At about 1pm today, Trevor and I arrived at the Bandar Puteri Vet Clinic where Wendy is boarding. We went straight up to see Wendy.
Wendy was sleeping and we had to nudge her to wake her up. She was twitching, quite badly too.
Trevor laid his hands on Wendy immediately. She continued laying down.
Since Wendy was lying in the position you see in the photo above, I could only massage her limbs from the side door.
Trevor said (as he had yesterday) that Wendy needs more visitors. She needs to feel a lot of love and care.
Wendy lifted her head and tried to shift her body.
I felt quite helpless looking at Wendy’s twitching and my heart went out to her, but I reminded myself that Wendy can feel what I feel, so I must keep my thoughts very positive and optimistic for her.
True enough, as though Trevor could read my mind, he said to me that compassion should always be given out of empathy and not out of pity.
Wendy was lying in a rather difficult position for Trevor to reach her chakra points, so we decided to carry Wendy out of the cage and place her on the floor.
Well, guess what happened? She immediately got up and scuttled back into the cage, with a lot of strength too, I might say! We were both quite “happy” to see this – that Wendy still had some measure of strength.
At one point I was laying my hands on Wendy’s head, under Trevor’s instructions. I don’t know any reiki, so I only did what I knew, and that was to radiate loving-kindness to Wendy. I guess Trevor must have sensed that because he said I was using my own energy to heal her and I would feel very tired after that (believe me, I WAS, I felt totally drained, but that was also after 4 hours of teaching calculus non-stop!). He said to focus on the chest, and let the cosmic energy flow through me instead and hence, my own energy would not be depleted. Er…I don’t know how to do this, Trevor. You’ll have to teach me, please.
After about half an hour, Trevor said I should feed Wendy, so I poured the food I had cooked into a feeding bowl and gave it to Wendy. As always, she needed some coaxing before eating, but when she ate, she really ate! She polished up the first helping. We cheered her on.
Then, I poured out another helping and she ate that up too, but left a little bit.
Trevor told me to observe that while Wendy was eating, she never twitched at all. He was right. So, Trevor hypothesized that perhaps Wendy was feeling a bit of self-pity, especially when she had no owner and no home to go back to. We mustn’t let her feel this self-pity, so we had to guide her to gain back her confidence.
After eating, Wendy could move around the cage, though she was still quite ataxic.
When Wendy began to move, Trevor said to let her move herself and not to help her too much. She has to gain back her self-confidence and we must let her get a sense of achievement that she can do things for herself again.
But Trevor emphasized again that Wendy must be feeling very alone living in the bathroom with hardly any human contact. She needs someone to care for her, someone to talk to her. This would help her heal much better. Trevor said he did a prayer for Wendy last night, wishing that she would be able to find a loving home.
I wish that for Wendy, too!
Trevor said Wendy still has that fighting spirit in her. But she definitely needs encouragement. He also said she has a good chance of healing, and asked if I felt that in Wendy. Well, I can’t “feel” anything, but I’m always optimistic.
But I know that if only we had a fosterer for her, she would get well faster. Someone did offer to foster Wendy, but we all discussed it, and decided that he probably wouldn’t be able to cope with Wendy and might even return Wendy to us after a few days. This is because we know he does not have much affiinity with dogs. I asked Trevor if I could let this person foster Wendy and Trevor also said no. Wendy needs a LOVING home, not just any home, he said. She needs someone to love and care for her, from the heart, not just physically.
So, we have to look for a dog-lover to take Wendy home, even if only temporarily. Later, after recovery, Trevor said Wendy could be rehomed on a farm (if we cannot find an adopter), because he felt that Wendy has the “pack mentality”.
We stopped the healing for awhile after Wendy’s meal, but she laid down and Trevor said she was asking for more healing.
More healing for Wendy.
Trevor said he would heal Wendy again tomorrow. I’ll be there to watch the master at work again.
I had to rush back to work at 2.15pm, and barely made it in time for a departmental meeting.
Back home later, I spoke to Dr Susanna to update her on what is happening with Wendy. According to Dr Susanna, based on the cases she had seen, when a distemper dog gets to the twitching stage, they would usually survive. That’s news to me, because as far as I know, many vets would highly recommend euthanasia WHEN a distemper dog gets to this stage! Dr Susanna said no. The twitching ones are the survivors. It means they have survived the nasal discharge and everything else, and if they have gone this far, it is very likely they would survive.
Well…I was so surprised to hear this, but I’m glad.
Dr Susanna also reminded me that it is important to give Wendy some fat in the chicken. Leave all the fat and the skin, please, she said. It’s very important that Wendy has some fat at this point, for her recovery. She needs the liver and heart as well (organ meats). Chicken neck is very good for her also, and I should leave all the fat intact.
I’ll buy those and cook for Wendy tomorrow.
Dr Susanna will try to slot in an acupuncture session for Wendy next week.
P.S. When I sent out the S.O.S for reiki and energy healers to help Wendy, a few friends responded by doing distance-healing, but Trevor was the only one who immediately offered to travel to Puchong and do hands-on on Wendy. I don’t even know Trevor personally, and have only met him once many years ago. There must be a karmic link between Trevor, Wendy and me. Life has a mysterious way of bringing people (humans and animals) together. Everything happens for a reason, but let that reason be one that is filled with kindness, compassion and the universal love for the wellbeing of all.
