In early September, setter Glen was rushed to the vet because he had
\na red and swollen penis. There it turned out that flies had laid eggs
\nand the maggots were now feeding on his meat (beware of flies
\npeople)!<\/p>\n
All maggots and
\naffected flesh were removed under anesthesia and the wound was
\nthoroughly cleaned. The next day he was able to return to the shelter
\nwith the necessary medicines.<\/p>\n
A week later he was
\nsuddenly not well, he just layed and did not want to eat. His gums
\nlooked pale. Back to the vet as
\nsoon as possible. The wound on the penis looked good, so it couldn’t
\nbe that. Blood tests and a quadruple test for Mediterranean diseases
\nwere performed. Except for a slightly lowered hematocrit, nothing
\nobvious emerged.<\/p>\n
Tanja took him home
\nso that he would be supervised and there he actually ate something. The next day
\n(Thursday) he started vomiting violently several times and stopped
\neating.<\/p>\n
Additional tests
\nwere done for blood levels of liver and kidneys. That too was all
\nnormal. To keep his fluids up, he went to Giannis on a drip in the
\nevening and was given medicine to keep his stomach calm. Nothing
\nhelped, he continued to vomit every now and then and Sunday morning
\nhe clearly started to be in pain. Giannis came to give him a
\npainkiller and in the afternoon Tanja drove him to vet Lovolina in
\nPotamia for an x-ray in the hope that something would become clear.
\nLovolina suspected something on or around the spleen (enlarged?
\ntumor?) but couldn’t determine what without ultrasound. Once home, Glen
\ncould only sleep with fatigue, but by midnight he began to moan and
\nscream in pain. Giannis came again with a stronger painkiller.<\/p>\n
On Monday, both vets
\nhad contact with vet Kiki Tsakou in Xanthi. Glen could be better
\nhelped in the more extensive clinic there. He was able to come that
\nsame day and J\u00fcrgen delivered him there late in the afternoon. After various
\nexaminations, he was operated on that same evening and it turned out
\nthat a piece of rope or yarn was wrapped around his intestines,
\ncausing them to be pinched. A piece was removed and he came out of
\nsurgery well. He has to stay for a few more days, but now he is
\neating normally again.<\/p>\n
It looks like things
\nare going to end well for Glen.<\/p>\n
In this hectic week,
\nmany people have committed themselves to Glen, to whom we would like
\nto thank:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Karem, who picked
\nhim up twice at the shelter and brought him to Giannis<\/p>\n
Giannis, who even
\ncame to give painkillers at midnight<\/p>\n
Lovolina, who made
\ntime for X-rays on Sunday afternoon<\/p>\n
Tanja, who took him
\nhome and brought him to Potamia twice<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen, who was
\nimmediately ready to take him to Xanthi without hesitation.<\/p>\n
The operation and
\nall additional costs will of course create a considerable hole in our
\nbudget, but there was no time to set up a fundraising first.<\/p>\n
We hope you can help
\nus with a small donation. If even half of our followers donated \u20ac 5
\neach, the costs would probably be covered.<\/p>\n
You can donate with
\nPayPal:<\/p>\n
act.thassos@gmail.com<\/p>\n
or to our bank
\naccount:<\/p>\n
Piraeus Bank Limenas
\n– Thassos<\/p>\n
GR06 0171 0620 0060
\n6213 6774 937 (BIC: PIRBGRAA).<\/p>\n
The ascription is:
\nDRASI GIA TA ZOA THASOU<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh73E6up7WeF3BhBDiEeo6rw8tL05f1pkx5g54dd8BwyweFJO3hoYvQfj_6rn4qYCeb37ZUSjAgd24L5ghcPufhXWUZL9ExLVD5YcsPLaklU7HGWHJSgVfpJKgzuclSLjKPcpDvd7xNldYNOtOy_1ovahC4YEUcMeY-QkKJzWos8juB-8mVh4qANheF_A\/s3264\/20220918_125249.jpg\") <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\nGlen before the operation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | |