Back home from the clinic again... hopefully it was the last sedation 4 a very loooong time... Puppy Shiva back home too and together with Boomies fluffy friend, making sure I take my rest... After almost 4 weeks sleeping in a chair, I am longing 4 the day when I will be able to lay down again in my own bed.
Sorry...no Holidaycards or whishes from me.... I am just happy to still be here and am grateful for all the help of Tony, Juan and Jose. Without you guys and your help,... this story could have ended badly !! I love you all dearly <3 <3heart emoticonheart emoticon !
Dear Rike, Thank you for the lovely Christmasgift for the Whispering Rescue Ranch animals . The vet is due to come soon and your Christmasgift will help a lot. Thank you so much heart emoticon So not expected but so welcome xxx
>Hi, I wanted to say thank you to all who sent me wishing well and other messages over FB or whatsapp
But as you may know, I still am on call/message 24/7 for the torch in case somebodies horse gets colic or somebody needs my knowledge urgently... So I can't ever close my phone or put it on silence mode.
So please, if it is not an emergency, please let me sleep and recover between 10 pm and 7 am and don't send me messages then.
Last night I got 3 messages between 11.40 pm and 1.10 am... even though meant well, I am broken now from getting up every time to check the phone in the other room (don't want radiation where I sleep) ...when I need all the strength for the complete sedation in the hospital in 2 hours
>Is looking for a "perfect" partner ! 14 y/o 1.62 Palomino Pie
Chikiboy is not a rescue horse. I bought him in France in 2004. Easygoing for most things, respect for his partner, but alfahorse in my herd.
Looking for a "natural" partner who knows about groundwork and bonding and respecting the soul of the horse.
>Get the relationship right on the ground before riding him and you will have a partner who will take you anywhere. If you don't... you won't have his respect and then you don't deserve him.
Cubanito, the leader of the 9 and my confident, is still very missed but still present.
Reflecting on these 6 years, all the pain, hard work, ...would I do it again ? For the horses I would... But I won't as I can't anymore...My body worked 10 times as hard as it should have due to lack of help. And all my money is gone.
But I will always be helping, maybe next door, maybe at the distance and just maybe 1 horse at a time when I would recover one day.
I am one with animals, I can't live without them or without nature. And they never betray you so yes I will always be there for you.
So to the partners of the Whisperer Horses, please send me an updated picture so that every body can see how the horses look like today.
OK friends... I really do need help this time.
I am still in hospital in Alicante... but when I will get out... I will still be unable to do anything much for a long time... Docs said it will take several months before I will be able to function somewhat normal again...and as a human...and not to do anything with horses in future.
It breaks my heart but...the Whisperer horses have to go and find new PARTNERS !! As I will not be able to care for them in future anymore.
My body has given all to them for so many years but my body is meanwhile so damaged...it can't take anything anymore
Can you please help me share the profiles of the remaining horses Chikiboy and Aston please so we can find them their perfect partner
Thank you.
http://whisperingranch.eu/
I need H E L P . I need to check-in in hospital again as I am
getting more problems. Leaving it yesterday was not a good idea but I
had too. Full STOP ! I need help for Shiva, the last pup of Laila.
Anybody flying to Belgium or the Netherlands this week ?
Anybody able to foster him until he can fly away ?
Please share and help me find help. I'm trying to hold on, but can't even open the door, let them out or feed them.
Please help !!!
Picture is little Shiva with Tommy in the big open sleepingbench
I don't want anything for myself...but 1 for the animals of the Whispering Rescue Ranch. With "Teaming" and the micro donations of 1 a month we can make dreams come true.
I've made it...yes I have... I got the magazines on Tuesday night, and distributed them yesterday and today in 8 villages... Issue 1 of LetZ Whisper is out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out Whispering Rescues Ranch 's first issue of the magazine:
And you can read the whole !!! online version of the magazine
So nice to see the change in Mausie becoming confident again and accepting men. Thank you "anonymous" More on her when I get back from Belgium... Well I have not left yet, but am racing against the clock... Sorry...
Mausie has, after quite a trip, arrived in an emergency foster home where she will stay for some time. She is safe and surrounded by other dogs and wil be getting the attention she needs. She is sleeping now and rescue remedy drops are floating around. We trust to see less fearfull eyes in some time. Be patient...
PS. Nice to see she still has Mousiebear and her blanket she took with her when she left the Whisering Ranch.
FOSTERHOME needed from November 26 till January 3 !!!
Ine Goris has adopted WIGGLE... YEAHHHHHH
But as she is only moving into her new home on January 3 and her landlord does not permit her having a dog in the appartment where she lives till then, we are looking for a fosterhome from November 26 till January 3 in Limburg (Belgium/Netherlands)
On a Sunday at the vets... that is not a good sign... Thank you Jose for stitching Tommy's ear up
Lately I m just too busy with the pupsand all and not spending enough time with the other rescues... frown emoticon I'm sorry Came in to find him with his ear cut ... so quickly torched him to stop the bleeding and then drove to the clinic to have it stiched up. Small chance of healing, but we will try !!!!
My dearest Cubanito.
It's your birthday today...
But you will never get any older...
They took your life away in a brutal unforgivable way but your essence will always be with us here..
Thank you for having joined us again the night you died.
You are at peace now and surrounded by love. If only I could turn the clock back and save you once again... I'm sorry I let you leave the Whispering Ranch...
