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So glad to know that Johnny is out of surgery. I can go to sleep now!
It's great that you got to see him Laura, and thanks so much for the video. It makes such a difference to actually see him moving about.
Best wish to you, sweet boy. We will be rooting for you every step of the way. :love:
I wanted to hurry up and give everyone that link so it can be passed around and around to everybody you know if you want to.. I haven't had time to catch up on all the posts yet, been busy working on this.... (interrupted by a phone call from the lady where we trapped the cats the other night.. They found a kitten, looks to be about 4 weeks old.. If it is a girl, she is naming it after ME! If it is a boy, she is naming it after Mike!)
I didn't put music to that video on purpose, so you can hear how he is breathing.. Poor fella. Again, I swear, I did not know until yesterday that my son was Kev68!
I can not brag enough about the La Veterinary Refferal Center! I am still in awe of how they have done SO much and how nice they are. Even more I am in awe of how everyone has come forwards to do what they can and how fast Johnny's fund has risen to what it is. Even Kevlin has amazed me at how much time he has spent on this! What happened to JW will always haunt me, as I am sure it will many of you..
Hay, I am off to catch up on what I have missed today!! Got a lot of reading to do.
Beautiful video, very touching. Thank you for putting this together. I am sharing it.
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Originally Posted by CheckersMom
Thanks CheckersMom from another PA pet-talker :)
Oh my goodness, I am in tears AGAIN!!! I don't even know what to say.
Thank you Laura for that video. So, so precious. I am posting it on facebook!
I too posted it on Facebook...I just saw that some of my friends have posted it too! I don't know if they got it from me, or if one of them is one of you!?!
Posted by me as well, I am crying again, Laura-thank you!:love:
After watching that video it is very hard to compose myself. Thank you, Laura. Two angels in you and Kev.
Jonny is the sweetest boy on earth. He knows he is among friends at the center. After what he's been through I am amazed that he would go near any human but he knows who the good ones are.
This story is all I think about. This story and precious Jonny. I am so sorry to hear he has other issues but with all this help and support I think he will make it through.
Thanks again to everyone!!!
GET WELL JONNY!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!:) :) :)
Job well done on the Jonny Walker Story on youtube. You gave it 150% on that video. Thumbs ^^^^ Up ^^^^:)
I have been following this thread... and every time I come back I am in tears. Laura.... I cannot express to you how much it means that you went to visit Jonny Walker! And then to discover that Kev 68 is YOUR SON!!!!!! Well, even THAT brought tears to my eyes. And the video... he is so adorable!
God bless everyone for their donations, thoughts, prayers and well wishes. Sasha and I have included Jonny Walker in our prayers. We wish we could send money for his care, but at this time we just cannot. We also know that our sweet RB Tabby is watching over Jonny Walker (even though he is a DAWG!) and she and out many other PT RB babies will help him through his difficult recovery.
Wow...Jonny is going to come out of this BETTER than new! He will get his heartworm treated and the other parasites.
He is so loving, that big heart of his will pull him through - along with hundreds of prayers!
Small world!! I'm so glad you were able to visit Laura. Thanks so much for the photos and videos. JW sure does love his little human. :love:
I'm so glad to hear he got through the surgery. Now to beat those parasites! :cool:
Holy Swiss cheese! I just now had the time to read through this whole thread and I am overwhelmed. Jonny is so precious. Laura, please give kev68 a hug from me - what a great guy! Payday is (wait, looking at calendar) tomorrow! Woohoo! I just have to check with the bank what bills have cleared and then I can chip in a bit.
My heart is broken for Jonny yet filled with inspiration and hope for this handsome boy.
It is so amazing how many wonderful people truely care about JW.
Thanks to all of you that made a difference in this pups life... You have simply changed his world... One at a time.
To those kids that created this firestorm... Shame on you .. One day you will know the true meaning of love and the pain to lose someone close to you... Think back to this day!
Finally, Thanks Deb (Sunny, Moon & Bean's Mom) for cross posting this on Dogster.
