RED was picked up by Animal Control of Greenville, SC. He is part of an on-going cruelty investigation where several animals were severely abused and neglected. Red is a five year old lab mix that was almost starved to death. He has no muscle mass and is down to skin and bones. His weight is bad enough but the main problem we are having with this sweet boy is that he is high heartworm positive and his lungs are so full of them that he is throwing up blood and heartworms. He is also covered with sores on all of his joints from laying down on a hard surface. He is still not stable but is much better than he was when he arrived. This poor boy is loaded with parasites that are messing up his bloodcount. We are on-call to give him a transfusion if his blood work does not improve. He needs a lot more than food at this stage of treatment. He is on lots of antibiotics to help us with the infection he has in his body and lots of medicine for the parasites. Red will be with us for a long time. We have started him on a very slow kill to keep the parasites from growing and multiplying. As soon as we get him strong enough, we will begin a more aggressive treatment. He is not a candidate to have the heartworms surgically removed because of his over-all health. Lack of food and proper medical care has put his body into a state of shock. The reason why we have waited a week to post for him is to make sure he had a fighting chance. He is improving but still has a long way to go. He is our sweet Christmas Angel for the holidays. His SPIRIT is improving every day. We think he is worth saving and will make a wonderful addition to any family once he has healed. How anyone could do this to an innocent animal and not realize the pain and suffering the animal is in should be arrested and put away for a long time. They is no excuse for this. People should not have animals if they are not prepared to be their Guardians. We are all they have and they give their all to us every second of the day.
Red is improving and putting a little weight on. He has a long ways to go before he will be better. We are doing a slow kill for his heartworms so his system has time to restore before we kill of too many. He is a sweet, sweet boy.
Red will be with us for a long time recovering. He is holding his own. He has put some weight back on which is really good. We are doing a slow kill on his heartworms and are monitoring his progress daily.
Red is doing great and finishing his heartworm treatment.
Red has finished all of his treatments, is doing wonderful and has
moved to a new home in New York where he was ADOPTED.