We (Addi and I made passportpictures this morning but none of the pups wanted to sitt still ...so I picked them up... They were not impressed for their picture to be taken... I think they are not in a hurry to leave... heart emoticon
The other pictures can be seen on our FBpage: https://www.facebook.com/Whispering-Ranch-406457016189378/
I 'll spare you the view of the guestbathroom where the pups slept... O M G ...
Anyways I hardly slept so worried one will fall in the swimmingpool one day so ...no other solution then to take other measures. And yes I do have a wintercover... but can't fix it anymore into the ground as it was all destroyed with the heavy storm of last winter...so it is not safe either just like this... Damn...work work work
For 2027 days I took care of this very special horse...
Cubanito xxi, the horse who whispered to me and my inituition to be saved early december 2009... The boy who trusted me immediately and came to me to stay.
The leader of the rescue horses that I saved.
My heart was ripped into pieces when I was informed this afternoon that he was in a stupid accident this morning. Later I found out he died. I am so angry I broke my promise to him and let him go to Belgium but Brenda was the best what could happen to him. He was the most intelligent horse I ever met, not the easiest one (as he was so intelligent).
I have let him down as I could not protect him once away... What happened today, pull away and then trip over the cord and break his neck should never have happened. This boy had his whole future ahead of him.
After Boomer left us, I had a lot of time to fill... So we spend hours, lots of hours picking fresh figs and making lots of different marmalade recipes For the 5th year in a row, available as of now and delivering in the Netherlands in October, and Belgium in November. All for the charity of the Whispering Rescue Ranch !!!
My body aches, my shoulders feel old, but I did it and it's done.
Broke down a wall yesterday filled with cement (I only builds decent strong walls of course) so the tractor would be able to put that expensive Raygrass under a roof...
We had a Black Weekend at the Whispering Ranch, a bad, bad, weekend indeed... frown emoticon
First I discovered that a bug has reached the Whispering Ranch and is killing all our piteras...Over 80 % have already died in just a few days...
And when I wanted to get some food for the horses from the winter reserve, I found out it was ALL molded and has gone bad... The WHOLE winterreserve of bayo... I only have food for another 2 weeks left... A loss of over 1000
That I later on floaded the whole terrace and kitchen was felt as not important, of course...
The food of the horse being more important than everything...
At 3 am. it will be 4 weeks since I had to set him free... A one of a kind, exceptionnal, unforgettable soulmate, the one and only,... he changed my life forever.
I don't want much... I'm even happy with only 10% of the forcasted rain in the next 2 weeks... but please give us some and enough so I can sow oats and greens for the rescue horses. It's been 5 years since we had any decent crop for them...
A sincere and special "THANK YOU" to Juan Manuel Griñan and the whole team of the "Hospital Veterinario JG" in Muxamel, Alicante for helping, guiding and caring for Boomer and me in the last months of Boomers earthly life. Thanks to you Boomer and I have been able to stay together always and everywhere and enjoy a very intense and special 4 extra months heart emoticon You're the best !
It is with great sadness that I have to announce to you that Boomer left his earthly body in the early hours of Monday.
He had a seizure at 2.30 am and would not survive another one. Therefor his vet and I decided to prevent him from a second attack or suffering and have let him go surrounded by love, warmth and respect... More info will follow soon on the blog. Boomer went to his forever restingplace this morning. Some pictures from Sunday:
Boomer started showing the signs of his illness during the night, vomited once and had diarhea... He hates that just like I do and I can feel how he feels. I thought he would want to quit today...but waking up with a cool breeze... Apparently I got it wrong...
He has been running, guarding, barking, wiggling his tail,...
Chiefvet of vetclinic JG is coming over this afternoon to evaluate Boomer
So I did not go down to the clinic with Boomer. Boomer was not feeling well stomachwise and I did not want to take any risk on him getting sick in the car... I hate vomiting so I don't want him to have to either !!! I have just the best vetclinic there is !!! Mar and Mariano came to us, took blood of Boomer, Cheyenne and Gipsy and put a new catheder in Boomie's back leg so he could get some I.V. fluids. Still barking, still jumping up when a stranger comes near to the house,but resting a lot too, most of the day in fact. Still waggling that tail when he sees me, still in for a cuddle (sssssht don't repeat that out loud), still ..... Owow and Addi came by too... with a BIG chuleton for Boomer for tonight, yeahhhhhh. So what did the bloodtests say ? I only have 1 healthy rescue dog left: Gipsy... she is free of any southern disease... Cheyenne tested Leishmaniose positive, Tommy Anaplasma and Boomer... well Leishmaniose of course and Erhlichia which is killing him... PS I do put the nice pictures up from Boomer, the good moments...
All healing thoughts are welcome... 2 hours ago Eva got the message that Boomer needed a blood transfusion now !! Boomer is undergoing the procedure at this very moment, a procedure which is not without risk... Lucky Boomer to have a great vetclinic with lots of people caring for him... and of course Eva is with him...
Sleeping on the ground in the living room tonight... Tommy still with + 40 ° and Boomer with severe anemia... I can't believe what is happening frown emoticon Life is a bitch...and worse than that...
In an attempt to understand why he has CRF... Eva went through the whole blog and FB pages, bloodresults etc. In the past few weeks she got it all on this page, chronologically. It confirmed what she has always known...
Boomer is not just a dog...
All information about Boomer will from now on be daily posted on that page...