I have cried for this innocent pup for 2 days.... Be strong little one...Your life is going to get much better after you get over these few speedbumps.. We will be talking to Trish tomorrow...
God Bless you Jonny
xoxoxoxox
Sasha, Dozer, Cheyanne
& Lucy Kitty :love:
I just wanted to Thank Everyone for their Thoughts, Prayers, Phone Calls on Johnny's behalf, Their Generous donations to Johnny Walker, and time used to get JW's Story out there. If it hadn't been for PT Johnny wouldn't have made it this far. Keep the Prayers and donations coming as JW still need our help.
A special Thanks to Trish, Dr. David Kergosien, and all the Staff at La. Veterinary Referral Center for their generous donations and support for Johnny Walker, and being so helpful with all the incoming and out going phone calls to update every one.
Also Special thanks to Science Diet for pledgeing food for Johnny Walker. All they are waiting on is what type of food he needs to be on.
I don't know if the Staff at La. Veterinary Referral Center had ever took on a case as intense as Johnny's where they had donations coming in from so many different places, but I do applaude them for how they handled this.
This has been a long 5 days here so I am gonna try and get some sleep tonight. I will be back working hard to get Johnny's Story out there and trying to contact the Sheriff's Office in the Morning to see where they stand in this investagation. God Bless you All and have a good night
I know I failed to give a little background on Jonny. Well when he was abandoned here I remember he was so skinny and you could tell mistreated badly. Well my family and I started feeding him and taking care of him. He was getting better after time. He use to play with our little dog killer. He is a min pin. and the use to have so much fun. My other dog jesse ( basset hound) is to old to play with him but the always got along great. My little sister emily and myself use to go outside and throw the baseball and use to play with him while doing so. Whenever my friends came over he use to join us on the swing set while we talked and he would just want all of our attention. It was great. He is like the perfect animal.
Then Mr. Kevlin and his family moved here and they bacame a part of Jonny walker's life also. My little sister emily and heather use to go outside and play with him. It was adorable. My aunt kelly's dog lady ( black lab ) and Jonny Walker are the best of friends. They do everything together. From playing to getting all dirty in the stream.
I use to go walking through the trail by my house and Jonny would follow me and nudge me so I would play with him. I never could resist. He is always so much fun.
He made his way into our hearts very fast! Just from how amazing his personality is. I can't wait to have Jonny back home into my life again. I wish I could be there when he gets home but I can't because of Drill with the National Guard. It might be a little bit long too. I believe I am about to be activated for hurricane relief. I am hoping that thing go right so I can see him.
Well my next big objective is to have these "Attackers" brought to justice for what they have done. I will be talking to some of the military Officers that I know for information on things I can do and hit them with everything I have got.
Once again I want to thank everyone for the support, prayers, love, and compassion. It makes me feel so great! I am glad to be in the Army fighting for people like all of you! You all are the greatest!
Jason Mulvey
count me in on the one of the shocked the kev68 is Laura's son. What a hoot that she didn't even know. lol
LES looking at the pics -
what an amazing story.
I just got caught up on all of the posts and I saw the pictures and video. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out that Kev68 is Laura's son.:)
Laura,thanks for being able to visit him and represent PT and for posting the pictures and video. Major LES.:( I'm so glad that his surgery went well and hopefully he'll recover quickly and will be able to get rid of his parasites. JW continues to remain in my thoughts and prayers.
Jason, You have been in my thoughts! Thank you for helping Jonny before he got hurt, during and after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonny-Walker
Here is the medical update as of midnight on Thursday. I just got home from work around 1:20 am. I wanted to make sure to get all thank you letters done tonight along with receipts for donations. I brought this to the post office at 1:00 am on my way home from work so that the donors can receive these by Saturday.
I checked in on Johnny before I left right after midnight. I spoke with Dr. Kergosien as he was leaving the hospital around the time that I was (he had other emergency surgeries all evening).
