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Athenspets Update – Van Helsing and Gracie Lou!

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We have an update from Athenspets on Van Helsing and Cindy Lou!

Van Helsing is doing great!  You wouldn’t even know that he has had surgery at this point.

Van Helsing will be having a recheck in a week or so, and at that point we’ll know if his pelvis and other leg have healed properly or if he needs another FHO surgery. Hopefully, he’s set though!

Cindy Lou is having surgery on Monday to remove the cyst that is under her face bone. Without surgery, the cyst (which is likely due to prior trauma) would continue to grow, putting pressure on her nasal cavity and eventually killing her. The estimate is $2k-$4k for the surgery,  The county has paid the diagnostics to date and will pay the first $500 of the surgery bill, and they have general funds to help with some of the cost, but having Walter’s Fund is a HUGE help to them!

Athenspets Update – Van Helsing and More!

They have lined up fosters for her (a temp foster now through surgery, then another for her recovery period) so she’s getting to chill and destress in a home right now. She’s a super sweet dog – great with people, dogs, and cats – but high energy so keeping her calm post-surgery will be a challenge.

They also have a matching funds fundraiser right now–all donations through Nov 30 (up to $10,000 total) are being matched by a few large donors.

Lisa at Athenspets didn’t know if it’s appropriate to ask again so soon for donations, but any new donations that come in to Walter’s Fund would be worth double, so I was pretty sure I would be in trouble on Balloon Juice if I didn’t at least alert you to the match!

So absolutely no pressure to donate, but the thermometer is in the sidebar in case you are so inclined.

FYI:  Our Athenspets thermometer is never going to show the correct balance for Walter’s Fund, because it only shows what we have raised and obviously doesn’t reflect the amount we have spent.  As I write this, the thermometer shows $2,950, but Walter’s Fund currently is about $1,950 – they used $500 for Van Helsing and are using $500 for Cindy Lou.

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  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    It makes me happy to see Van Helsing doing so well!  In his original photo, he was just sitting, with his leg at an odd angle.  Now he gets to be a happy kitty.

  18. 18.

    J R in WV

    OK, I’m gonna post about yesterday’s dinner, and last night’s doggie adventure. Trigger warning, 3 am gross dog events described below~!!~

    Was just Wife and I for dinner, and after my extended Dr’s appointment Wednesday, I stopped at the fresh seafood place and got oysters, scallops (Wife isn’t into oysters, so scallops for her, oysters for me) and some shrimp. These guys are serious about their fresh seafood! Then I hit Kroger’s for stuff the little steak & seafood shop can’t carry, like milk and salad greens and cold cuts, etc. Big bag of kibble for the two big black dogs,  BooBoo who is the girl at @ 65 or 70 lbs and CooCoo the big boy who is closer to 85 or 90 lbs.

    We have a path through the woods for 250′ from the parking spot up to the front door, around the three giant boulders covered with moss and ferns, and I use a small freight wagon to move provisions up to the house and trash back down. I had trouble with the weight, and so left a bag of groceries and the DF behind at the switchback, where I couldn’t get going with the weight I packed onto the buggy.

    Dinner yesterday was fried oysters and a big salad and deviled eggs for me, and scallops for Wife, and champagne, it was fittingly fancy tasting, though not fancy in appearance. We went to bed fairly early, not really full to bursting at all, it was just a nice tasty meal.

    I may have mentioned that both dogs love to sleep on our bed, sprawled out in the afternoon without us, and will sneak in in the wee hours and crawl in between us, usually without waking us up until we move and find someone taking up a lot of room. Last night CooCoo was in and out a couple of times, which meant he begged and whined until I let him in or out.

    Eventually he climbed into bed, very slick at the foot of the bed so as not to bother us. Haha! I was still awake when he arrived, and slowly crept up between us. I reached down to pet him, and put my hand into a steaming warm pile of venison bits, which CooCoo had disgorged onto the bed, in case Wife or I was still hungry. This is how dogs provide food to their den in the wild, so I wasn’t angry with him. I did have to clean things up, didn’t really wake Wife up at all.

    I gathered the bambi-bits up with a plastic bag, and wiped things up with some paper towels, also into the plastic bag. Then bundled the down comforter up with the bloody spot up, and got another comforter from the unoccupied guest bedroom. CooCoo went back outside for the rest of the night, they really like being outside at night once the weather gets cool. Will put the comforter in the wash later on.We have three of them now, a full, a queen and a king size. Fluffy!!

    Dinner tonight will be a Cajun Gumbo with beans, rice and shrimp. And sparking wine again… No, not venison via puppy… not that, never that I hope.

  22. 22.

    sab

    Every year the giblets are the big thrill. This year, Butterball turkey, no pets wanted any part of the giblets. Five cats and one pitmix. Didn’t want the neck. Didn’t want the liver. Didn’t want the gizzard,

    First time in my life when pets rejected everything. What is butterball puttng in those turkeys? Best turkey we have had in years, but what about our pets? They suspect poison.

    Yes they will eat tablescraps, so the meat was okay.

    Canine MAGAs? Dogs, you can’t vote,

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    @sab: Whatever Butterball added to make that the “best turkey in years” I would think twice about getting that again after all the critters turned their nose up.

    It must have smelled very wrong to them.

  24. 24.

    LauraToo

    Not sure how I missed Walter’s fund but I put in $50.00 to try to catch up. Thanks for all you do WG!

  28. 28.

    BQuimby

    Love matching efforts…just made a donation … and I will consider that my Black Friday ‘shopping.’

  30. 30.

    MattF

    Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a rebuttal to a Trump lawyer’s argument. From the Netherlands. On Thanksgiving. Within a week of his appointment. I’d say he’s showing eagerness to engage with the adversary. Speculating wildly here, but maybe he wanted this job.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    @LauraToo: Yes, after giving to the previous pet charity for 2-3 years, we announced a new pet charity a few months ago.  They are called Athenspets – they are based in Athens, GA.

    We wanted our $$ to go to something special, so we created a special fund so we can help pay for medical expenses for pets that who need extraordinary medical assistance that isn’ t cheap.

    And of course we named it Walter’s Fund, in honor of our beloved Walter.

  38. 38.

    J R in WV

    @Steeplejack:

    Actually, the 2 one pound sets of cold cuts ( Black Forest Ham, Blackened Turkey) were eaten, along with two frozen pizzas!!!

    The sack of Big Dog Kibble was OK, they didn’t care for more after all the bambi bits they could choke down. Still love them, so affectionate and lovable.

  46. 46.

    Wolvesvalley

    Just added $50. Hooray for the matches!

    Lovely to think that dear Walter is inspiring all of us to help more animals.

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