Julius Xavier
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Update on Duke for 04/07/06
We where able to take Duke home from the hospital today. Only after getting the bill which totaled $2328.85. WOW that stung. Then the Vet informed us that Duke infact has a fracture in his shoulder joint where it connects to his arm and then proceeded to tell us how much pain it will cause him if we didn't get it fixed by surgery. Then the Vet was kind enough to estimate a cost of $2500.00 to $3000.00. With a grand total of close to $5328.85. Which ironically is just about what we are short for the move we are making to San Diego at the end of May. Here's the kicker though my girlfriend had suggested that we push the move back then I had to remind her that someone is moving into our place the day after we move out, that we already bought our plane tickets, paid the moving company $2000.00. So we're kinda stuck. Just keep us in your thoughts and prayers and I'll keep you all in my heart...
-DocIndyJones
Okay here's the update for 04/05/06.
I just got back from the Vet Hospital about 15mins ago. When we arrived the doc pulled us into a room and gave us an update on his condition before we got to see him.
The Doc suspected that Duke might have some nerve damage due to the severe blow to the head by the car because as of this morning his eyes where acting weird not focusing or something and also thought that maybe his left paw had to be amputated because he was afraid that it was damaged because he wasn't able to move it or walk on it.
I was crushed at this point and just wanted to see my puppy so I was half listening as it was.
So we walked into where Duke was and he had one of those cone thingys around his neck... and I think he cought a wiff of Mindy and I because his tail started wagging alittle and we hadn't even gotton to the cage all the way. So he turns and sees both of us and his tail starts going crazy. The Vet then changed his eariler statement about the nerve damage and chocked the eye thing up to the drugs he was on... He said it was one of the two.
So they opened the cage so we can get closer and low and behold here comes my puppy limping out of the cage... USING HIS BAD PAW AS WELL. Again Vet was shocked. Even more shocked when Duke ripped out is IV because he wanted to be closer to us. Mindy croutched down to get a better look at his face and Duke used his body to knock her off balance and she fell down and he attempted to lay on top of her like he does at home on the couch. The doctors there where having a difficult time taking him out to use the bathroom and asked us if we'd try and again he followed us outside and as soon as he was out there he went to the bathroom.
Well it was time to leave and that poor dog with hardly ANY strength tried his hardest to follow us out... and the vets had a difficult time putting him back into his cage... Dang it he wasn't standing his ground... it was like he was trying to tell the vets... "I walked on the paw you thought was broken.... I can see fine now.... I went to the bathroom outside... Can I just go home now!"
As we where leaving the Vet stopped us and reiterated how impressed he was with Duke and how good it looks for a speedy recovery, but also said that anything can happen within the next 24 hours and that he's not out of the woods yet. They still have to do surgury on his shoulder and so some more x-rays but if he keeps improving like this and nothing else tragic happens he should be safe and sound at home by Friday.
Here's hoping Duke... Love you man.
:cry: Okay first and for most I'll start out by saying this is part rant, part story, part request for prayers.
I was returning home from getting a haircut this afternoon around 2:00pm and My girlfriend had been out walking our chocolate lab Duke when I get the frantic phone call that he has been struck by a car. According to Mindy and witnesses the car didn't even stop... kept going like my poor puppy was a speed bump. Turns out the plates on the WHITE car that struck my dog where registured to an 84 BLACK Cutlass.
Duke my poor best friend has a gash on his top shoulder that is so deep you can almost see bone, his mussle and over all face is swollen like no one business. When I saw him for the first time this afternoon he was bleeding out of his nose and whining ALOT. The vet finally got him stable around 10pm tonight. To this point we are at $2600.00 to $2900.00 dollars estimate. Now the Vet suspects that there is a slight chance that he might have a fracture on one of his verterbrae in his back but can't tell for sure unless she does a $900.00 CAT Scan.
I moving to San Diego in approx. 54 days and I'd delay the trip if it wasn't for the fact the moving company has already been paid $2000.00 and the plane tickets have been bought. I'm really at a loss right now... Between the crying and rage towards "Serita Reed" (the woman the license plate is registered to) I'm a wreck.
Now here is the KICKER to end all KICKERS... There is nothing the police can do about it. Get this you hit a human you go to jail... You damage my property you go to jail... BUT you run over my dog NOTHING, the police say it a Civil Matter and that I'd have to take her to court... unfortanally for us she lives in the ghetto of Milwaukee and most likely has no money. I find it odd that I can get someone arrested for distruction to PROPERTY I can easily replace at the store that I have NO emotional attachment to but as far as my poor puppy goes, I'm outta luck in the LAWS eyes. And then they wonder why people take the law into their own hands... and for Serita's sake Duke better pull through. I'm an emotional wreck right now. Just please keep my Duker's in your thoughts, prayers, or whatever else it is you do. My best friend really needs it now.
