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Elena has a rather tragic tale to tell and she's hoping readers of
her story will have enough love and understanding in their heart to
make it possible for her foster mom to adopt her.
When Elena was
a pup of 4 months she suffered a broken back so now has permanent
paralysis in her hind quarters. Knowing she did not have the
resources, medical specialists or handicap equipment to help Elena,
her rescuer contacted Tails from Greece Rescue of Toronto, Canada for
help and arrangements were made to have the fragile pup brought into
Tails where she would be cared for, fitted with a wheel-chair cart and
given the opportunity to become part of a loving family.
Elena
is now a year old now and the little 15 pound terrier mix enjoys life
like any other dog, having great mobility, whether in or out of her
wheelchair.
Elena has been in her foster home for 5 months with
little adoption interest. She's a happy, healthy dog; she just has
daily care needs, due to her paralysis. She's a quick learner and her
foster mom has done an excellent job of teaching her how to be a dog,
something Elena knew little about as an abandoned, paralyzed puppy on
the streets of Greece.
Elena's foster mom would love to adopt
her but financially she's just not able to commit to her long-term
care at this point in time, although a couple of years from now she
could. Costs associated with Elena's ongoing care include food,
monthly flea/tick prevention, pee pads, physio therapy, hydrotherapy,
massage and annual vaccinations etc. The ongoing therapies are
important to Elena in order for her to maintain good muscle mass so
it's something we really want to make available to her.
Obviously
it's in Elena's best interest to remain with her foster mom as change
will definitely be upsetting to her, now that they've bonded over the
past several months. A forever home with Kim would give her a great
future!
This appeal for funds is our only hope to make it
possible for Elena to be adopted by her foster mom. All the
uncertainty of Elena's future is emotionally wrenching for Kim. If
Elena is staying with her, then she needs to get started at making
plans for her own lifestyle changes, which are not insignificant. It
isn't fair to Kim or Elena to have fostering just drag on without any
end in sight. And Kim is seriously concerned about Elena's ability to
readjust to another environment so we really need to raise these funds
so she has closure.
We would so much appreciate if everyone
could pitch in with a donation for Elena's ongoing care. And please,
also share this request with all your email contacts and friends on FB
& Twitter as they may also be willing to help; we just need to
find them and with your help, we can! Thanks so much for caring and
helping --- every dollar counts!!
UPDATE August 29, 2014 from Elena's foster mom:
Just to give everyone some perspective on an average day for Elena,
and what she deals with, she must sleep in a crate for her own safety.
She has mostly learned not to chew things, but she can get herself
caught in wires, or under chairs, and can't get loose, so the crate
protects her. She doesn't mind, and happily goes in at night or when I
go out.
She wakes up, and I have to pick her up and express her
bladder and help stimulate her to poop so she stays clean, and so do
my floors. She has breakfast, spinning around while I get it, she
would like to jump up and down like a normal dog, but cannot. After
she eats, she torments the cats until they all drive me crazy, but
they have fun.
Elena's nervous system is sensitive to noises,
and she barks in response to traffic and people outside, which is
irritating, but is a release for her. Her barking has reduced
dramatically as she has become comfortable and secure.
Elena
wants to run, and cannot. She has to push herself off to get momentum,
but when she gets going, boy can she go! When Elena gets tired, she
lies down like any dog, but deals with shoulder and neck spasms for
about 20 to 30 min, until she is completely relaxed. However, she
doesn’t know any different, this has been her life, and she thinks
life is pretty good and since she has come to Canada, her body has
healed a lot, she is stronger, can now roll over, whereas before, she
could only lie in one position and never sat up properly. She tries to
jump up and uses her front paws to play. Before, she was too weak in
the back and panicked if you lifted a paw.
And, she is always
Happy, Happy, Happy. Elena thanks you and so do I, from the bottom of
my heart.
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