infection goes away. Keep us posted and if there is anything we can do to help PLEASE let us know.


The Gray's

[oreo5129]

Ella, Princess is in my thoughts and prayers. Thank God for you and SCD and all those who rescue these poor souls from the human evil in this world. Just remember that her life with you is good, and she is getting all the love she has always deserved. Mary and the Brady Bunch

[KellyB]

Sorry to hear about your Princess. Makes me wonder about Dakota with reading two posts on dogs being terrified of thunder to find out later they had been shot. Dakota is terrified of storms to. I dont know about fireworks as we are not allowed to shot them off on base.


We pray everything turns out for the best for her.


Kelly

[Arda]

You have no idea of how many of these dogs are carrying around buckshot or beebees. Makes you want to scream or murder someone. And they still forgive. Tell me about the vicious Dobermann and I'll tell you about the cruelty to the breed that I have seen. Please give her a big kiss from me. She makes me proud. She still forgives. Arda

[Arda]

And then they wanted us to believe that she tore her ear off in a fence. Don't you wish she could talk? Maybe not. darn that makes me mad! Arda

[Daisy]

Ella,
Princess has been thru so much, but shes with you now, dont
worry about her past, she doesnt, she knows she is loved now
& thats what counts
People are so cruel & evil
Prayers & a Hug to Her from us
We had a red male from the Detroit animal control ( Dog Pound) that
was terrified of th'storms,fireworks,gunshots ect.. We knew something
bad had happened to him before we got him.

[brownsmom]

Poor Princess!

There is just no understanding some people and their senseless cruelty.

[RUSTYSMOM]

You know something Ella, I'm sitting here at work and I just finished reading your post about Princess and I just want to start crying. I can't even imagine what you must be feeling right now but I know what I am feeling...........I am pissed off. I can't understand what goes through a person's head when they are doing something like that to such a helpless creature. But you know..............What goes around comes around. They will get what is coming to them.
Just know that you are now making Princess feel extremely safe and loved and that is all that matters.
She has the home that she deserves and all the love that she needs.
As Arda said....Give her a big kiss from Rusty and I.

You are in my thoughts and prayers

Michelle & Rusty

[Jennymay]

Ella,
I'm so sorry to hear about your dear Princess. What people's minds are made up of, no one will know...
Princess is now with her forever home, a mother and family who are hers to love, and protect, and cuddle with. She's now where she's supposed to be, and lived through heck to get there. Does she ever deserve to be where she is. Give her lots of hugs from me and Brody. Unimaginable, what some @ssholes are capable of doing to animals, to our companions....makes me sick.
~Jenny & Brody~

[ella]

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers. Princess spent a peaceful night. sleep like a baby. not me I was up all night. I was the one that keep disturbing her. she was in bed with me and I keep wakeing up and just looking at her finally she got tired and just got out of bed and went and sleep on the couch.
This morning I had to take the bandage off and I knew it hurt because the blood was caked on the pad. and she didn't cry or anything just let me do it.then I put the medicine on and she just watched. She is such a wonderful baby.

Proud momma
Ella

[Pam]

Ella,

I just read about poor Princess. Maybe your trip to the vet was actually a blessing in disguise. At least now you are aware of what she is carrying around with her both physically & emotionally. Thank God, literally, she found you & a forever home. There is just no understanding the sick minds of some people. Give Princess an extra hug from me.

Pam

[jmnodwell]

This morning I had to take the bandage off and I knew it hurt because the blood was caked on the pad. and she didn't cry or anything just let me do it.

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Ella, can you wet/soak it in warm water before you remove.. That way the pad won't stick so much!!! Easier to peel off too!!!

[ella]

Thanks Joni
I'll try that

Ella

[LStevens]

Dear Ella -

I'm so sorry for poor Princess - and YOU, TOO! What a dilemma. Poor baby. Whoever did that to her, THAT GENE POOL SHOULD BE PURGED FROM THE PLANET. Smart as a box of rocks, and a cruel SOB to boot. What goes around eventually DOES come around. They'll get theirs some day. Can't happen soon enough.

My thoughts and prayers are with you both.


Linda