Woo Hoo!! And yes, they are SUPER nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by MoonandBean
Major thoughts going out to Johnny!!! :D :D
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Woo Hoo!! And yes, they are SUPER nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by MoonandBean
Major thoughts going out to Johnny!!! :D :D
Hello all,
I called and spoke with my mom yesterday and asked if she had seen this thread, she stated that she had and asked why I was intreasted? I told her I am Kev68. You know as you get a little longer that mind slows down :D She hadn't yet connected the dots. You all know her as Laura's Babies. She had no clue that I was Kev68 until yesterday.
She is heading home to go post pics and plenty of them were taken. We went to visit Jonny this morning and the visit lasted for about 45mins before they carted him off to surgery. Dr stated Jonny is not out of the woods yet, Possible complications are one we not gonna think cause he is a fighter, the plates not take, Jaw alignment is a little off, and last a possible redo on the surgery.
Mom told me I could post one pic cause she wanted to surprise all you PTer's with the rest. Video as well. The one I felt meant more to Jonny than anything is the one I chose. It was Jonny viewing the card she made from PetTalk. I know enough already here's the Pic
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...8/IMG_1180.jpg
With more to come, she has the man of the hour (Dr. David Kergosien) with Jonny, Trish with Jonny, and more.
God Bless You all for your prayers, donations and Phone calls that Ya'll have made on Jonny's Behalf.
That picture is going to produce thousands of tears :love:
thousand and two here...
what a happy "ending".. Iīve followed but hadnīt posted as I was upset about the whole thing and didnīt knew what to say other that was already said..
Iīm so glad Johnny got the help he much needed... I could say Iīm amazed about PTers awesome kindness.. but Iīm not.. all PTers are AWESOME!!!
Trish and the rest of the staff/crew involved as well as the many organizations and donors were spectacular too.. itīs good too see Johnny had his surgery and seems to be doing good.. yay!!
I must add my jaw dropped once I knew Kev is Lauraīs son.. wow.. I did not see that coming..:D
now hereīs just hoping Johnny heals up nicely without complications and the punks who did this get punished..
get well sweet Johnny!! ...keep on walking ;)
Kev and Laura??? Well whoda' thunk? :confused:;) What a small world. :D
You are both obviously from the same mold - and a great one at that. Your caring and compassion just can't even be measured.
Jonny - we're hoping all is going well with your surgery. Come on boy - you have so many people pulling for you. Prayers still coming from the crew here in Delaware. :love:
I had always wondered how the original poster knew to look for help on PT. Maybe Kev told him about it and knew about it from his mom?
Just got the call Jonny is in recovery. The Vet give it about 2hrs and we can all call and get the status. All looks good for now but will not know for sure until Jonny wakes up.
Good to hear, we're looking forward to the updates! Thanks for the picture, too! Looking forward to Laura's account and pictures!
WHOOO HOOO JW! Keep fighting sweetheart, we LOVE you.:love:I am praying for a speedy recovery. I will see you as soon as I get back home.
I have a special treat for you when I see you.
Kelly
Hi all I am formerly Dusty's People and alot of you will remember me as that. I have been off line for a various reasons. They expand from Surgeries to visions problems. by the time I got back on the net I had lost half the sites I had posted on and have lost user names and passwords. I wanted to post and tell everyone one sooner, but I have busy on the net trying to get Jonny's story out I have e-mailed TV stations, Radio stations, Talk Show Host, and Pet food companies trying to get Jonny's word out.
I would come in and give updates on Jonny's condition and right back to e-mailing. I witnessed this accack and it haunts me. This has motavatied me to get Jonny's story heard. If I can make it to where on 1 person would have to live with images of this and have this type of attack keep playing over and over again then Jonny's story is out there. I am not going to give up until one of these e-mails work. I want to hear that Jonny's story makes news, so our state can see this is an issue in the state that needs to be addressed.
Yes I was raised to take part in taking care ALL Animals. Jonny can't speak and say what heppened so I will be his voice in my local area. I have found that everyone on PetTalk is a voice for Jonny as well.
Kev and Laura - how cool!
Glad to hear Jonny made it thru surgery. Prayers that he wakes well and heals perfectly.
All the people involved here....wow....special thanks to the vets and staff at the vet clinic.
Go, Jonny!:D
That picture definitely brough on the tears here. ADORABLE!!!
It's so funny that Laura didn't recognize Kev68 as her son. But she was probably more focused on Johnny anyway.
