The Little Princess

So many things have happened since the last update. My foster mom, dad and daughter, have taken such incredible care of me. I have gone from 10 pounds to 21 pounds, May 18 I was 4 months old. I will always be a small dog, the puppy mill I came from sold me as a miniature bulldog. Pay attention people, THERE IS NO SUCH THING!!!!! I am just little and have MAJOR health issues.

Some days are diamonds and some days are stones.

I am still on antibiotics and continue to have smuck in my chest, I still rattle most of the time when I breath too, especially when I am resting. My chest xrays appeared to be improving, so much so that Dawn and Rob took me to the ocean this past weekend. I had so much fun, running and playing on the beach. Chasing the sand I kicked in front of me. I even have a video to share .

This was me Monday, May 28.

Tuesday May 29 I was exhibiting signs of respiratory distress!!!

Dawn took me to see Dr Pam and they put me on Lasix, my temp went up and down from 101 to 104 all day long. It was the hottest day of the year so far, 87. They did more xrays and said I had pulmonary edema around my heart, they thought I might be having congestive heart failure, CRAP I am only 4 months old, this cant be happening to me.....

Dr Pam sent my xrays to Dr Robert Kramer in Mt Lake Terrace, WA and he read them and sent his findings back to Dr Pam.

More tomorrow, I am tired and need to get my rest........

First Sponsor

We want to thank Ms. Lorraine Lee of Graham, WA for sponsoring Grace during her recovery. Thank you for your help and Grace says "Grrffffnk grfffyou".

May 9, 2007

Just talked to Grace's foster mom, Dawn. Seems Grace just cant shake the congestion in her chest & lungs, otherwise she is just running around like a maniac. Dawn's 4 yr old daughter is the chief administer of her meds as well. We have many photos of the two of them together. If anyone out there would like to contribute to Graces' care please dont hesitate to hit the "Donate" button.

Safe and sound

Well I am here to tell you we were thrilled when the vets said she doesn’t need the surgery!!! They knocked her down with Propofal and really examined her closer and decided that her palette didn’t need to be trimmed after all!!! YIPEE.

So now she is home with her foster mom and is safe & sound!!!

Thank you so much for thinking of her today. We saved 500.00 to be used on another bulldog I am sure, sooner then later.

Once she was knocked out they could really look more closely at her throat and they did see the end of the palette. The reason she had “died” was because of her pneumonia and the stuff breaking up in her chest and lungs.

They are now thinking the real problem was her pneumonia. She had so much congestion in her chest when it started breaking up and coming up her throat is was stopping her breathing for a few seconds. Her trachea is small, they said they had a tube size of 2 or 3 to use. For a bulldog puppy that is small isn’t it?

Introducing Grace

This precious little puppy, one of our many foster dogs at the moment, will be undergoing soft palete surgery tomorrow. Dr Pam and Dr Rischen have not been able to feel the end of her soft palete. They feel that is way she has been “dying” and the reviving.

Grace is only 3 ½ months old and has been recovering from pneumonia. She came from a puppy mill in MO, purchased on the internet for 2500.00 as a miniature bulldog. Today she weighs 13 pounds. The people that bought her contacted us and we have had her for about 3 weeks. She has been sick the whole time.