***UPDATE, POST #50*** Please Pray For Harley (lady's Baby)

[Reachoutrescue]

I am sure all of you remember Lady's baby, Harley. He was adopted out to a great family in Oak Forest, IL. Harley is in touble. He ate a doll of their daughters and got into some stuff outside and had to have surgery. The family went to three different vets, all wanted $2500 and $3700, the family just could not pay that. They finally went to Animal welfare League. At first they wanted Al (the owner) to sign Harley over to them, they'd do the surgery, and adopt him out. He said absolutely not! So they said they would do the surgery for $400, so Al agreed. The surgery was done on Tuesday morning and he seemed to be doing okay. They removed plastic (from a doll), tin foil, and grass clippings as well as 2 1/2 ft of his small intestine. Yesterday they fed him and he threw up, his stomach was all bloated. The doctor was unreachable by Al so he went up there to see him today. He asked the nurse what she thought, if they should euthanize him to end his suffering. She said she wouldn't if he was hers. They left, 20 mins later the vet calls him and said Harley was dying and the best thing would be to put him down. He called me, I told him to take his dog out of there and bring him to my vet. He did and my vet said she needs to go back in and see what is going on and try to fix him internally, because nothing can be done externally. Al agreed, knowing he would die without help and that he may die on the table. I just spoke to Al's wife, Lisa. The vet assistant called her in the middle of surgery to give her news. Upon opening Harley up the vet found urine and feces oozing out of him, his bowels were cut open. His small intestine was not sutured properly and it was erupting. Dr. Greeley resutured everything and is now closing him up. He was still alive at that time. Dr. Greeley will call Lisa and Al in about an hour with the final results. This poor boy was butchered by the AWL Vet, Dr. Greeley confirmed that.

Please pray for Harley. He is only 11 months old and so full of life. Please pray and ask Lady to let her son stay here with the Gustafsin family. They love him so much. Thank you all so much.

HARLEY
HARLEY AND HIS SISTERS

[Jadapit]

Omg, that is just awful! Poor sweet, Harley. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his human family. I'm so glad they took him to your vet.

[kittycats_delight]

we will be praying for Harley you can count on it Tracy. What a beautiful boy he is.

I hope there is going to be some kind of action take against the vet at the AWL. If Harley does make it it is on his head. This vet should not be allow to practice. I don't get it but the AW always seems to find the worse vets on the planet to do their vet work.

Come on Harley get well little man. You belong here still and your family loves you to pieces. Come on sweetheart.

[cassiesmom]

Come on Harley get well little man. You belong here still and your family loves you to pieces. Come on sweetheart.

Harley, sweet boy, I am praying for you and your family.

[Freedom]

Harley, we are praying hard for you to get well, here in RI.

[Taz_Zoee]

LES and

Come on little Harley, you can make it. I will be thinking of you.

[Daisy and Delilah]

How awful, Tracy!!! That poor little doggie has gone through a terrible time. I am praying with all my strength that he's going to be okay. I feel so bad for him. He looks just like his Mama

[Grace]

Prayers for Harley and his family.

[Cincy'sMom]

How awful! Lots of prayers for Harley and his family.

[LisaGustafson]

Hi Everyone!!! My name is Lisa and I'm Harley's Mom!!! I finally had the opportunity to log myself into and sign-up for this website!! Sorry it took me so long! Al and I would like to express our appreciation to each and everyone of you that has extended your prayers and good wishes for our little guy, Harley!! I cannot even tell you how happy we are to have our little guy back!! Tracy from Outreach Rescue was our life saver!! It was truly a miracle that he made it! Just to update all of you, he is doing great! Al took him to the vet yesterday and he got all but 2 staples out of his tummy and Dr. Greeley said he's kind of a slow healer! She is concerned about him not gaining too much weight though, so we are going to try and change his food and see if that helps. Overall, Dr. Greeley said he's doing great and should be gaining weight in no time. He is truly being treated like a baby at home, as before we go to bed each night, he gets fresh blankets STRAIGHT OUT OF THE DRYER in his cage. He snuggles up and sleeps like a baby every night! Every morning when we come down the steps, he's standing in his cage with his tail going in big circles!! So, that's the latest and thanks to all of you again for your support and kind gestures throughout this whole ordeal!! You all made it alot easier for Al and I and we appreciate your concern!

[cassiesmom]

before we go to bed each night, he gets fresh blankets STRAIGHT OUT OF THE DRYER in his cage

Wow! How nice and snuggly that must be!! And Harley, try to eat so you'll come in at the proper weight next time you are on the vet's scale. Good nutrition for healing, y'know.

[Taz_Zoee]

Welcome to PT Lisa! It's great that you've joined.
Thank you for the update on Harley. I am so glad to hear he is doing so well. And a little spoiling is just fine. I hope you will browse this site and enjoy it as much as many of us do. Hugs to Harley!!

[Jadapit]

I'm so glad you posted to give us on update on Harley. I'm happy to hear he is doing well. Such wonderful news!!! Please post some pictures of him. I love that guy.

[loveallfurryfriends]

I'm just now seeing this thread, but I'm so glad to see that Harley is doing better. He is with such a wonderful family! Keep it up big guy!!!

[chocolatepuppy]

It's great to hear Harley is doing well! Welcome to Pet Talk Lisa! We hope you stick around!