Merry Christmas, Molly, from Tara B!
Molly 16-128
At a Glance #16-128
| Mixed Breed | Born: December 2004 |
| Female | 69 lbs |
Status: Deceased
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Molly's latest pix. She's wearing homemade Rubbermaid shelf-liner booties in the one pix becuause they help keep her back legs from slipping on the tile floor & outside on the snow. She doesn't seem to mind them & doesn't try to rip them off. What a good girl she is. Her foster parents are soooo happy to be at this point in her health issues.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Molly's healing & feeling so much better. Will see Drs this Friday for checkup after last surgery.
Friday, October 21, 2016
Molly's last surgery did not solve the drainage problem on her face. We had fashioned a homemade cone for her face that wasn't as obtrusive as the big lampshade one & lined it with papertowels that had to be changed constantly from the drainage all these months. She tolerated every injustice because she was so happy to have the attention. Neither her vets nor biopsies taken could find any foreign object causing the problem. They decided it required an MRI & imaging MRI which is how they found an abscess in her left ear canal & bone calcification. Dr R operated last Tuesday to remove her ear canal while she was already sedated from MRI's. She was deaf when we got her, so she's used to that as this procedure causes hearing loss. Dr R said most likely this was caused by poor ear hygiene & ear infections left untreated. We can't tell you how thankful we are that they found the problem & hopefully she'll heal quickly & can toss out her cone. She's resting & doing well at this point & will be re-checked in 2 weeks . We thank God, her doctors, her sponsors & RAGOM for this positive result.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
"In memory of Maddie 08-365." -Don Carlson
"Best wishes." -Anonymous friend
Monday, September 12, 2016
WHOO HOO! Thank you SPONSORS! You help make our rescue keep going! BIG thanks from Molly & her foster family to Beau 14-117 and the Myers family!! Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Molly had yet another surgery Friday, September 9, in an attempt to discover what is causing her facial wound to keep from healing all these months, as it continued to drain constantly. Molly STILL has to wear a 'hood/cone' to keep this area protected from a possible scratch, rub, etc. (poor girl). Unfortunately we don't have any definite answers yet. The vets, (yes 2, a surgical vet who came all the way to Sioux Falls and our local RAGOM vet) did not find any obvious foreign body that could be the culprit. Together this team worked on her until 8:30 at night.
They sent tissue samples/biopsies that were removed for further tests & we await those results. Molly survived the surgery quite well considering and so far, is doing ok. She has a 'droopy eye' as there is a big facial nerve at the surgical site (see photo). We are doing everything we can for this RAGOM girl and just adore her. Thank you RAGOM for taking Molly into rescue and under your 'wing' and out of a very poor situation which would have had a much different ending. Molly is a trooper for sure! More to come....
Saturday, August 13, 2016
First, this is one wonderful, loving beautiful senior girl! She adores her FM & FD! She does so well with her residents in the home (2 seniors) and meeting and greeting other dogs and people. She has a stellar personality. She is handling all the chronic medical issues in stride, just totally amazing. Things are not healing well yet, new open wound sores are appearing and they are still being cleaned out 2-3X a day with a syringe liquid/flushing, cleaning off on the outside, and yes, is STILL wearing a cone (which is home made to help her about), changed daily and Molly still so very tolerant and patient. Like she ‘knows’ you want to take care of her and this is just part of her life now. All the meds and antibiotics, checking and re-checking. Totally amazing senior girl- the best there is! A couple days ago she did get her drain out which had been inserted and her stitches out from earlier surgery. Unfortunately there are no answers yet. Another culture has been done and sent off to hopefully see what else there is. There is an infection inside going on but no answers to what the cause is to date. Another specialist will be looking at the findings as well and vet minds put together in hopes of locating some sort of answer. Unfortunately the “hat-cone” needs to remain on so she does not scratch open her wound on her face. We are hoping for some new conclusions/directions next week as to a possibility where this facial infection is coming from (which she came into the shelter with). Please consider SPONSORING this lovely senior??? She has grabbed the hearts of many!! What a great girl and we are so thankful to be in our RAGOM care.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Senior girl Molly is doing well and is continuing to grab our hearts and continues unfortunately, to have her ‘face’ issues for which she is all but oblivious to! First, she has just an outstanding personality and is melding in so well with Mandy and Shadow and all the variety of personal matters that have come up lately, and being so patient and tolerant. Also with the horrid weather with the heat. Someone is with her almost all the time at home. Many times when there is a matter to attend to, they all go with. She is fine in the van for the most part now; in the beginning was a little nervous/curious. She is handling ALL of the hands-on, challenging medical care she currently needs every day. What a trooper! You would never guess by her ‘doggie’ standards, that she is still in strict medical care having a home-made cone on for weeks now 24/7, medicines, draining the flushing of this ‘wound’ ----- which continues to be an obstacle to get rid of yet and Molly seems to take it in stride!! She still loves her daily walks, her daily attention and is a trooper taking all her ongoing meds from her facial tissue injury/infection.
On the 19th of July she needed to have a surgical procedure to remove/inspect the facial infection on the side of her face. Even after strict antibiotic program, cleaning, etc., she needed to have this surgically looked at because is just was not healing and still oozing and the wound constantly peeling open. Molly came into the shelter with this ‘facial issue’ and the source is unknown. She had debris removed and there was a lot of thickening tissue in the site. Doctor is trying to salvage the nerves in the face however there is still cellulitis remaining in the site and unsure of outcome at this time. A drain was inserted which needs to be flushed daily, she remains on antibiotics, and unfortunately the dreaded head cone, and need to protect her stitches on the site. Gosh, so much for a senior girl to go through!!
She had a short re-check on the 24th and unfortunately there remains drainage which should be clearing up soon. We need to remain on the current routine to see if things do not improve more and this draining clears up, then go back in for another re-check on Friday, the 29th and see where things are at and what the prognosis is. If the vet has to go back surgically, it will be deep and there is a big facial nerve at risk as one factor……
*****IF you would like to or could SPONSOR (or donate) to this wonderful senior girl???? The tabs (red) are at the top of their web page to donate or sponsor below her name! We thank you so much for your support of these rescue dogs and reading their rescue stories. We can always use your support and help. Molly has really been through so much since being in foster care and is such a good girl….. HOPING this clears up and heals!!! More to come…..
