The Cost of Success!

Partners For Pets has always taken sick and injured dogs and cats from the pounds.  We spend countless hours making them well so they can have a new life and home.  We are very lucky to have Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital that believes in what we do and gives great vet care to our rescues.  While they do give us a big discount to help them, it is still expensive.  Here are a few of our success stories and what it costs to make them well!

IMP
Imp came to us from the pound.  He had been hit by a car and had a leg injury.  He had been at a vet in the town he came from for a week and had not gone to the bathroom.  When we got him his belly was very distended.  At HSLAH they found he had a stricture on his colon and had developed megacolon from not going to the bathroom.  Imp had to be sedated and all the stool in his colon and intestines removed because he could not go to the bathroom on his own.  The xrays showed he was just full of stool and his colon stretched.  At first they thought he would have to have surgery to repair the stricture.  But would the mega colon ever let him be normal.  What to do?  Dr. Mollet was on the case.  She called around to some specialists.  They didn't advise doing surgery on a pup, so this is what we did for about 5 weeks.

Every week, and sometimes twice a week,  Imp had to go to HSLAH to have his bowels evacuated.  They would knock him out and just clean him out.  He was put on lactulose and soft food to keep the stool soft. Each time he went they stretched the stricture to try to allow the stool to pass normally.  It didn't seem to be working well but he could on occasion go potty on his own.  Then Dr. Mollet found some information about using Zantac and that really seemed to help.  The stricture stretching continued and then the next xrays were done.  The megacolon was almost back to normal.  The stricture was stretched and he seemed to be going well on his own.  Imp get neutered this week and has his last check up before adoption.  Cost of Care:  $679.49.    

MOMMA
Momma came to us with heartworms and was given treatment.  We have treated probably 60 dogs for heartworms in the last year.  Most do really well with the treatment, Momma did not.  She started coughing up blood and was very sick.  It was really touch and go for several weeks.  The xrays showed  a lot of fluid in her lungs and it didn't look good.  She wouldn't eat and was very lethargic.  She had to be hospitalized several days for intense care. Slowly but surely with good care from HSLAH and  her foster mom she got better.  Cost of Care:  $718.51.   



TOBY
Toby is an older guy and was on a trial to adopt.  He got away from the family and got hit not once but twice by a car.  A very nice person took him to Four Paws vet in O'Fallon where they stabilized him and found he had a broken leg.  We transferred him to HSLAH and Dr. Ervin put 8 pins in his leg to fix the break.  Toby was pretty banged up but no internal injuries!  After weeks of waiting his pins should all come out next week.
Cost of Care:  $1214.68

LUCKY LETA
Leta came to us with a severely damaged eye.  The eye was very painful and swollen.  It could not be repaired and had to be removed.  After several weeks the surgery was healed and Leta was ready for a new home.  Cost of Care:  $285.00

Other rescues such as Marley, Daffodil, and Curt all required care above and beyond.  They were in terrible shape and thanks to HSLAH and a lot of hard work they all made it and are doing great.

Momma

Imp

Toby