| EYE INJURY |
| SHELTER PICS |
| See Ziggy in a video! |
| Eric Johnson |
| Mandy Bowling |
| In Memory of Shamus Trudy Ketler |
| Pattie |
| Paige Allen |
| Get Well Ziggy! The Tunstall Family and Rosie |
| Bailey Beachboy and Bella Beachbunny |
| Ronni Kassal |
| In Memory of Doogan Wood Karen & Ken Wood |
| I am so happy I helped Ziggy. Love, Leanne |
| My heartfelt prayers to Ziggy for his speedy recovery. Elizabeth Mezzasalma |
| AFTER SURGERY |
| ZIGGY Ziggy is 2 year old purebred male Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. He was dumped in an animal shelter in Indiana - this is what the shelter had to say about him: I'm a owner surrendered dog who was neglected. My former owners bought me in a petstore. Then they got a divorce and I was left in a pen to live in my own feces where I was thrown some food every day. I was a matted mess when I got here. I am blind in my left eye and have an injury to my right rear paw after busting loose from my pen once and being hit by a car. I am very sweet and walk well on a leash. I was seen by a vet on May 21st. The vet prescribed a high-powered antibiotic ointment for my eye. I was previously never seen by a vet. He says I will require some surgery for my cornea so infection won't set in or I might lose my eye. With the help of a rescuer in Indiana we were able to get Ziggy to Missouri this weekend where he can get the veterinary care he needs. As you can see in the pictures, his eye is in bad shape. The blue/grey area you see is actually the iris that should be brown in color. The round black area is a hole is his eye that the eye underneath is bulging through. We will see if the eyesight is restorable or not when he is seen by our veterinarian. He seems to see some shadow and movement at this time. At the very least we will have the injury repaired so he will hopefully not loose the entire eye. We have not seen him having any apparent trouble with his leg but will have the vet take a look at it to see if it needs any attention as well. Ziggy will also be neutered while the vet is treating his other injuries. Ziggy is up to date on shots and is located in Kansas City, MO We will update his site after he has been seen by the vet and we get a prognosis. June 4 Update Ziggy saw the vet today and unfortunately the news about his eye is not good. The vets examined him and his eye is not fixable. The injury has been let go too long and the eye is not stable, the slightest bump and the vets say the eye will rupture. We obviously do not want that to happen so poor Ziggy will have surgery on Wednesday to remove the eye. They will also neuter him while he is under sedation. Please keep Ziggy in your thoughts as he goes through this. We will update the site after the surgery has been completed. June 6 Update Ziggy had his surgery today and came through it well. The vet said the eye was very unstable and ruptured during the surgery so it was good that we were able to remove it before that happened in a unsterile environment. It would have been very painful and traumatic for poor Ziggy had that happened. The vets also x-rayed his leg and chest prior to the surgery to make sure he did not have any hidden injuries from being hit by a car prior to coming into rescue but did not find anything. He was neutered while he was under anesthesia. Barring any complications, he should be released from the vet on June 7. We will update again after he is back. Thanks to everyone who has donated to his care. We rely on the generosity of the Wheaten lovers out there in order to be able to help dogs like Ziggy who require expensive procedures to get them healthy and ready for forever homes. June 9 Update Ziggy is home and doing very well. He is in great spirits and running and jumping around even as we try to keep him quiet for a few days. It is obvious by how upbeat his personality has become that he was in a lot of pain from the injured eye. The eye is quite swollen right now, looks like he has a golfball there but it is getting better. His sutures are absorbable so they won't have to be removed but he will go back to the vet next week for a checkup. When the eye is completely healed and his fall has grown back in, you won't even be able to tell he is missing an eye. Thanks again to all the wonderful people whose donations have helped Ziggy June 14 Update Ziggy has done incredibly well. The swelling in his eye is totally gone as is all the discharge and the site is completely healed. He loves to have you rub that side of his face, now that it is not painful anymore you can see just how relieved he is to have the pain gone. As you can see in the new pics, his face looks great and when his fall grows back in you won't be able to tell the eye is missing. AUGUST 2007 - A FOREVER HOME Ziggy has been adopted by the St. Lawrence Family of Missouri CONGRATULATIONS! |
| Edith Davis |
| For Ziggy from Kristin, Shane, Callie and Gus in Richmond, VA. We hope you feel better soon. |
| In Memory of Dani Julia Sturgeon |
| Xizolu Sang |
| Thank you for rescuing Ziggy. I have a three-legged Wheatable, Daisy. My heart goes out to Ziggy. Debra Grisso |
| ALL HEALED! |