For the first time ever after my morning walk I lay down on the street and look at the Whispering Ranch were I have been happy for the last +5 years...
My poor boys in Belgium.. They have no idea what hit them to get rain almost every single day and even in winter it's hardly so cold as it is now in mid summer in Hansbeke
About a month ago when Boomer was slipping through our fingers I had an DNA test done as I had always been interested in knowing what was "IN" him. I just got the answer and I can't stop laughing really...
OK , let's do a little quiz here and now: Which 3 breeds do you see in Boomer ?
Why a simple "Vitamin-mineral complex" for Boomer needs to take so long to reach us... ? Virginia USA - Alicante Spain was the route to follow... Should have arrived on Monday... We are still waiting....:
Yes I m still with Boomer at the clinic almost every day to get IV fluids to clean his blood and help his kidneys, day 57 I believe.
And to be honest, I think he is the one helping me to stay on top of all the rest.
It went wrong with the loading of the horses on June 5, it went in the end wrong with Cuba falling in the trailer 10 days ago, last week the truck should have come back to get them to leave us waiting for 3 days with more delays and delays to then forsee to arrive in the middle of the night when they knew they would not be able to get in nor that there are any streetlights or so here in the mountains...
Ow yes I even paid a ticket for Brenda on Tuesdaynight for her to come back on wednesday morning as the pick-up was delayed to Wednesday afternoon and I wanted her to be there... She left on Thursdaynight (so to be in time in Belgium for Cuba's arrival)...but the truck has not arrived yet...
They refused to wait a few hours for daylight so drove on without taking Cuba and Black.
At that point I was broken and tired... so damn tired.
Mausie left tonight to go to her forever family in Belgium...
I wish her all the best... The House is so silent without her I have been crying for so long eventhough I tried to keep her out of my heart as much as possible. I must never ever keep a rescue dog for so long in future as it breaks me up.
Mausie... I wish you well ! I think you will be with the best possible family. Please give them a chance ! Don 't be scared, you ll find new friends there.
I love you and I will never forget you...and I will always be there if
you need me...I love you baby ! I miss you so much already heart emoticonheart emoticon You are such a special littlen... xxx
After our morning walk, Boomer and I went to the vetclinic as his bloodresults were bad last night. After the I.V. session of almost 6 hours we went home and I started to prepare my new plan for when the boys will leave. Afterwards Cuba and Black got a torchsession and Cuba even a needle session
And while Boomie and I are at the Vetclinic for the I.V. treatment... Brenda Schollaert is at home playing with the horsies... Thanks 4 your help Brenda in these difficult days...
The trailer has arrived... we are going to do what needs to be done... Proper preparation !!!
If I look at pic 2... it seems as if they know already...
PS. I did ask before to lend it...but xxxx. Sad that had to happen what
happened for people to help me but our charity does not have a Van of
their own.
Just met some lovely people who came to meet with Mausie. All went well with their dog. Of course Mausie kept her distance which is logical. This feels really good and I do hope so that they feel the same about Mausie. Sorry about the picture...it's just the behinds of the dogs on the picture... Will be continued !!!
Yep Boomer was in the hills of Torremanzanas again today, at about 900m
high... after 9 days of fluids, a few days of rest, a bloodpanel that is
better (CREA 7.4, BUN 53), still anemia and Leucopenia... My boy is
eating very well, and even following me to the kitchen for snacks. No, he is not healed (and never will) but still has great quality left in life at this moment...
Well, most of it is on our Facebookpage already... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whispering-Ranch/406457016189378?ref=hl
so let me start where I stopped on FB.
Today 1 hour before the truck was supposed to arrive, Hilde contacted me again, the lady who wanted Black but whose mare Ixelle died on Monday from a colic.
To cut a long story short... she did wanted to try it with Black, so all plans changed again and I had 2 horses ready to go.
The truck was delayed again as they drove on the wrong highway so with a delay they arrived at 15.54. Addi and I met the BSS truck at the petrolstation, 6 minutes away from my place. There they had to unhook the trailer (see pics on FB) as that woud be too much too long to enter my ranch. Inside the trailer another 11 horses..
Once at the Ranch all papers were checked and Karin and I went to get Cubanito and Black while Addi was taking pictures of us all.
They all went to the truck but did not want to get on so I went away to the stables to get a bucket to put some of their grub in.
Chiki and Aston watching it all...
On my way back I say Cuba running away... and a bit later again...something had happened...
He became more stressed although surrounded by the best possible
persons... Then Tommy the dog wanted to help and made it worse... not a good idea so I put
him in the car.
Cuba had made his mind up and wasn't going to get into the truck.
The chauffeur wanted to put another leadrope on conected to the side
of the nose and Cuba decided to do a runner. Sadly the chauffeur hung
on to the rope and fell hurting and bleeding from the knee, hip and
elbow.
So I quickly went up to the house to get him some ice and my Photonic Torch.
I asked him to go and sit aside and torch himself to push the pain away.
Meanwhile Addi and another friend drove to the gasolinestation to get the other man while somebody stayed there at the trailer.
Meanwhile Karin took undemanded time to get Black to like the truck...
Strange but true Black was the calmer one of the 2.
today...
The other man took his chances with Cuba but Cuba ended with jumping
in the air and falling over... That was enough !
Time to stop before
real accidents happen...
The truc left without Cubanito and Black...