Updates to follow-
DocIndyJones
We where able to take Duke home from the hospital today. Only after getting the bill which totaled $2328.85. WOW that stung. Then the Vet informed us that Duke infact has a fracture in his shoulder joint where it connects to his arm and then proceeded to tell us how much pain it will cause him if we didn't get it fixed by surgery. Then the Vet was kind enough to estimate a cost of $2500.00 to $3000.00. With a grand total of close to $5328.85. Which ironically is just about what we are short for the move we are making to San Diego at the end of May. Here's the kicker though my girlfriend had suggested that we push the move back then I had to remind her that someone is moving into our place the day after we move out, that we already bought our plane tickets, paid the moving company $2000.00. So we're kinda stuck. Just keep us in your thoughts and prayers and I'll keep you all in my heart...
-DocIndyJones
Okay here's the update for 04/05/06.
I just got back from the Vet Hospital about 15mins ago. When we arrived the doc pulled us into a room and gave us an update on his condition before we got to see him.
The Doc suspected that Duke might have some nerve damage due to the severe blow to the head by the car because as of this morning his eyes where acting weird not focusing or something and also thought that maybe his left paw had to be amputated because he was afraid that it was damaged because he wasn't able to move it or walk on it.
I was crushed at this point and just wanted to see my puppy so I was half listening as it was.
So we walked into where Duke was and he had one of those cone thingys around his neck... and I think he cought a wiff of Mindy and I because his tail started wagging alittle and we hadn't even gotton to the cage all the way. So he turns and sees both of us and his tail starts going crazy. The Vet then changed his eariler statement about the nerve damage and chocked the eye thing up to the drugs he was on... He said it was one of the two.
So they opened the cage so we can get closer and low and behold here comes my puppy limping out of the cage... USING HIS BAD PAW AS WELL. Again Vet was shocked. Even more shocked when Duke ripped out is IV because he wanted to be closer to us. Mindy croutched down to get a better look at his face and Duke used his body to knock her off balance and she fell down and he attempted to lay on top of her like he does at home on the couch. The doctors there where having a difficult time taking him out to use the bathroom and asked us if we'd try and again he followed us outside and as soon as he was out there he went to the bathroom.
Well it was time to leave and that poor dog with hardly ANY strength tried his hardest to follow us out... and the vets had a difficult time putting him back into his cage... Dang it he wasn't standing his ground... it was like he was trying to tell the vets... "I walked on the paw you thought was broken.... I can see fine now.... I went to the bathroom outside... Can I just go home now!"
As we where leaving the Vet stopped us and reiterated how impressed he was with Duke and how good it looks for a speedy recovery, but also said that anything can happen within the next 24 hours and that he's not out of the woods yet. They still have to do surgury on his shoulder and so some more x-rays but if he keeps improving like this and nothing else tragic happens he should be safe and sound at home by Friday.
Here's hoping Duke... Love you man.
:cry: Okay first and for most I'll start out by saying this is part rant, part story, part request for prayers.
I was returning home from getting a haircut this afternoon around 2:00pm and My girlfriend had been out walking our chocolate lab Duke when I get the frantic phone call that he has been struck by a car. According to Mindy and witnesses the car didn't even stop... kept going like my poor puppy was a speed bump. Turns out the plates on the WHITE car that struck my dog where registured to an 84 BLACK Cutlass.
Duke my poor best friend has a gash on his top shoulder that is so deep you can almost see bone, his mussle and over all face is swollen like no one business. When I saw him for the first time this afternoon he was bleeding out of his nose and whining ALOT. The vet finally got him stable around 10pm tonight. To this point we are at $2600.00 to $2900.00 dollars estimate. Now the Vet suspects that there is a slight chance that he might have a fracture on one of his verterbrae in his back but can't tell for sure unless she does a $900.00 CAT Scan.
I moving to San Diego in approx. 54 days and I'd delay the trip if it wasn't for the fact the moving company has already been paid $2000.00 and the plane tickets have been bought. I'm really at a loss right now... Between the crying and rage towards "Serita Reed" (the woman the license plate is registered to) I'm a wreck.
Now here is the KICKER to end all KICKERS... There is nothing the police can do about it. Get this you hit a human you go to jail... You damage my property you go to jail... BUT you run over my dog NOTHING, the police say it a Civil Matter and that I'd have to take her to court... unfortanally for us she lives in the ghetto of Milwaukee and most likely has no money. I find it odd that I can get someone arrested for distruction to PROPERTY I can easily replace at the store that I have NO emotional attachment to but as far as my poor puppy goes, I'm outta luck in the LAWS eyes. And then they wonder why people take the law into their own hands... and for Serita's sake Duke better pull through. I'm an emotional wreck right now. Just please keep my Duker's in your thoughts, prayers, or whatever else it is you do. My best friend really needs it now.
Updates to follow-
DocIndyJones
