A free puppy!?!?!?

[Bucko]

Carole came dragging home a free little chocolate lab puppy from one of her patients.

Being the runt of the litter, the thing was starving, so much so that it had eaten bark. When we got the puppy it would choke when it swallowed then throw everything up. We took it to the vet suspecting a bowel blockage. Sure enough, xrays confirmed it. Laxatives, enemas and IV fluids took care of that. $300.00.

She continued to choke, even after all of that and developed an aspiration pneumonia. Back to the vet, xrays confirmed it, antibiotics, plus something funny on the xray caused the films to go to a specialist. Another $250.

The specialist sent the puppy to a critical care surgeon in Seattle who confirmed that she has an abberent artery. The arterty comes off of the aorta and goes across the chest and down the leg. Well, her does that as well, but it managed to wrap itself around her esophagus on the way. So it is constricting her esophagus, allowing only thick soup-like foods to pass.

Her fight for life and loving disposition has won the hearts of all she meets. Her surgery is today. May the doggy gods be with her. $3000.

$3550 -- anyone want a free puppy???