PS This is the short version... Don't have the energy for more right now. Feel so sad, all body hurting
So a little short update:
We had to stop Boomers treatment this morning when the fluids started
getting into the leg instead of the vein... Finding a new good vein is
getting difficult now. While trying and holding Boomer straight I
hurt my back even more and could not sit or stand or...whatever without
getting terrible pains in the back. The medication I got yesterday did
not fix any of it. Got injections now in the clinic and have to take rest... answer is simple... yes you guessed it wink emoticon
My vet wants to come home at 5 to put new catheder in and let Boomer
have his IV's at home as long as I can do it 4 hours in a row, relaxed,
no moving... but the dogs and especially Mausie won't let us: put them
outside is no option because the neighbour has visitors so dogs will
bark when outside and upset Boomer. And inside with us she won't leave her friend Boomie 4 hours alone. This last week I have learned a lot and who is a friend... I thank them all and say goodbye to the others. One thing is for sure... ow Shhhht Eva shut up don't say it !!!
Main thing is Boomer... all results coming in are GOOD !!! but we
haven't won the battle yet ! We need to continue the IV fluids for
another week
Boomer doing good in sitting/laying still 10-12 h a day for the I.V.'s At home he is even playing with Tommy and Mausie... Today is a special day as we hope to get info from Madrid on a possible cause. Other results are coming in...
We will also get complete bloodresults (ps blood has been taken every
day but just for the CREA and Potasium which were better thanks to the
fluids) this afternoon. In the meantime IV fluids will continue up to Monday at least.
I am now a complete mess having all the symptoms that Boomer is
supposed to have and apart from that...my broken back did not support it
well to not move 10-12 h a day (apart from sleeping another few more).
It took me 3 hours of yelling and crying to get on my feet this morning
and dressed to go to the clinic... I have slept a nice 5.30 h in total
for the last 2 days.not good I hope the fysio who is helping me especially tonight will get me back on my feet. Vet sent me home at around 2 and allowed Boomer to have another bottle of LR IV at home... Next R.V. at 9 am in the clinic for urinecontrol and IV fluids...
And even when I am with Boomer in the clinic, I can still see what's
going on at home...and get warnings on my mobile when needed... All my camera's come in handy on such days
Please share, so we can find her adoptant and even with fostering I would be so happy ! I promised Boomer when I took Mausie in to help her heal that it would only be temporarely. NOW Boomer needs ALL my attention and Mausie really needs to go. Please consider to foster her if you can't adopt !!! Boomer needs his peace !!!!!!! I'm starting to be desperate !!!!
It is incredibly... This morning Boomer did not want to eat, not even
his spagetti , not even drink his chickensou^p he loves so much... And then we moved up to + 800 m high into the oods of Torremanzanas and I get a more healty dog. Boomer came home and started to eat all there was to eat... I think we must move to that sanctuary in Torremanzanas called "La Paz de JG"
Bad news: I went with Boomie to the vet for another blood- and urinecontrol...
The last possible treatment of this week for his kidneys did not work...at all frown emoticon
He now has a CREA of 9.6... just jumped from 5 to 9... 1 more jump and it's over and done with, finished....
And imagine... he told me he hurt his foot... so we took a Xray this
morning ... he has a microfracture on his 5th toe that we amputated 5
years ago...
At this moment I am devestated... I am ... at the end of my strength... But I will go on...and on as long as he is with us.
Boomer luckily is still doing fine on the outside and in front of the
vets, but I know better, I know he's burning up, his time is shrinking
rapidly...
At home my wolf can be himself... I will be there for him 24h a day, like I have been the last few weeks.
We will enjoy every minute together. I will not let him suffer. When it's enough, it's enough...
It has not been easy... but I had to make the decision...before it's too, TOO late.
The horses have to go.
Why ?
# 1. Healthy & ready to leave: when I saved them in 2009 they were supposed to only stay a few months untill strong enough and then leave for Holland, Belgium and Germany where they were supposed to be adopted.
Meanwhile they have been here + 5 years ...they have been mentally and physically ready for a long time !!!
# 2. Workload: I am alone... to do it all since... FOREVER...
Since last summer, after I hurt my both shoulders for weeks in attempts to help Punkie with his canker in his feet,
I can't do the cleaning or work anymore alone so I have been obliged to get help.
Apart from a few hours for free from a student (in exchange for others hours of me teaching him) all the rest of the help is paying.
In the last 8 months the helper has earned more than I make myself a month.
# 3. Paradise: just the other day a friend of mine said:
Eva I can't take him away from you, I can't offer such freedom, running around etc.
Well, I saved these horses when I had a broken back, it was already clear I would never ride again.
So these horses may live in what you call a Paradise, still I can't offer them what they need.
They need their partner to play with, to do stuff with, to go on long walks etc.
A relation 1 on 1.
# 4. Debts: I have tried to do it alone... but I am +60.000 lighter now.
I tried to get help, even made a legal charity, but it has not solved the problem in paying for their food and vetbills at all.
Just last month we tried another system via teaming.com with a donation of just 1 a month to cover some costs, but that was also in vain.
I can't save them all... I will be going down.
My money, my pension is lost forever,
I will not loose my ranch too so I'm saying STOP here and now.
T
he horses have to go...they will be sold to hopefully cover the debts the charity made in the last 2 years.
The horses have to be gone before the end of summer to give them the chance to make enough winterhair in their future homes.
