This video made me cry. All my pets are shelter animals and were clearly mistreated before I got them. I've also caught many an animal wandering the streets and brought them to the pound. The pound is still better than being hit by a car or dying of starvation. There was one dog I couldn't save. While I was driving back to Atlanta after Christmas with my parents, we saw a dog that had been abandoned at a gas station. We got her food and water and called local vets. The county didn't have any animal control so one of the vets said they would send someone out in the morning to get her. I hope they managed. I was all willing to sit with her on my lap the whole way to bring her to the pound here.

Good thing, though, Termie is back home and his kidneys have recovered! I'm SOOO happy to have him back!

Termie

It seems 2007 is continuing into 2008. Termie is now at the vet because his urethra is completely blocked. His bladder is full but all that comes out is little drops of blood. We brought him in on Friday because he was peeing everywhere and they found that he had crystals in his urine and a urinary tract infection. I've been giving him antibiotics twice a day since and put him on the vet recommended diet. Unfortunately, it seems it wasn't soon enough, which is why the poor guy today was straining to pee with nothing coming out, throwing up, and crying in pain when I picked him up. I looked him over and saw that there was blood down there. =(

If we hadn't brought him to the vet tonight he would have been dead by morning. I hate that I'm upset about the $2000 this is costing us. It is yet another medical trauma in our lives. And as all medical traumas, it costs a lot. I just hope soo soo badly that he'll be alright and I'll have my lovely Termie home in 3 days!