Pam Goldstein
Annamaria Callan &
Cody*
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S'Wheat Rescues
PO Box 26274
Kansas City, MO 64196
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Fund
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HAZEL

Hazel is a purebred Wheaten. She was 3
months old when she was first taken into
rescue. She was born in a puppymill and
taken to be sold in a petstore in New York.
But, after her arrival, it was discovered that
she had a problem dribbling urine. Without
doing any tests at all, she was diagnosed as
having a condition called 'etopic ureter' and
was sent to a animal clinic with orders to put
her to sleep. Thankfully for little Hazel, a
worker at the clinic convinced her boss to
give her time to find a home for Hazel and
she contacted S'Wheat Rescues.

Hazel is now in Kansas City with her new
foster parents, Barb and Wayne who drove
all the way to  New Jersey to pick her up.
She has been seen by a veterinarian and a
very expensive surgery ($1500 +) will be
required in order to give Hazel a fighting
chance at a good quality of life. Many
people have pledged donations to help pay
for her surgery and more is needed. If you
are interested in helping to fund the
surgery that Hazel will need, please either
click the link below and send your donation
through PayPal or you can snail mail to the
address below.

Hazel is currently scheduled for Surgery on
September 3, 2002. However, she does
need to hit 20 lbs. prior to the surgery so
the date may need to be rescheduled if she
has not hit that targert.

Please check back for a update on Hazel
after that date.


UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2002

We had a roller coaster of a ride yesterday
with Hazel and her surgery.

We had to wait several hours for the
surgery to even begin as they had a difficult
cancer surgery that took longer than
expected.

Finally a phone call came from the clinic
after 3 pm and the news was anything but
encouraging. They had gone in with the
fiber optic camera and what they saw was
not good, they thought there were major
problems with the kidneys and bladder but
asked for permission to do exploratory
surgery while she was still under the
anesthetic to see if anything could be done
for her. We, of course, gave them the go
ahead and asked that they do anything and
everything that could be done for her. The
vet said she would go in and see what she
thought could be done and would call if it
was hopeless and there was no quality of
life to be expected. She promised to
anything possible to help her. Needless to
say, we were all very upset by the bad news
we had just received.


We all waited on pins and needles for
another call from the vet. Minutes turned
into hours (which seemed like days!) and
more than 3 hours passed with no news.
Finally a call from the vet and the news was
much more encouraging. All this time Hazel
had still been under the anesthetic and in
surgery. What they found after going in was
better than it looked with the fiber optic
camera. Hazel's entire urinary system is
under-developed. Her kidneys and bladder
are small because they had been entirely
bypassed and had not been used. Both of
her ureters off the kidneys were etopic and
had to be rerouted to the proper position as
well as the connections to the kidneys and
bladder. As you can imagine, this was
MAJOR reconstructive surgery.

The vet was very optimistic and
encouraging after the surgery. Although
major repairs were needed, she felt that if
everything heals up and reconnects
properly that the chances are good that
there will be little to no urine leakage. What
leakage there may be would hopefully be
controllable with drugs. The kidneys and
bladder, although small looked serviceable
and the hope is that they will grow and
develop as they begin to be used properly.
They were able to spay her while she was in
surgery so thankfully we will not have to put
her through surgery again for that.

As you can imagine, this is all going to cost
much, much more than the $1500 we were
originally budgeting for. Hazel will be in
intensive care for at least 4 days at a cost of
$300 per day. We have no idea how much
more the surgery is going to be due to all
the work that went into it and the time
involved.

We are so thankful for the people who have
already donated to Hazel's surgery fund and
to all those who have jumped in since the
surgery yesterday and donated more money
to cover they new costs.

Barb and Wayne who have been Hazel's
foster parents since she cam to Kansas City
would like everyone to know they are totally
committed to Hazel and to getting her well
had giving her the best quality of life
possible. No matter what the outcome of all
of this they have already decided that they
will be adopting Hazel and giving her a
forever home.

Your continued donations and support to
Hazel's fund are much appreciated. Every
dollar donated will help her get the normal,
healthy, happy life she deserves.

These new pictures were taken the day
before Hazel's surgery. You can see how
much she has grown in the 3 months since
she came into rescue.

UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 13, 2002

Hazel has now been officially
adopted by Barbara and Wayne
Pickwoad of Olathe, KS

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Hazel had a minor set-back after having
been home from the hospital for a couple of
days and had to be readmitted but she is
now doing very well and is back home
where she belongs. It will be some time
before we know if the dribbling problem is
100% corrected but even if it is not we
consider her surgery to be a SUCCESS!

With the severe abnormalities she was born
with, Hazel would not have been able to live
very long - probably not more than a year.
With the surgery the worst of it has been
corrected and we are hopeful that she will
have a long life. It goes without saying that
we know she will have a wonderful life with
her forever family.

From myself, Barb and Wayne, and
most especially Hazel - we all
thank you for the enormous
outpouring of love, prayers and
generosity in our fight to give our
sweet little Hazel a good quality of
and long life. We simply would not
have been able to do it without
your help.

THANK YOU TO ONE AND
ALL OF HER ANGELS!!
Danielle Blake
Shari Schlesinger