They are all insured for 3000 in case of death and 4.000-4500 in hospital bills.
Future owners can continue this insurance with Lloyds, but I will not renew it in June.
For more info, please check: www.whisperingranch.eu
2 one-eyed dogs in the car ...off to the vetclinic
I put some of Boomers I.V. fluid in the eye and torched her and left for the clinic. She was checked out by the vet, but the culprit had already gone... Nothing to find anymore and luckily the eye was not damaged. Oef !!!
They say: it ain't over untill the fat Lady sings...
Well this fat Lady did not only sing "It's enough", she even screamed it. IT IS ENOUGH.
More later... first spend the morning with Boomer in the clinic for blood and urinecheck and fluids to help his renal function
The Dalmationmix at least enjoying their barfie chickens
The full story will follow tonight, Boomer and I need a siesta first... I.V. Treatment with Doxyciclina was stopped within around 15 minutes as Boomer reacted allergicly and started swelling up and itchy on the head, ears, ...
More tonight...we are home, tired, and Mausie is watching over her friend...she finally concurred his heart... Now he goes to have a siesta with me. xx Thank you Juan for caring so much about Boomer !
The full story will follow tonight, Boomer and I need a siesta first... I.V. Treatment with Doxyciclina was stopped within around 15 minutes as Boomer reacted allergicly and started swelling up and itchy on the head, ears, ... More tonight...we are home, tired, and Mausie is watching over her friend...she finally concurred his heart... Now he goes to have a siesta with me. xx Thank you Juan for caring so much about Boomer !
OK so Boomer is not well... CREA being 5.8
and tomorrowmorning we will be in the vetclinic again for a drip of 3
hours with Doxyciclina as the tablets are not doing their job and his
Erhlichia being very high. and followed with 2 days of 6 hours on a drip
(3x 2 hours) So yes his kidneys are failing... So yes I am very worried because if it won't work the end will be near...
But please...for those who are thinking I should maybe pull the plug now... look at these video's of Boomie on a drip...
What
a week & what a weekend again.
After a few sleepless nights I burried Mamachick yesterday.
Thought it would be good to get out and away for a few hours and help a friend
in the afternoon.
As always my dear friend & neighbour Tony came to watch out for the animals
and if he calls me... I know something is WRONG !!!
And yes he called;;;for the 1 time ever... Boomer not being able to walk on his
leg anymore... So off to the ranch to find Boomer in pain, not
able to walk on the leg which was burning hot. If that was not enough my young stagiar/helper
locked the horses in the wrong paddocks so they broke out and broke fences
down. And the one they left up was dangerously put so a
horse could easily cut himself walking by. Later at night I had a howling rescuecat come
home...
Torch
has done overtime this weekend and I ve been playing nursy nurse...
Boomer has had several icepacks on him and good for him the scar burst open...
yep my boy has an infection in the leg.
Balou on the other hand got some Hodernal as he told me he had bellyaches and
trouble going to the toilet...
Fun fun it is not when rescues are sick, but I'm there for them just as my vets
Super troupers with a free
Whatsappservice for their clients !!! You rock Juan & José !!!
PS. all are better now but keeping our eyes open (and our intuition
I got rid of 1 stalker in real life, now I get a spammer through my blog... 10 messages overnight... Or did the moon intervene ? Yep life can be very interesting... NOT, hahahaha Anyways no time for FB, my acupuncture course is about to start. So have a great day everybody
She
is waking up and all x-rays are acceptable. So the new OP has been
cancelled , the internal fixator and the 2 external ones stay in and a
new check up in a week.
This is really intresting...
Last week I was the subject of defamation, today I am being stalked by
the same man and he has even let me know he 's coming by tomorrow at my
Ranch...
Does he really think he's going to get away with it ? All neighbours are informed and 12 cameras will be registering every move . The horses did not mind that I took their cameras away to put them all at my 500 m fence.
Warning if you are reading this mister... I can get really angry and
will do whatever it takes to protect my animals and myself !!!
Yep
another story for the book how Mausie pushed on the button to lock the
car up with all the keys inside...and herself of course so I had to
break in the car... Trying to break the window with a hammer was unsuccesfullllll... so I started to dismantle the car to get the backwindow out... It took me an hour.... but I got into the car and got Mausie out !!! Yep Mausie.... the dog who xxxx
Sooo Mausie had an appointment today at the vetclinic at 11.30
In the car you could see she really was not interested in going.
Once at the clinic, we put a catheter, anaesthetised her with propofol and I brought her to the X-ray room. There were several X-rays taken in different positions and what we saw was not what we had hoped for... the fracture was not consolidated. From there we went to the Operation theatre and while cleaning and preparing the leg we talked it over. One external fixator was removed as it was loose. And Juan opted in removing another fixator that was starting to come loose. The ROM (range of motion) of the leg was tested again and completely normal.
Decision was taken to wait till Tuesday, do new X-rays and then decide if 2 new fixators will be put in or not. Leg was cleaned, disinfected and bandaged.
But Mausie had another problem as you will remember...she has too many teeth as she did not loose all her milk teeth
So advantage was taken from the fact that she was already anaesthetised to make some small cuts and remove those teeth. Once it was all over she received an antibiotic injection.
Then is was time to relax and wait for her to wake up slowly. Thanks to the propofol this goes quite quick and the animals don' t suffer from it. So Mausie was sleeping close to her Friend Mouse but once waking up almost tried to jump away... I was of course close by and therefor she continued to wake up into my arms.
