Macey says ADOPT ME!!

MACEY

Macey is a purebred female Soft Coated
Wheaten Terrier. Her estimated DOB is
7/1/08

Macey was born in a Missouri Puppymill.
She had a infection which caused the
broker to turn her down and then she
got too old to go to a petstore.

A rescuer saw her at the mill and was
told he planned to either kill her or sell
her to another miller for a breeding dog.

Thankfully she was able to get her and
keep her from both fates.

Macey has a upper respiratory infection
and kennel cough as well as a UTI - she
is dribbling urine and we are hoping that
is only due to the UTI.

She is very sweet, a little shy but is
coming around very quickly - she is
teething and chewing on everything in
sight and loves to tear up paper and play
with toys.

HEALTH UPDATE #1 - 11/03/08

Today we found out that, unfortunately,
Macey has ectopic ureters. What this
means is that her kidneys are not
connected properly to her bladder and
the urine is dribbling straight out of her
instead of being collected in the bladder
first as is normal.

Macey will require surgery to correct this
problem. Surgery has a 50/50 success
rate in completely stopping the dribbling
but it is necessary to correct the
problem regardless of whether it
completely eliminates the dribbling issue.

Macey had her first set of tests today,
including x-rays, ultrasound, bloodtests
and urinalysis.

She is scheduled to go back on
November 17 for a couple more tests
and then is scheduled for surgery on
November 18th. They will also spay her
during this surgery so she won't have to
go under anesthesia again.

This surgery does require a specialist
and will cost approximately $3000.
Without the surgery she will have to be
euthanized so this is her only shot. We
hope that many of you will consider
becoming an Angel for Macey.

There is a new quick pic of Macey here.
She is growing up and is a gorgeous girl!

HEALTH UPDATE #2 - NOVEMBER 18

Macey had her surgery today. She had
ectopic ureters on both sides which
were both repaired successfully. The
doctor reported she handled the
anesthesia and the surgery well. She
was also spayed during the surgery. She
will be in the hospital for 2-3 days for
observation and because she has a
catheter for urination. The surgery
causes a lot of swelling which makes the
catheter necessary. When she no longer
needs to be catheterized she will be able
to leave the hospital.

After she gets home it is just a waiting
game to see how successful the surgery
was in stopping the dribbling. It will take
several weeks before we will know for
sure. If she has any residual dribbling
there is a new procedure they are doing
where they inject collagen into the
sphinchter muscle which has been very
successful but we will cross that bridge
when we come to it.

We will update again after she has come
home or if there are any other
newsworthy changes.

Thank you to all of her Angels who are
making her surgery possible.

HEALTH UPDATE #3 - NOVEMBER 21

Macey is finally home! She stayed an
extra night as she developed a bit of a
fever the 2nd day but that quickly went
away and all is well.

She is very happy to be home and we
had to move her to a bigger crate as she
has now outgrown her puppy sized one.

She is not, however, very happy about
the e-collar and is now running it up and
down along the bars in her crate to make
a racket. She is also full of a lot of heavy
sighs and meaningful looks as you can
see in her pics.

She has various places shaved all over
her body so it looks like a deranged
groomer got hold of her but it is hair so it
will grow back.

Macey's total for the surgery now stands
at 3908. Hopefully we can raise these
funds so that we will be able to pay for
Bella's surgery when she is at a healthy
enough weight. For anyone interested,
you can see a copy of Macey's vet bill by
clicking HERE

Once again, thank you for all the
wonderful Angels who have donated so
far. Without your help we would be
unable to help these dogs that require
surgery and other veterinary care.

Macey will go back in 2 weeks to have
her staples removed and then 2 weeks
after that for an exam to see how well
the surgery worked. We will update as
more information becomes available.

HEALTH UPDATE #4 - DECEMBER 5

Macey is a happy girl tonight - NO MORE
E-C0LLAR! She got her staples out this
afternoon and they were very please at
how well her incision had healed up. She
got to run around the yard and play
tonight for the first time since having her
surgery which made her a tired girl as
well.

They did comment that she had gotten a
little pudgie but the poor girl has been
on a strict crate and leash regimen for
more than 2 weeks so what else did she
have to do other than eat?

No worries though, now that the no
running and jumping rule has been lifted
she will burn it off in no time flat.

UPDATE #5

Macey has now healed from her surgery
and unfortunately, while it is much better
than before, she still is dribbling urine
and will most likely do so for life. We will
look into trying a collagen treatment and
will begin to train her to wear pullups
indoors as she will most likely need to do
for life. We have successfully trained
many dogs to wear pullups and they
have successfully been adopted into
happy families.

Other than the birth defect that caused
the ectopic ureters, we have not found
any other issues with Macey and she is
perfectly healthy and she should live a
long and healthy life.

Macey is spayed and up to date on shots.

AUGUST 2009 - A FOREVER
HOME

Macey has been adopted by the
Abbott Family of Massachusetts

CONGRATULATIONS!

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