Johnny did fine in surgery today. He has plates placed in his jaws which will remain unless there are problems with them. He is still on IV fluids and he is on injectable pain medication. He is also on IV antibiotics for any signs of infection. His vital signs are within normal limits. He is alert and he was able to eat 1 1/2 cans of pureed food!!! He has water available to him as well. He also wagged his tail this evening which he has not done since he arrived so he must be feeling better or this was also his way of saying "thank you". I will update again on Friday at the end of the day. I sent a group email to all of the donors just now with this same information. There were some donors who I did not have their email addresses and I promised to update everyone on a daily basis. I will continue to do so, including over the weekend.
We collected approximately $3600 by this evening.
Will keep everyone updated on this site and by personal emails that I have.
Good night. Gotta get some sleep to be back at it in the am!!
Trish
Louisiana Veterinary Referral Center
Wow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam06
GOOD Report, Trish!!
Many Thanks to YOU for all the dedicated hard work you have contributed
toward Johnny Walker's Care and Recovery!!!!! :love: :love:
Thanks so much for the update Trish. Hooray for you JW on eating some food. Poor baby. I can't wait to get home to see you. Lady Bug is about going stir crazy in this hotel room. I know she misses you sweetheart. As soon as we pull into the driveway, we'll see you. Hugs and Kisses:love:
Kelly, Shannon, and Lady Bug
Laura, that was cute you not knowing it was Kevlin all along. When he told me that, I must say I giggled. I am looking forward to meeting you. I live right across from Kevlin. See yall soon.
It's so good to hear that Johnny is doing well. :) Especially that his little tail was a waggin. :)
Jason, thank you for all that you have done for JW and thank you for serving in the Army. I am proud to have someone like you protecting us.
Trish and everyone at the clinic, you are truly amazing! Thank you so much for all you are doing for Jonny Walker and each animal that passes through your doors.
Bless you all!
I got this email from a dog on dogster :). It is so cute, I had to pass it along... HOW AWESOME IS THIS!? I'm attaching a cute picture of Lucy Girlypants :)
"Mom has been closely following the Jonny Walker story (so sad, but her heart was really lifted by how hard her owner tried to get Jonny the help that he needed, we want to just smooch that guy). Anyway, we realy wanted to donate money, but it would've been impractical from here (South Africa), since the costs incurred would not have made it worthwhile. So what we did instead was to donate US$10 to the shelter which rescued me, in Jonny Walkers name. We put Jonny Walker as a reference, they're probably going to think we're alcoholics or something BOL!"
Love
Lucy Girlypants
I am laughing that all of you were as shocked as I was to find of WHO Kev68 is! I still keep slapping my forehead going "DUH!"
I let out a "WAHOO!" at Trish's post that he finally got to eat last night. I bet he lapped that up so glad to be able to TASTE REAL FOOD again! This will help him recover faster I hope and I bet he will gobble up everything they put in front of him now. I am in awe of how LVRS has pitched in to do all they have done to help JW. That is something you don't see every day and even if I didn't have the personal connection to this that I have, I would STILL be in awe of it. This outpouring of love for a helpless animal is replacing the haunting of this senseless act but I think it will always haunt me.
We still need to get his story out so keep posting about it all over the internet. We need to keep cruelty to any animal out in the open for all to see and bring out a new awareness of it and help to pass stricter laws for those that dare abuse helpless animals for sport. Most of us here have fur kids and we know they are not "stupid animals".. They have feelings too and they DO get tramatized like we do.
Thanks for the update Trish! I'm so glad to hear he is doing so good after surgery.
I think about him all the time. In fact, yesterday I didn't get much done here at work because I kept checking in here and just thinking about it.
Thanks to everyone involved, here, at the clinic and in JW's neighborhood. :D
I have been very moved by this sad but inspirational story. My finances are going through some challenges right now so I can't make the donation that I would like but I'm pulling and praying for JW too. The love, unity, support and encouragement in this post has evoked great passion in me. I'm so glad to hear a better report for JW even though he's got a long way to go. Laura the video is a tear jerker. Thank you for posting and keeping us updated. Finding out the Kev was your son almost seemed like the twist in some movie plot :D. I cheered out loud when I read that he had eaten and his tail wagged.
