Just had a long talk on the phone with my friend who has taken Courage home. Apparently Courage was a bit snappy while at the clinic. This could be due to several factors (we are just guessing):
1. Maybe she is a bit more confident now, so she dares to snap.
2. Maybe the injury was new yesterday and the real extent of the pain and injury had not set in, because yesterday, she was still very friendly and had not shown any signs of pain. She could even waddle around using her front legs.
Courage has a damaged spinal chord, so moving her around is a bit of a problem. Yesterday, we could carry her up and she did not complain at all, but this was not so today. She complained. She growled and snapped.
These next three days at my friend’s is actually to let Courage settle down and be comfortable in a safe, clean and friendly environment. She needs this to settle down.
We still do not know the exact extent of the damage. My friend’s other worry is organ rupture, if any. We are not sure at this point in time. Courage is also squealing a little right now. There must be some pain settling in. My friend has allowed her dog and cat to visit Courage to let her feel that she is not alone.
The unfoldings in the next few days would tell us more.
Tomorrow, Dr Susanna will visit Courage to assess her condition.
I have asked my vet to order the stem cells. We will also be looking into the possibility of homeopathic treatment. All these are natural supplements.
One day at a time.
Please pray for things to work out well for Courage.
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5 responses to “Further updates on Courage”
Prayers for this little one. My heart aches badly for the suffering she has endured in the hands of humans. I thank you and your friend from the bottom of my heart for the help you have given her. I am most thankful for the humanity that still exists despite how the world is today.
One day at a time one little life at a time…We do the best that we can….That is my motto too.
While in Thailand the people are trying to save hundreds if not thousands of dogs and cats, there we are in Malaysia, not far from the now famous KL, people are beating the heck out of an innocent dog.
Dr. KY, what I think perhaps the thing to do is, whatever you have written here the progress of Courage, print them out, and pin them up on supermarkets, or lamp-post around the are where she was so badly injured. Let us shame these people. Let them see what they have done to a living thing.
This is one of the major reasons why I have a problem to move back to Malaysia. I have been telling friends and families that each time I was in Malaysia, it broke my heart to see all those little lives being so badly treated. I especially could not comprehend when people spent so much money on buying materials for praying, and yet so little to actually ‘saving’ lives.
Yes, Cindy, dogs are badly treated in this country. I myself used to be a permanent resident of Australia but after I came back supposedly for a few years, I didn’t want to return to Australia. Why? Because I could see hope and I was of the type that like to challenge and change things for the better. I could see there were others who are not afraid to fight for the rights of dogs and other animals, and these people see this country as their home and not another country. Things are better in western countries as far as animal welfare is concerned but it only got to that stage when their own citizens fought and changed laws and community education so that their children grew up respecting the rights of animals. It is no different here, the community has to change the way government thinks and enact laws to better protect animals – pet animals and farm animals. It is basically up to us, the citizens to do it, just like in the western countries, their citizens did it. If we just sit around scratching our bums, then nothing changes, so why complain? So, Cindy, you can either come home to help change things for the better or you can stay where you are where the citizens of that country have already done the work for you. What thinking you Cindy?
Kttan,
I am helping in my own way. In my own way where I can be most effective. I am not just big mouthing and scratching my bum as you wrote. In actual fact I am sponsoring a shelter in Ipoh. I cannot be on the street, that does not mean that I am not helping. Even where I am right now, in a western country, I am doing my shares in providing some financial help to the local animal shelter and animal ambulance. I am also the owner of 10 strayed cats (since 1984 about 35 in total) and feeding a few outdoors.
There are different kinds of people in this world, some brave souls would go out and fend for others, while some would provide the finances to help those that go to the front. Can the brave souls do everything on their own? For example Soi Dog in Thailand?? I doubted. We each have a role to play in any society, any organization. The important thing is we DO NOT refused the role. We take ownership.
Whenever I am in Malaysia for a very short stay, I do what I can for the cats. I even give money for neighbours to have their cats spayed. That is what I do. I don’t have to be in Malaysia to help, I can help from far away. Furthermore personal obligations mean moving house is not an option.
The point is, helping is from the heart. If the heart is there, there are so much one can do without physical presence. I let you brave souls to be on the FRONT page. I prefer to be incognito and provide cash as much as I can afford. Isn’t that good enough?
Cindy
KtTan,
By the way, do not assumed animals in the western world would be safe from human cruelty. Human cruelty towards the weak and helpless, not just animals, know no boundaries.
I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but in the western country I am in, we now ‘have to have’ (I am emphasizing the HAVES) animal police to make sure ‘human beings’ are in leashes. So to speak.
Animal shelters in this western country depends on donations. And as we run into more and more financial crisis world-wide, that means less and less money is given out. And more and more government funding is cutting back. Not everything is well and dandy in the western world as most people assumed. But I am thankful their sense of fairless are much more pronounced, as far as animals are concerned. And they take human rights/animals rights a lot more seriously.
So you see, the work is never done. We, me and many others, still have to carry-on doing the job. And our work is not anywhere less important, or less difficult than those in Malaysia. Just that they are different.
Cindy