Hello to all our amazing followers and supporters! We just wanted to give you all an update on Francesca.
She is beginning to slowly come out of her shell, and is one of the sweetest most beautiful girls inside and out. We find it very hard to understand why someone would not want her and just toss her away like yesterday’s newspaper.
For those not familiar with Francesca’s story, she was rescued from Baltimore City Animal Control after almost losing her life simply because she was in horrible condition and the shelter was out of space.
Francesca is about 15 1/2 years old and was originally found as a stray. The shelter checked for a microchip upon intake and as it turned out, she was chipped. When her family was contacted, they sadly said they did not want her back.
As mentioned previously, Francesca presents with many medical issues, and our goal here at Paws Give Me Purpose Inc. for her is to help Francesca live the best most comfortable life in her final years. Our promise to Francesca as is to all the beautiful souls we bring in to Sanctuary is to provide a safe and loving environment for the rest of their lives.
She has extremely severe osteoarthritis all over her body as well as degenerative joint disease – these issues are what is causing her inability to walk properly. Nothing is broken or fractured, but she has most definitely been in pain. She also has severe grade 4 dental disease, skin infection, is mostly blind due to severe nuclear sclerosis, a swollen lymph node, a stye and infection in one eye as well.
Our Veterinarian has stated that Francesca’s blood work results revealed nothing seriously concerning, however she is in a fragile state, meaning she is not a candidate for a dental or a spay surgery.
We have completed her first round of antibiotics and will do short spurts of courses of antibiotics periodically to help her maintain the best mouth and skin possible. She’s doing really well on the anti inflammatory meds and is much more mobile, her back legs are not giving out as much and she is limping much less. She has even done some brief running across the yard!
Her conjunctivitis is all cleared up so we are discontinuing the eye drops and unless the stye gets larger or becomes bothersome we will not put her through the surgery to remove it as it is also too risky for a pup her age.
Francesca takes her medication and supplements like a champ, loves the food and treats we make here for all the pups and is loved and spoiled every minute of the day. We constantly tell her that everything will be ok, and perhaps for the first time in her life she is feeling safe and loved; her body, soul and heart are healing.
This is what we do here at Paws Give Me Purpose.
If anyone is interested in sponsoring Francesca’s lifetime care in Sanctuary, please reach out to us directly.