We were already back home around 13.40 and she continued to dose off in the sofa... and later on at 16h went for a siesta in the afternoon where the Missy was allowed to sleep on my bed
Meanwhile she is already her old self again, has been playing with Balou the cat and the dogs and we already went next door to the neighbours Tony and Lin (who often look after her when I have to go away) and explained the situation.
Next Tuesday we will see if the fracture has moved or not and if new fixators are necessary.
Of course I will do anything for her to keep her leg...
Please we are still desperately looking for godmothers & - fathers, sponsors etc. for the Whispering Rescue Ranch rescued animals.
Till now we have 0 (zero) godmothers or - fathers, no adopters at all from a distance oe elsewhere. The "donate" button here on top left of this blog has NEVER been clicked.
We are a registered Charity (details on www.whisperingranch.eu) and if you believe we are doing the right thing in saving these animals, we could use all the help there is in paying there health bills (vets, food,...)
So...I went back with Boomer to the vetclinic tonight, I will not give up on him trying to find out how we can help him... but therefor I need to know the origine of his CRF. So more blood and urine taken and... first result...severe Erlichiosis.... so Boomer starts tomorrow with a new 15 day treatment. The cultivation of the urine sample will take 2-3 days...
I spend all weekend at a Veterinarian Congres learning everything there is to know on Emergency situations & Intensive Care. With every course I do, I get smarter and am better prepared to help any animal in need. Surely intresting when you live far away from any veterinarian help or when you are away in the mountains for example... Thank you neighbours for looking after my kids !!!
PS. Of course I came home to sleep as I promised Boomer to never leave him alone overnight... wink emoticon He is my top priority !!!
I was so happy yesterday that the tests showed that Boomers heart, although old and enlarged, would still be strong enough for the operation for his partially ruptured ACL.(in case the other path would not be sufficient)
But just now I received the results of his blood and urine analysis, which is worse than ever before... his CRF is continuing to distroy him
I just try to do what I think is what I have to do for their health and safety.
And sometimes you have no time to think about it and then I do what I do without thinking about it.
Yes, I know you should not keep sisters of the same litter ! I never wanted to !
Yes, I know about jealous behaviour or whatever possible behaviour of animals and dogs.
Yes, I know what the big trainers say, let them fight it out and all the other suggestions etc...
Yes, I did all the instructorcourses succesfully, psycological and behaviourcourses...
Still, I do what I want to do, when I want to do it and sometimes you have NO CHOICE !!!
TODAY I had NO CHOICE...
Mausie was bothering Gipsy and Gispy just gave a groul to Mausie as she has been doing a few times, just to tell Mausie to stop !
Only this time Gipsy sister Cheyenne was standing aside her (Cheyenne and Mausie are very close) and she wanted to correct Gispy and responded to Gipsy, and the sisters got, after a silence of almost 2 years, into a fight with each other.
No... there was no bucket of water nearby and I was not going to hit them with anything... so I decided to do what I have done before...
Yes I have seen what fighting dogs can do, and I know how high the bill can be at the vets afterwards... and WE DO NOT have that kind of money.
So I intervened and tried to separate them. Mausie and Boomer ran away and Tommy bit Cheyenne in the behind trying to help me to separate them.
My hands got mixed up and in the end we all got hurt... Gipsy and Cheyenne both had to be put asleep to get a few stiches, not from biting each other but from Tommy trying to separate them.
YES I KNOW IT WAS STUPID !!!
Spare me your comments on how I should have handled it. I know what the books say, I know what I should have done but still... I did not.
I don' t want any sympathy, I just have always been honest in what happends here... the good and the bad !
The girls waking up at the vetclinic:
Only small holes on them
I got the worst I think with a few holes and severe hematoma ... a great job for the torch ! See difference
Pssst.... don ' t do what I do !!! It is not a good example !!!
DISASTER has struck... !!! I CAN' T walk anymore at the moment ...
I got 2 hyaluronic acid injections yesterday, 1 in each knee.
All went well... until 2 a.m. when I woke up from excruciating pain while trying to turn in bed...
At 1 point you HAVE to get out of bed, no matter how... you don 't want to know how !!!! :'
Waiting now for the rest of the world to wake up and find me a wheelchair a.s.a.p. and contact the doc to see which acid he used. Something has gone wrong
Of course I informed the vetclinic and brought her in for observation while Iwould go to the Clinic in Alicante to get some acid injected in my knees... a yearly treat
As she was acting normal for the rest she was allowed to go home with me in the afternoon (after getting some antibiotics injected)
Of course she needs to stay under great supervision !!!
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
Album with story and pics at: https://www.facebook.com/eva.servais/media_set?set=a.10152554238736050.1073741889.562521049&type=1&pnref=story
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
After Mausies OP the surgeon from JG told me: You must keep her quiet... let her just eat, sleep & rest, eat, sleep & rest, nothing else. So that' s what I did, I kept her quiet, fed her close to her bed, gave her her medication and torched her and let her rest & sleep... and it all went just fine.
On Sunday afternoon we were expecting a visitor.
At a certain moment I got a message that the visitor was coming 2 hours earlier as expected and would arrive in about 20 minutes.
Well fine by me of course. I quickly got dressed properly and then I heard the other dogs outside barking and in the far I heard the bells of goats ringing.
