Azurey hit by a car - Update Post #34

[ramanth]

Azurey has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...21#post2087421



*Not much of an update - but Pam and Azurey were in the news - link Post #19. *

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Update Post #34

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My MIL's friend, Pam, sent her the following email this morning. I figured the more prayers the better. This is one of my worst nightmares realized.

URGENT PRAYERS NEEDED!!

Ok, here's the story.
I went running this morning before work (around 5 am). Our German Shephard (Azurey) is full of energy and loves to come running with me.

So I got fully set up....reflective vest, ect. And off we went. There is about a 1/2 mile stretch of our run in which there is no sidewalk, and is very open farmland. We were running there around 5:30 and a car sped past and slammed into Azurey, just missing me by inches, sending us flying into a ditch. I immediately stood up and started waving my arms. The car noticed it hit somebody, slowed down to a stop, then drove a way.

SOMEBODY called the police. I don't know who. I ran to the closest house to call Scott to get us. Azrey was unable to walk and was very hurt.

We took her to the Animal Emergency Hospital and she is currently undergoing testing. Bones in her pelvis area are broken, and she is bleeding (the blood coming from internal issues). Things don't look good for her.

I am SO nervous and am just pacing the house and shaking, not sure what to do. I feel so horrible that this happened. She was on a short leash, I was VERY refelctive, and we were running on the shoulder of the road (actually in the grass!).

That horrible person not only wasn't watching AT ALL, but knew it and chose to leave us for dead. I am losing my faith in people today! I just can't believe it happened.

Please pray for us. I know she's "only a dog", but any animal lovers out there know how hard it is to have anything happen to "only a dog".

As I was writing this, I got a call from the hospital. She's stable currently, but has at least 4 fractures in her hip joint, and is still bleeding from somewhere. The doctor said that this is "concerning."

I'll keep you posted.
Pam

[Ginger's Mom]

Prayers for Azurey. Athough Ginger and I do not jog, I am always afraid that she will become frightened when we are on our walks, pull away from me and run in front of a car.

[Cincy'sMom]

How awful!! Lot of thoughts and prayers for Azurey

[Karen]

Prayers on the way for the woman, the dog, and the driver - that he or she feels guilty enough to turn him- or herself in.

[pitc9]

Prayers have been sent for Azurey.

It's bad enough when a person hits an animal and keeps going, but to have almost hit a person also and keep going. OMG...

[Hellow]

Prayers sent for Azurey, the woman, and the driver. Wishing Azurey a fast recovery.

[critter crazy]

Oh MY!!!! How sad!! Many prayers coming their way!! Get better soon Azurey!

[ramanth]

Azurey and Pam in the news:

http://fox17.trb.com/

Scroll down and choose 'Dog Hit and Run' video.

The family lives in Dorr, MI, near Grand Rapids.

Continued prayers needed.

[critter crazy]

Awwww....poor Azurey looks so sad in the video!! I sure hpe the Police can find the A**hole that did this to her and her owner!!

[Taz_Zoee]

LES watching the video. Poor Azurey. I'm glad she made it on the news. I hope those people are found. Or I at least hope they feel horrible for what happened.
I will keep Pam and Azurey in my thoughts.

[Grace]

That poor dog. Prayers heading out to the entire family. And prayers that the MSP find the creep who hit Azurey.

[kallisto4529]

This just makes me completely sick@! What rotten sorry you know what's to do that and leave!!!! Tons of prayers going out, hopefully Azurey will get better and be able to pull through this. I tell ya it is stuff like this that surely does make you question the world we live in today and to make you loose a little bit more faith in the human race.

[ramanth]

Pam writes:
There was a successful surgery today. Zur will have more surgery on Monday. So far, so good. Will keep you posted.

And some pictures from better days:

[ramanth]

MIL forwarded this today:

Azurey is doing excellent. Although she's not supposed to, I actually saw her running with her friends (Sal and Neba) in our backyard today. She has lost a substantial amount of weight - 32 pounds. But the vet is not concerned, unless it continues. Actually it's kind of good, less weight to carry around on those shattered bones.

Thanks for those prayers!

[ramanth]

Yesterday, Azurey underwent a third surgery. The theory was that a pin was sticking out and rubbing her skin from the outside. That would account for the still-open wound after 3 1/2 months, and her lack of appitite and extreme weight loss. The doctor removed the infected area and reclosed the wound, but ran a bunch of blood tests (a full blood panel - EXPENSIVE!!).

After opening her up, they found that everything was actually where it was supposed to be, and, in fact, Zur was doing that to herself because she's looney! She was given OCD meds (obsessive compulsive disorder) to try to ease her urge to bite at that area.

The orthopedic surgeon was concerned on a few different levels. He said that he's never seen an orthopedic surgery manifest itself in this way. And he's pretty well known!! He's even had people come to him from the UP and other states! When Azurey was admitted to the surgery center in early March, she weighed in at 105...now she's exactly 60 lbs. He's suspicious of possible internal injury - maybe causing a trouble in liver function or something...

This is hard for us because we assumed she was "out of the woods" by now. We've bought puppy food for her and are now feeding her table scraps like mad. I really hope we can get her to gain weight, and that this isn't the slow progression of watching her starve to death. She's hard to want to pet - it's like touching a skeleton with fur!

Aside from the weight loss, she's completely herself. I've always known she was OCD. I suspect she got it from her mother, and that personality flaw, although annoying, is quite endearing.

She's recovered from surgery just fine and is really mad she has to wear a "lamp shade". She enjoys going through openings that are too small for her, and knocking down Isaac with her new jewelry. To anyone who doesn't know her story, she would appear to be a crazy hyper dog who's skinny.

We'll get test results back in the next 7-10 days. I hope all we find out is that she's looney as a toon!

Thanks,
Pam