Went into the mountains today to go and help a friend trim his pine trees and at the same time collect some dead wood to heat my house up so the reascues and I have it a bit warmer during winter.
The Ranch was hit by a wirlwind during the terrible storm from Thursday on Friday... trailer moved over 30 m to stop just above the barranco above the horses. The annexe building was just blown away: wooden beams, roof and all just lifted in the air to falll and be blown everywhere. Whatever was still stading at the reserve food for the horses, was now destroyed too. Horses got a fright and broke out from their paddocks. Chiki as the leader gathered them together watching over them and waiting for me in front of the house. Sorry for the lack of pictures but we really had a terrible situation here and I needed to secure my animals in the first place after I brought Brenda Schollaert back to the airport. Then it was time to do some emergency jobs. More is impossible as we still hav storms now and again. Thanks Hedwig Hofhuys 4 your help !
Mausie was not using the leg anymore so Juan from Hospital Veterinario JG put her to sleep to be able to do some neurologic tests and move everything without her being able to give any resist and took several RX.
All is ok ! He just adapted the medication and Mausie is using the leg again. Yeahhhhh super vet he is xxxx
Wie WhiteShark Rudi kende, zal hem nooit vergeten. Dat is simpelweg onmogelijk.
WhiteShark was niet zomaar een artiest of gitarist, maar een sublieme man wiens hart en gevoel verweven was met muziek. Een man die leefde met én van de noten die hij speelde, die een eenheid vormde met de gitaar die hij vastnam en al spelend beminde.
Een man die wist wat liefde betekende en respect voor een ander. Een man zoals er geen twee zijn en daarom wordt hij door velen nu gemist.
De contacten met Rudy waren ook heel speciaal voor mij, want vanaf het eerste ogenblik leek het alsof we elkaar al jaren kenden, het voelde alles zo vertrouwd en natuurlijk aan.
Zijn laatste berichtje ontving ik op 2 januari, en een dag later op mijn naamfeestdag sliep hij in... vrij snel daarna zag ik hem op zijn gitaar spelen zonder pijn en wist ik dat de strijd voorbij was.
Maar dat hij ons na zijn dood nog zou gaan verrassen... dat had zelf ik niet kunnen dromen, na al die jaren alles op mijn eentje getracht te hebben te redden en te financieren .
WhiteShark en Brenda kozen de VZW Whispering Ranch uit om aan te doneren ipv. bloemen te leggen bij WhiteSharks uitvaart.
Ondertussen zijn we enkele weken verder en wil ik graag Ostrogoth, Wolfgang, Lindenhove, Hondenschool Aardenburg en enkele privé-mensen bedanken die een donatie aan de VZW Whispering Rescue Ranch hebben gestort. Brenda heeft uiteraard copij ontvangen van alle stortingen en nu ze hier bij ons is, heeft ze ook kunnen vaststellen waarvoor de donaties worden gebruikt, nl. om de voeding en verzorging van de rescuedieren te betalen.
Morgen gaan Brenda en ik een berg beklimmen en WhiteShark Rudy met liefde herdenken, terwijl hij alom aanwezig is.
Phoenix, was brought in this morning at Hospital Veterinario JG by Peter Singh and Jean.
The neurologist Juan Manuel Griñan met them & Phoenix and did an anamnesis and tested in their presence the reactions of Phoenix using a mosquito (like pinching you) to check on nerves and muscles too. As Phoenix was dehydrated and was not moving at all when he arrived, first thing was to make some tests before doing any MRI (like taken x-rays and an ultrasound of the heart). First Phoenix underwent X-rays of his whole spine, organs & body.
Then Juan called for the heart specialist Jose Griñan who did an ultrasound of the heart and discovered an important heart enlargement. After that, all internal organs were checked with the ultrasound...spleen, liver, etc...(results were given to Peter&Jean). After Juan had checked all the previous blood results, he took a bloodsample because he thought there could be another problem and indeed... Phoenix tested poitive for Filarias in his blood. Then Juan did a complete manual check like checking all the vertebra's, neck, thorax, lumbar and sacral area, spine and marrow were tested and were OK.
That is where a very special test could be done with a certain type of medication to see if it was indeed a nerve problem (apart from a muscle problem because of the muscle atrophy). Juan did the injection and we just had to wait a few minutes.
Of course, Phoenix was never alone, he had a whole team of people around him to take care of him and watch out for him. Exactly 5 minutes after the injection, Juan stood up to watch the reaction in Phoenix... and yes... Phoenix started to move, lifting this head. A few vets helped to get Phoenix in balance and helped to coordinate his movements. As you can see on the video, Phoenix started to walk. (PS. The salivating is a consequence of the medication). Phoenix was tested extensively and as all tests were negative for spine damage etc... and the injection confirmed he could walk, no MRI was necessary any more.
Peter and Jean were shown which medication to give for the next 2 weeks and the exact physio to do with Phoenix, meaning massage, extention and flexion of all legs and the exercise of standing up for 10 minutes 3 times a day. In 2 weeks time they are expected back at the clinic with Phoenix, but Juan already wants an update in 3 days of the evolution and gave his email so Peter could contact him any time. In the end, Juan worries more about the bad condition of Phoenix heart, then that he would walk again. Phoenix was dehydrated although drinking all the time as Peter said.
Conclusion: Phoenix is a very old dog with severe arthritis, spondilyosis, has an important heart problem, was dehydrated and has atrophied muscles. With the new medication, lots of chicken soup and the soft physio Juan prescribed without any ball or so, Phoenix should be walking at home as he did in the clinic very soon.
See you in 2 weeks Phoenix xxxxx
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No matter what day it is, I need to work hard; But that is OK because I do it for the rescues in the first place.
So today Sunday we were up before the sun as we had a full day planned, and apart from the daily shores, routine and work, we had an appointment to go and get some firewood at a friends place high in the hills behind Jijona
So I drove up with a full load of horsemanure for his garden
and came back with a full load of wood to heat the house and make the rescuedogs happy Some wood had a surprise for us... can you see the little buggers ?
And of course I gave the new good and thick protection gloves away this morning to my friend who had none... only to cut myself later with the chainsaw, archhhhh
If that wasn't enough at the end of the day, my car just broke down. I was hoping it was the battery but even with using another car and cables, my car did not want to start anymore...
Main thing is that I can heat the house as it is going to be a wet and very cold week over here, so thank you dear friend 4 sharing your wood with us and making sure our house will be warm !!!!
I could buy what my rescue horses and dogs love the most as an "in between"
and I got a basket full of it... yeah
Yep just plain old bread, nothing healthier as a biscuit for them and great for their teeth too.
We also went to the neighbour where I had repeared the pools a few days ago (cemented them again), so doggies happy to pass the gate again to go and visit him
Ow yeah... once again I forgot I was cooking... this was once a 2 kg vegetables pot for a great soup... I wonder how many pots I have left that aren t black yet
and at the same time collect some dead wood to heat my house up so the reascues and I have it a bit warmer during winter.
You see they can explode if they get too hot !!! 
and move everything without her being able to give any resist and took several RX
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Of course he cleaned the wound too ;)
nothing healthier as a biscuit for them and great for their teeth too. 
I wonder how many pots I have left that aren t black yet 