So I said to myself: If those goats come at my fence when our visitor is arriving, I will not be able to open the gate or the goat's man's dogs will come in or mine will go out...
You see, these dogs are not really social when they meet rhe W.R.R. onces at the fence.
So to be on the safe side I decided to call the rescues home and get them into the house... Meanwhile Mausie was just lying in her bed resting & sleeping.
Then I opened the front door and called the dogs who came down from the fence one by one. Meanwhile I turned round on the spot to get them the dogcookies lying on the counter next to the door.
Cheyenne came in, Gipsy came in... and there was Boomer too (he'll do anything for a cookie)
I called once again for Tommy who was just standing in front of the house outside not being sure if he should enter (he prefers to stay outside instead of being locked up in the house). But he was brave and jumped inside. As I was holding the door, to close it, Tommy heard something, and in a fraction he turned round and jumped outside again, and in the next second ALL were outside. Yes ALL !!! All running a 100 miles an hour to the top to the fence at the street.
I yelled at myself, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, please don't, pleasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseeeeee...noooooooooooooooooo
The dogs had hearded something I was not about the hear for a while, but they knew exactly when a car/bike is driving into the sandy road, even still a mile away. I knew what was going to happen and was so scared...I could do nothing else then starting to run myself those 100 m up hill towards the dogs and... Mausie. My knees hurted like crazy and I had no crutches with me... but I knew I had to run and run quick.
And by the time I reached the gate, a car arrived... and stopped in the middle of the road, about 50 m away from the gate. With the window down and his dog on his knees, my visitor looked straight at me, then at Mausie, then me then Mausie... I saw the white in his eyes... ow my xxx
Without a word I knew exactly what he was thinking... with his eyes almost jumping out of his head, so shocked as he was from seeing Mausie jump and run and go through under Boomer to jump even higher then after.
The dogs felt my energy and stayed away from me. I opened the automatic gate to let our visitor in with his car.
Eva, how is this possible... HOW CAN THIS BE ?????? he said in Spanish
I' m sure my head was as red as a balloon, and I just was shaking & laughing quitly from shame, to not cry. I asked, no I begged for mercy.
My visitor drove slowly down towards the house and the Whispering Ranch Rescue dogs ran behind him.
I wanted to pick up Mausie on her way down but she started to go the wrong way...
Oh my... the last thing I need is that she will fall 5 meters down going the other way... So I quickly called Cheyenne back to me and once she saw Cheyenne, she followed her the right way.
But you think she would let me pick her up ? No way ... she fooled me like a footballplayer would with a manoeuver and once past me ran like crazy downhill towards the car of my visitor.
I was completely flabbergasted... what do I say, what can I say ???
My visitor came out of his car, looked at me and said to his dog (sitting in his car): Mouriño, creo que Eva esta engañandonos.
I was shaking and ashamed, but could only keep laughing as I was on the verge of falling to pieces I think. I tried to explain what happened, but I don 't think he heard me speaking. He was just to preocupied with Mausie: Has visto como corre ? Como salta ? Has visto... Has visto ?????
Well in fact I had seen nothing as it all happened so quick and the dogs ran sooooo fast I could not follow them.
Anyways he wanted me to pick Mausie up to check her out. So I picked her up once she was inside and put her on the counter and he checked her leg.
Ow yeah... have you now captured who our visitor was on Sunday ???
Archhhhhhh yes the big boss of the vetclinic, the surgeon who operated on her on Friday... archhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I' m dying here and gained at least 10-15 years in about 10 minutes.
It was time as we had run out of food... normally we have enough reserve till march-april, but we were 2 truck loads short this year as they could not deliver us the needed amount of ballo and avena. Apart from that we have an extra horse since March and these boys eat about a 95-100 bales a month or some 380-400 worth.
So now we have for a month and hopefully the ballo will be early this year...
OK so we were in time at the vetclinic this morning... 1 last check up and then it was Mausies turn
After putting in all the pins then even went to take several Xrays just to be 110% sure everything was sitting perfectly Although I was in the OP room and filmed the procedure, I won t put these pics up. Just this little part of a pic of the pins sticking out
After almost 2 hours all was finished and it was just a matter of waking up now. Once driving home all dogs were happy to see us come back
And Mausie relaxed and hallucinated a bit because of the morfine...
Siestatime close to Mausie
And while I m sitting at my desk, she is just lying next to me
So sorry... the first new info on this new page is bad news... We just came home from the vetshospital, major problems in Mausies broken leg.
The surgeon at Hospital Veterinario JG has reserved all morning
tomorrow for the new operation, opening it up again, putting new
internal fixator in and outside fixator. We have to start from zero...
So we were home just in time because the truck with the alfalfa for the horses arrived.
Later I suddenly had the urge to go back with Mausie to the clinic... I wanted to have a bloodcheck before the OP of tomorrow.
And as Boomer needed to have his monthly check in a few days, I just took him with us ... he had a echografy, and blood and urine were taken for the tests
We just came home from the vetshospital, major problems in Mausies broken leg. The surgeon at Hospital Veterinario JG has reserved all morning tomorrow for the new operation, opening it up again, putting new internal fixator in and outside fixator. We have to start from zero...
January 6 is an official Holiday in Spain. It s the day when the kids get their presents, often being a puppy...
