Posted on 05/25/2008 4:54:23 PM PDT by fings
Bo (woof) In Commentary:
Its always good to see humans returning the favor of our unending loyalty and support to them. This story about The Unsinkable Molly Brown warms my heart, much like the pacemaker she just received warms hers.
(COLUMBIA, Mo. - After years of helping authorities look for murder victims and survivors of natural disasters, a search-and-rescue dog named Molly has been rescued herself.
Surgeons at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine on Thursday installed a pacemaker in the 5-year-old chocolate Labrador retrievers heart. She needed the surgery after being diagnosed with a complete electrical heart blockage.)
I love chocolate labs, they taste much better than the vanilla ones, so its great to see Molly get help.
(Owners Allen and Alicia Brown of Saginaw were overwhelmed with offers to help pay the more than $2,500 in surgery, vet and travel costs after The Joplin Globe reported on Mollys need for the pacemaker.)
I have to ask, only because I pace around the house all the time, why any dog would need a pace maker? Nevermind, my father just told me it regulates the heart not the pace you set as you shark around your parents.
(Medical technology company Medtronic Inc. donated the device, and a Kansas businessman offered to anonymously pay up to $2,000 of the cost.
It surprises me greatly, Allen Brown said. Theres just been such...)
con't @ http://boknowsonline.com/2008/05/23/heartbreaker/
An extraordinary dog merits extraordinary measures.
My best buddy, a Chocolate Lab, was diagnosed with cancer a year ago next month. I tried everything to help him, and he was such a good sport about it, happy as a clam right up until the day he died, October 14. He was a beautiful being, and I miss him so, always will. I hope to see him again someday, when my time comes.
Ping to a doggie heartwarmer!
I know, what a great story.
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