Hi All,
I am a newbie but I sent this information to others. Hope it helps!!
Sadly, Springfield is in the parish of LIVINGSTON not EAST BATON ROUGE. Sadly, because I live in Livingston Parish. I hate people who do this!
-- The Sheriff of Livingston parish is Willie Graves.
-- Under Sheriff Graves is Chief Criminal Deputy Jason Ard.
-- They do have a Juvenile Department.
-- The Uniform Patrol Commander is Alden Thomasson.
He should be able to help identify the deputy who investigated the call and the outcome of the call
I have no idea why these punks were not charged with animal cruelty for the start. But you can bet I am going to try to find out. We (my mom and I ) had to enlist the help of Sheriff Graves and Chief Deputy Jason Ard when we needed to get a rescued pit bull out of LA before being put down (no fault of the dog).
They were very nice. I have included the information below. PLEASE CALL , WRITE or EMAIL and let them know how you feel! This must be stopped before these kids become teenagers or adults.
Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office
20180 Iowa St.
Livingston, LA 70754
or
P.O. Box 850
Livingston, LA 70754
225-686-2241
1-800-443-7681
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
**I would also suggest contacting the Livingston Parish Newpaper at:
[email protected]
**I am also sure the mayor of Springfield, LA is not going to like what happened either. Here's his information:
Town of Springfield
Mayor Charles E. Martin
Municipal Office:
27378 LA Hwy. 22
P.O. Box 352
Springfield, LA 70462
Phone: (225) 294-3150
Fax-225-294-2230
P.S> My mom has agreed to contact ALL the officials and try to find out more about this!!
I continue praying for Johnny.
How old was this kid, does anybody know?
Thanks for the info MEL, great post!
This story is simply the most amazing! I was in tears reading it, and I’m feeling very sad that someone could harm sweet trusting Jonny like this, it’s just unbelieable! :( :( I hope he will be able to forget it.
I’m so happy to see how many have come to his rescue and he was brought to a vet so soon after it happened.
It’s been good to read the updates and know that Jonny’s surgery went well and that his story is shared with the world.
Trish, the vets, Laura and Kevlin have been absolutely wonderful! You did a good job raising your boy, Laura! :) Thank you for sharing the pictures and video. Jonny is so sweet - and he already looks confident. Isn’t that amazing considering what he has just been through!
I know Jonny still needs some treatment - I’m sending lots of love and good thoughts for his full recovery. Whoever gets to visit Jonny, please give him some kisses from me!
Get well Jonny, the whole world loves you! :love: :love: :love:
Thanks so much, that's was sweet. Cute about people thinking may be alcoholics. It is just the power of LOVE for our friends.
Dogster is such a nice place too. I love animal lovers... they are some of the best people :)
Just Recieved a phone call from the Sheriff's Office. They have made 3 arrest in Jonny's Case and are fixing to release a statement to the Media. I was informed that e-mail and phone calls have flooded their office. Thank Each and Everyone of you for that!!!!!!!!!! A 4th/ arrest could not be made cause of the kids age..............
Will keep you all Posted as this progresses futher
That's great! MAYBE (I KNOW...I'm being way too optimistic but MAYBE...they will actually learn something and can be rehabilitated before they further harm society!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev68
WAHOOOO! For the animals of the world who have been abused prior to this and after! Although what had been done can not be undone and Johnny will still suffer, these arrests may help stop the next kid who thinks of doing such a thing.
They also stated that they are going to release a statement to the Press the hard working is finally working Jonny's story is out there!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev68
Prayers have been answered!! Not only is Johnny on the road to recovery and eating some pureed food, the people responsible for this horror have been arrested. Could not be better news for these tear stained eyes.
Be sure to post the link to the press release for us.
Hugs all Around on a job well done.
that is great news!!.. hoping this will teach a lesson... for them and others.. :)