Still keeping Johnny Walker in my thoughts for a full recovery! And looking forward to more pictures from Laura. :D
From the LVRC Facebook Page:
Louisiana Veterinary Referral Center commented on their photo:
"Johnny Walker is out of surgery and in recovery. The surgery went well and we
are optimistic that he will have a healthy jaw again soon. The fractures
required placement of two plates as well as several teeth extractions. "
Just joined PT after following sweet Johnny's story. So glad to read that he has had surgery and is doing better. Sending prayers and healing thoughts to him. Now off to call and make a donation. Get Well Johnny we are rooting for you BIG TIME!!!
ps Moon and Bean this is Wyomings Mom from dogster thanks for letting us know about Johnny :)
OK folks! I SWEAR!! SWEAR! SWEAR! I had been checking this every day, outraged at what had happened to this dog and it really haunted me and I did NOT know Kev68 was MY Kevlin (former Dusty's People here) (Guess that is why I never connected the dots).. I SWEAR, it was ONLY after he saw my post there on this thread did he call me on the phone and said he had seen my post? " I said something like "Huh? What are you doing there looking at that?".. I think he got a big kick out of my utter shock that this was HIS thread...
You ask how they knew to come here... There was another occasion with 2 cats Lucky & Louie (His neighbors cats)... Lucky was extremely sick so I posted and asked what could be wrong with this cat. His owners had just thrown him out to die and didn't care!.. That was on a Sunday and I left to go to work that Wednesday thinking nothing more of it... PT'ers took that challenge on and donations poured in for him.. He was very, very sick and in the hospital a very long time... He eventually got well and 2 PT'ers adopted them and they were flown to their new forever home with Catfamily.. (Lucky did die about 3 years later but he had the life of a king in his new home) <short version of the story
So, I am not surprised that Kevlin turned where he knew would get help.. THIS amazing place. I was STUNNED to find out HE is the witness and shared owner of the dog.. I can't tell you how much that phone call from him blew me away yesterday with all the information.. I even know one of the kids (that did this) Dad, known him since he was a small child and use to date his Dad. (One of the baseball bat kids Grandad)
Anyway, all I needed to know was I had someone to take me to see JW so I took full advantage of it. Kevlin is the one who arranged for me to go see JM, but AS A PT'er... that is ALL the clinic knew... I am a PT'er. I didn't tell her until we were about ready to leave and I had done my PT bragging, story telling of the wonderful things I have seen happen here, told a few things about some of the people on the card (you guys).. Told a few SBR stories and last, I told her I was Kevlin's mother..
Seeing Johnny is heartbreaking, just thinking what he has been through. I gave him hugs, pats and kisses as instructed. He looked like he was just so tired until he spotted the little girl that is one of his "kids" that we took with us and his tail started wagging, his eyes perked up and he had to walk to her, over and over. In between, he would just have to lay down and rest. Before I left, he was coming to me wagging his tail, wanting me to pet him which was a honor!!
I told him all about you guys, the outpouring of love he has from you, how everyone was pitching in to help him get well and praying for him, sending good thoughts to him and that he was now an official PT doggie! (Thank God my son is like I am so he didn't think I was nuts telling a dog all that!)
I can't tell you how impressed I was with the humans there! Trish, I teased and told her she is Johnny's secretary now.. She laughed and corrected me, saying "I am his Executive Assistant!". How does she have time to do anything else? While we were there, the phone rang a lot and several times I heard the girl tell her "She's not in but you can leave her a message..... Yes, we are still taking donations"... So there are more donations coming in today. We got there waaaay to early and had to wait for Trish to arrive. All I can tell you is she is just the greatest person I have met in a long, long time.. Everybody there was great. The doctor came in and explained everything, spending a lot of time with us making sure we understood what he was planning to do, explained the best case and worst case senerio.
I got LOTS of pictures and a rather long video but that video is giving me fits to upload at Photobucket... gonna have to work on that. Shucks! Until then..
MEET TRISH!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1184.jpg
The amazing doctor who is doing the surgery
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1183.jpg
And as he was taken to surgery (at this point I almost cried)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1185.jpg
Will post more as I upload them so hang on..
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Originally Posted by Whysmom
Thanks Deb! You're the best and welcome to PT :)
Darn...can't see pics on this computer; have to wait until I get home :)
Laura...thanks for the update! I can't wait to see the pictures and I loved your account of the visit :)
Here is is with his little human that did his heart so much good to see..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1171.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1170.jpg
Here you can see how is nose was broken and it is turned up a little.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1168.jpg
There is even a open spot on the top of his snout... From the hit?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1176.jpg
Then he saw that sofa with his little human on it and he wanted up there...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1179.jpg
Just got off the phone with Trish and you are right she is a fabulous lady!! Told me that Johnny is out of surgury and she was waiting to speak with the surgeon and then she would be posting an update for everyone. She also told me that close to $3400 has been raised so far!!! Way to go. With all this love and support Johnny is going to get through all this. The pictures of the visit are great!!
He is just a sweet soul that loves his little humans, I can't wait till he is all better and I get to see him healthy, well and normal.. As GOOD as he was today, he had to be suffering but he was SO happy to see his little human..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1166.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/IMG_1167.jpg
Now, I got to go do the video and see if I can get it upoaded somewhere to post!
