Little Lulu

I apologize that it has been so long since we've posted anything. This week has been very hard and very crazy. Last Thursday we finally gave in and brought Lulu home to keep. She was doing great and eating tons. Then Saturday night I was up with her all night as she was very sick. Well, things continued to get worse and by Tuesday we were really worried. We took her to the vet at Help In Suffering (HIS) and they told us that she has distemper. We were blown away, as this is not a very good diagnosis for a puppy (most don't survive). Basically this week has been spent attempting to nurse her back to health. We were taking her to the vet in the morning and the evening so they could give her an IV drip. By Thursday she was doing really poorly so she's staying at HIS day and night right now so that they can give her anything she needs. We went to see her today and were thrilled to see that she wagged her tail as soon as she saw us - she hasn't done that for days. She's still really weak and we're not sure if she'll make it. On the positive side, they fed her some Cerelac (baby cereal) today and she was able to keep it down.

I also want to say that we are so impressed with Help In Suffering. The staff there has quickly become like family to us. They are treating Lulu like a baby and helping her fight. I know that some of you contributed to HIS before, but I would like to personally ask the rest of you to donate something if you could. You can go to their website: http://his-india.org.au/donate.html
We were blown away by the cheap prices that they charge owners to care for their pets. One man's Doberman had to have an IV and they charged him 50 Rupees ($1.00) for the vet visit. The local government assists with the funding for rabies vaccinations as well as animal birth control (ABC); the funding for the remaining programs and services is provided through donations. There is a huge need for an organization like this and we want to help them any way we can.

Please be praying for our Little Lulu...the house is very lonely and quiet without her here.

Lulu (21 March 2007) the morning we discovered that she was sick.