As a licensed veterinary technician, I’ve encountered quite a few injured puppies all through my profession. Working in emergency drugs exposes you to so many animals in want, however one particularly captured my coronary heart.
About 5 years in the past, I arrived on the animal hospital prepared to start a typical shift. A tiny pet with a number of wounds lay on the remedy desk throughout the room, visibly disturbed from her traumatic night.
The technician presently caring for the injured pet had a number of sufferers, so I assumed duty for her. I nonetheless recall my preliminary astonishment at seeing so many puncture wounds on such a small physique, in addition to her exceptional resilience contemplating what she had endured. As I realized extra about her state of affairs, I got here to understand how dire it was for this poor pet.
The injured pet was described as being thrown round like a rag doll after being attacked by two giant canines. The proprietor eagerly displayed her new pet to her neighbors by putting her on the bottom with their two grownup canines. With out information of acceptable canine introductions, she was shocked when the canines assault the small pet instantly.
The 6-week-old pet confronted sure mortality if we didn’t act instantly, and her proprietor couldn’t comprehend the gravity of the state of affairs. Her proprietor was simply sufficiently old to convey a companion by our doorways, however not sufficiently old to understand the continued care this pet would require.
After a number of diagnostic exams, it was decided that she had a mess of extreme accidents. She had quite a few fractured ribs, a fractured femur, and a fractured hip, and was in a state of shock on account of her ordeal. Even when she had been to outlive this trauma, she had a prolonged journey forward of her.
The younger proprietor was conscious that she couldn’t present the pet with the care she required sooner or later and was considering bringing her house as-is. At this juncture, I turned extraordinarily invested within the care of this pet and supplied to undertake her. This distinctive pet was quickly entrusted to my care, and my life together with her commenced.
After affectionately naming her Ellie, we started our prolonged street to restoration. I say “our” due to the difficulties I used to be experiencing on the time; I additionally had therapeutic to perform. Ellie entered my life simply as I used to be getting sober and assisted me by essentially the most tough endeavor I might ever undertake.
Ellie required an FHO (a sort of hip restore), exterior fixators in her femur for eight weeks, and a hospital keep in an effort to get well from shock. Her remedy was exhaustive and laborious, however in the end nicely value it. Eight weeks later, her fixators had been eliminated, enabling her to grow to be the rambunctious pet she had at all times desired to be!
Ellie turned the best good friend I might have ever requested for. She remained at my facet by sleepless nights, insufferable heartbreak, and each battle I might face in my sobriety journey.
I’ve been sober for 5 years, and I attribute a lot of my success to the love she confirmed me throughout my darkest days. In each method, Ellie is my coronary heart canine, and I can’t fathom my life with out her.