Yes a puppy and most of them get abundant by april (it has become too big for their apartment) and if not... by summer when they want to go on Holiday and don t want to pay for a doghotel in case they can t take it with them. In other cases it is dumped in their weekendplace...on a chain getting food 1 or twice a week...
Well let s stay positive, we are certain that every year less pups are given for January 6...
Today we had the visit from our farrier and his vet who came to vaccinate the Whispering Ranch horses;
For the first time in all these years I have choosen another vet to do this than my regular vets from the Horseclinic. Why ? II ll be honest... for the MONEY.
The clinic charges me DOUBLE of what this other vet charges
We are a Registrered Charity and up to now I ve have been paying all the bills from my own pocket... I just can 't be pulling money from out of a box.
I am sorry for the vet of the clinic, but I just can 't spend so much...
As Jorge was there too, he did Punkies feet (every 10-14 days)
More pictures on the new FBpage www.facebook.com/whisperingrescueranch
So we went to the vets for a check up and to take the last of the bandages off.
Still neurological problems with the leg and she can't use it at all. All the wounds on the other hand have healed well
On Thursday she will also need to have new pins inserted in the
broken femur to help it furtheron with support during the healingproces,
otherwise it could snap.
I needed a little nappy time on surrogat mama' s legs this afternoon on my new froggy blanket Eva bought me today
Out this morning to Torremanzanas to make a friend happy with a full load of horse manure.
Cut some trimming up to take home ... a bit of wood to dry and to use next winter.
A pàrt from that... I' m thinking and listening to WhiteShark Rudy and to the message he tought me and sure many others too... Brenda's STAR will Always shine...
A great & fantastic (as usual) Whiteshark can be seen and heard in this video xxx http://youtu.be/FdWaU0kHIDM
OK...
before our timeline and all our info disappears from FB when we will
become a page, anybody who wants to stay in contact with me, Eva, can
send a friendsrequest to: https://www.facebook.com/eva.servais
Een dezer zullen we met onze tijdlijn verdwijnen zodra de VZW een
pagina wordt. Wie met mij, Eva, in contact wil blijven zendt best snel
een vriendschapsverzoek naar https://www.facebook.com/eva.servais
OK as you know I do not like to put ugly pictures up, but as it is a look back into the past... I can 't put any cute ones up from back then, so bear with me please ...
She was blind when I saved her, pus and blood coming out of her eyes.
(for info look back on the blog in december 2009)
When I saved her I thought I should bring her to the vet to be put asleep as she could not stand up anymore, but she told me...GO home, I want to live, Help me and I will get better, trust me,...
So I listened to her and took her home on Dember 13, 2009 and treated
her up to 6 times a day with eyedrops, apart from Photonic therapy and
daily injections... never giving up and this for more then a month every day.
For over a week my neighbours and I had to lift her from the floor several times a day as she was too weak to get up herself.
But she never gave up so I did neither !!!
And how right we were to not give up`on her...
Once fit, Filly got her eyesight back and the vet could not even find any residue marks in her eyes, no scars, nothing.
She is a superlady that moved to Holland to go and life with Willy
who became a very dear friend of mine (she also adopted rescue dog Dina and Yuca
Aka Nubi and is taking care of rescue horse Preston as long as he does not find his
perfect partner.
To read more about Filly, just typ in her name on the left white search bar.
More info on the Whispererhorses on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Whisperer-horses/ or our website
Well big news.... I went to the clinic with Mausie the 1st and got home with Mausie the 2nd .... Let me explain
So we had to be at Hospital veterinario JG in Mutxamel at 11 am.
As usual I was on time and as usual I was with Mausie the whole time, yep also in the operationtheater...
Juan first checked her out and looked once again how she was walking.
Taking the whole metal structure off and out was not supposed to happen for a little while yet, but we had to do something to find out what was going on in that leg of her.
So we discussed it and tested the leg while she was under the influence of the Propofol;
Pushing close to the wound puss was still coming out and it was clear... removing it all was the only option today;
Is she healed ? no, not yet. Can it go wrong ? Yes it can and maybe we have to operate internally again and cut the leg open.
Right now I will try to keep her maintaned, meaning she can walk free in the house but no running outside or what so ever. If she stumbles or so she could break the femur again so we' ll have to be carefull.
The next 2 weeks will tell us how this will be evolving and how the ROM (Range of Motion) of the leg will be and if another OP will be necessary.
Main thing is to save that leg of her so she will use it again and will run on all 4 later on.
And Mausie ? well she changed instantly after waking up. She was so glad to see me at her bed when opening her little eyes.
And her eyes are shining now, she was even friendly with my neighbour...
Yes she is in a bit of pain now, but I am there for her and so is my Photonic torch...
It is starting to be hard to keep my heart closed for this little girl, but I have too ! She deserves a family of her own later when she will be fit again !
I also have another big surprise coming soon, so keep looking at our blog !
PS. Did some teeth checking at the same time: a pic from 24/11 and one from today... our little girl is changing babyteeth
Boomer 31/12/2014, finishing the year with gastro enteritis...
The advantage of starting the year being sick... it can only get better... Torching rescue Boomer lying on my lap all morning, soulmate Thank Brian 4 making us the torch !!!
Boomer 1/1/2015 had a difficult night so he had some sleeping to catch upto this morning... luckily we have a Photonic Therapy torch and I could torch him to make the pains go away... Diet day today to let stomach and intestins get some rest... Not funny to start the year like this