Little Skyler, our foster from Oklahoma is out of the hospital and back home recovering.
Skyler, as was witnessed, was thrown from a vehicle in Seminole County Oklahoma. The passerby picked her up and surrendered her to the Seminole humane society. However, Skyler had a ruptured mammary tumor and was immediately taken to the State Street Veterinary Clinic. Foster Momma Felicia Stilley was called and asked is she was a candidate for rescue. “But, of course.” Surgery was performed, a mammary gland chain was removed. It was also noted that Skyler had some fatty Lipomas on her left side, near the front left armpit. They were left alone. She was brought up to date on vaccinations and sent home with Felicia. Concerned that things weren’t healing correctly, no antibiotics given, and Skyler wasn’t eating and vomiting the little water she was taking in, Felicia made the 20 hour, round trip to Albert Lea MN so that our Veterinarian of Record, Daniel Smith, DVM could evaluate her.
Blood work, x-rays, a complete exam, resulted in an under-nourished little girl with some elevated kidney levels. Again, it was believed that the cysts on her left side was a composite of fat and they were not of concern. Skyler wasn’t knocking at deaths door, but she was not well. Felicia made the trip back home, 1400 miles round trip, and I picked Skyler up from the vet clinic and brought her home.
Skyler was progressing extremely well and we had an amazing number of applicants for her. The cysts became a concern for us as they kept growing. I took Skyler in for her spay procedure and asked if the cysts could be removed – her harness hindered them.
The tumors were removed. They were not fatty cysts, and they were not encapsulated. My heart sank. This little girl was tossed like trash when her trash owners couldn’t/wouldn’t vet her. She was now a deficit to them and they needed her gone. Sometimes I truly hate the actions of people. The tumors, Doc Dan feels that he got it all and the margins are clean, were sent in for analysis and to be cultured. The adoption that was to take place this weekend has been put on hold pending the lab results. She now has 18 staples in her side, in addition to the spay incision.
On Tuesday we received the incredible news that, although the mass was not encapsulated, it was benign with a low risk/ no risk of returning. With this fabulous news, we were able to proceed with Skyler’s adoption.
Steve and Mary were waiting for the pathology report. When our phone number should up on Mary’s phone, she turned to Steve and said, “Oh no, it’s Dianne”. She feared the worst. However, elation quickly took over.
Saturday morning Skyler made the journey to her furever home and family where she met Momma Mary and Poppa Steve. She has lake front property and she even introduced herself to the flock of turkeys the visit nightly and from a distance, made her presence known to momma doe and her two fawns.
Yep, Skyler is home!
Thank you Steve and Mary for giving this little girl everything that she deserves. Heart hugs!
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