Try YouTube- their main thing is videos and video sharing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Laura's Babies
Oh Laura, what a great update! I can't tell you how happy and relieved I was hearing that Jonny has come through the surgery and (paws crossed) is resting comfortably. The pictures are melting my heart, and oh, how the tears fell seeing the one of him reading his card, heading off to the OR.:love: Can't wait to hear he's awake, of that first tail wag! We love you Jonny!:love: Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers, sweet baby boy!
yay Johhny!!.. so adorable and cute to see him with his lil person.. aww..
thnx for sharing the pics... get well soon :D
Ugh, I am in tears all over again. This is just the sweetest thing!
It's also nice to put a face to the voice, Trish. You look just as nice as you are!! :D
Thank you Laura for representing all of us this morning. :D
Now I have to go check my make-up. :)
I love him!!!!!!!
Like everybody else here, this story is almost more than I can believe!!! How awesome is this that Laura and Kev are Mom and Son? Who knew?? Laura you done good with that boy.;)
Thanks so much for going there and getting pictures of Jonny Angel. He is such a sweetheart. I can't stop crying after seeing him looking at the card. Great pictures of him but so so so sad.:(
I'm thrilled he is out of surgery and doing well so far. YAY!!!!!
In my wildest dreams I could never imagine being so close to all of the happenings in a story like this. This has got to be one of the best days of our Pet Talk lives. THANKS TO LAURA, KEV AND EVERYBODY!!!!!
GET WELL JONNY!!!! YOU WILL BE SO SPOILED WHEN YOU GO HOME!!
What a tearjerker! I'm so happy that JW is out of surgery now. We're still praying that he'll heal nicely and forget about what happened to him. It was so heartwarming to see him w/his little human. I so love dogs. What a special boy he is and so are Kev and Trish and the vet and you, Laura. I'm so proud to "know" you. :love:
I am still in awe, that a post from a total stranger asking for help, just a few days ago, has brought the response, love and contributions from all the people at PT, and even from those who are not PT members. All these folks have opened their hearts and wallets to help, and to bring Jonny back to good health. What an incredible bunch of people from everywhere, all walks of life, and all financial circumstances.
Bless you all, and I just know that the big guy upstairs has taken note of each and every unselfish gesture made by his sometimes wayward flock. :):love:
I just spoke to Amber which is in the Consumer Affairs Department at Hill's Science Diet pet foods. They are going to donate Jonny some food. All I have to do is let her know what Dr. David Kergosien recommends. I am awaiting a call from Trish so I can get this info. Is some great news or what?:)
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Originally Posted by Kev68
That's excellent! I can't wait until his jaw and face feel good enough for him to want to eat. Beagles love food!! :)
Those photos are precious of Jonny and his little one! I am thrilled to hear he is out of surgery.
Can someone provide the link so that I may make a donation for his care? Thank you.
Here is the info for making donations. You will need to speak with Trish. Even if you wish to send in a check, please call and let Trish know.
Louisiana Veterinary Referral Center
2611 Florida St
Mandeville, La 70448
Phone (985) 626-4862
refferance name Johnny Walker
And here is what was recently posted on Facebook about 45 minutes ago:
Although Johnny Walker did very well during surgery, he still has an uphill battle. He has intestinal parasites as well as heartworm disease. Once we get him through his jaw surgery he will require treatment of the heartworm disease. We will treat the intestinal parasites, too, but the heartworm treatment is not without the potential for severe complications. He is obviously a tough boy. We will take things one step at a time, and so far, so good!
La Veterinary Refferal CenterQuote:
Originally Posted by CheckersMom
2611 Florida St
Mandeville, La 70448
Phone Number (985) 626-4862 Attn Trish
Johnny does look like such a sweet soul. I'm so glad the PTers came together again for such a wonderful pup. Good job everyone, and Johnny, prayers for a quick recovery!:love:
Those pictures with Trish and the Doctor make me so happy and sad at the same time... it's so amazing how someone can love a dog so much that they just met. It truly makes my heart ache... in a good way.
I think with all of us behind Johnny Walker, he will have the strength to get through this surgery, recovery, and the oncoming battles with the parasites in him. It's a tough journey, but with love, it's always a little easier :love:
Just to let you all know mom is working on the youtube video and it will be posted within the next 30mins to an hour, maybe sooner
Excuse me, but I am confused. I dialed the number listed and got the clinic. A recorded message came on telling me to press 1 for an emergency. Is that what I need to do? Again, sorry for my confusion.
Yes dial 1 and inform them you are calling about Jonny WalkerQuote:
Originally Posted by CheckersMom
TA DA!! HEEEEEEERRR'S JOHNNY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXbj451Uz8Q
(More pictures added in post # 446 & 447 August 1)
Thank you for your help; I got through to make my donation. Tish is a wonderful person--so pleasant! Bless everyone who has made an effort to help out Johnny.