On Death’s Door, Molly Survives!

On December 6th we received a very disturbing call.

A sweet senior girl, who had at one point been part of a family, had been tied outside, and left to fend for herself.

We heard that she was really not doing well so we asked for a picture. We got a photo of her lying in the yard, with every rib in her body showing.

As soon as we saw her, we knew she had to have help.

One of our awesome Army volunteers went to pick her up. She immediately started sending pictures on her way to our vets office. Meanwhile a couple of us were out picking up another dog in need.

We had no idea we would end up with two, much less one in the condition poor sweet Molly was in.

Once Molly was at our vets office, we got the call about her condition.

Our vet put her body score at 9 with 10 being the worst possible. She was extremely dehydrated, infection from who knows where at this point, gook coming out of her eyes, nose, and anywhere else it could.

Our vet was not very optimistic on her chances, but he knows us well. During the conversation, we were like start the fluids, antibiotics, bloodwork, whatever she needs to have a fighting chance to survive.

Molly was admitted into their ER care and everything possible was started to help her fight.

Our first visit with Molly and you can tell she has a long road to recovery. Not only due to be extremely emaciated, but the infection, and she had some eye issues, along with she was a senior girl.

It was discovered that she had pyometra, which opened a new issue. She needed surgery immediately but was she able and strong enough to withstand the surgery? Molly was improving each day, but we were petrified she may not make it through surgery.

Molly began to want to go outside for short walks, she loved the food we were bringing her to get her appetite back, and soon she was ready for her surgery. Molly came through it like the champ she is, and also got the growth off her eye at the same time. Several days later her new foster mom went to meet her as it was getting close to time for her to go to a home to recover.

This is a picture taken before Molly left our vets clinic and went to her foster home.

Since Molly has been in her foster home, she has blossomed into such a wonderful girl. She absolutely loves the couch!

Her first days at her foster home, she started to fit in well from the start. Molly is great with other dogs, house trained, and just loves to be with you. A month later and she has gained 20 plus pounds and is looking very healthy.

Molly’s eye is also beginning to come back. We are unsure if her eye will get completely normal, but the cloudiness is slowly going away. We are hopeful that will return to normal too.

This girl is one more fighter. She literally was at death’s door, a few more hours without help and she would have died, but Molly has way much more to give.

Molly is a wonderful, loving girl who now deserves a special family to love and care for her. We are so very happy we were able to help with Molly’s journey back to good health, love and care.

Our girl loves her couch poses and you can see what a huge difference in a month’s time. We love you Molly!

On Death’s Door, Molly Survives!

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