Breed:
Pit Bull Sex: Female Age: 12-24 Mths Weight: 45-50 lbs House trained: Yes Good with kids: Yes Good with dogs: Yes Good with cats: N/A Intake Date: 1/12/2008
Mid-America
Bully Breed Rescue
P.O. Box 410233
Kansas City, MO
64141-0233
MABBR is licensed in both Kansas and Missouri
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Adoption
Restrictions
All dogs are spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations, and on heartworm prevention
prior to adoption. Adoption fee is $150.00 minimum. Adoption
Application, homecheck, references and contract required.
Update
June 2008
It has been about 3 weeks since Jinx's surgery, and she is
doing very well! She is beginning to put more
and more weight on her leg, but she sometimes still favors it and
holds it up if she's had too much that
day.
She is no longer on pain management, but I do slip her a pain med
if it's bothering her every once
in a while. Last week I saw her do a full blown "zoomie"
around the back yard, which I have never seen her do. It literally
brought me tears of joy! I
cant believe how happy she is. She has always been fantastic dog,
but now she is just so happy all the
time. She wants to play almost every second of the day---unless
she wants to cuddle up next to you on the
couch.
She enjoys her daily walks, although we aren't taking too long
of walks yet. Her muscles on that leg had really atrophied, and
it will take a while to
slowly rebuild her stamina. The doctor has seen her again and thinks
her healing process is going very well. She wont ever be a top notch
athlete, and there is some risk of arthritis, as her hip was broken
in several places with a lot of scar tissue. She is receiving daily
glucosamine, and we are about to try a new supplement to help rebuild
the cartilage and viscous fluid in her joint.
We send out a very special thanks to all of you who contributed
to her surgery fund. Jinx is a very special dog who just exudes
happiness and love. She knows no stranger, loves all dogs, even
likes cats, and loves, loves, loves children. I have been very
blessed to have had her in my life.
She really brings a genuine joy and happiness to my life!
Thanks again, Nicole and Jinx :)
Precious Jinx is also in pain. Jinx has seen a specialist and it
appears that she was hit by a car or had another jarring accident
prior to rescue. She now requires surgery to repair her hip and
leg. She has been such a trouper but now shows signs of being in
pain and on bad days can't use her leg. We really want to see her
well soon.
Tommy and Jinx Surgery
Fund
We did it! Thank you!!
Raised
$2630.00
as of 5/15/08
Special
thank you to: Lisa Carestia, Jessica DuPrey, Dale Ivie, Sheryl
Balentine, Colleen Malatest , Jennifer Bills, Jason Tabron, Liliana Isella,
Dana Carroll, Amy Starcevic, Jamie MacDonald, Kristina Ware, Kristyn Rooks,
Corey Bacon, Joyce Santis, Zach Hill, Pamela Taggart, Nicole Bulger, Linda
Michel, Frank Moreno, Donna Coffey, Julia Krampe, Nicholai Finizio, David
Fruits, Jessi Humphries, Rachel Flener, Sarah Estlund, Tim Estlund, Jennifer
Lopez, Kara Manning, Breanna Clary, Liliana Isella, Christopher Sage,
Jill Shaffer
Update 5/2/08: Jinx had surgery yesterday
From Jinx's foster mom: She had her surgery
yesterday morning and is doing very well. She stayed the night in the
hospital, and I picked her up today at 5:00 pm when I got off work. She
was very happy to see me, very alert on the ride home, went straight for
her bed and passed out. She has a pain patch in her back that is delivering a constant pain killer. They found a fragment the size
of a quarter, they didnt have to cut it out, it was free-floating in there.
She has an incision about 6 inches long on her right back leg. She is supposed
to be mobile in a couple of weeks, but the doctor says the scar tissue
in her socket was pretty intense and she may never have full function
of her leg. By removing the fragments, she will be in much less pain,
and certainly have much better use of her leg. Thanks you to everyone
who has donated towards her care and kept her in your thoughts. She is
one of the best dogs I have ever met, and I have known many!
Update 4/28/08
Tommy is doing well. We are still
waiting on further testing results but he is recouping from surgery quite
well. Unfortunately our surgery bill for him came in $600 over the estimate,
so our goal now has been raised.
Jinx has been scheduled for her
surgery on April 30th.
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped us
be able to get these amazing dogs the medical attention they so need.
We are extremely grateful and very touched by your generous donations
and how quickly everyone came forward to help. Thank you!!
Update 4/24/08: Tommy had surgery
today
Thanks to the help of so many faithful MABBR donors,
Tommy had his surgery this morning. The specialist was able to find the
abscess core and to clean it out thoroughly. A drain was inserted to help
with healing. They did a search of the connective tissue but could not
find any foreign body, so we still don't have answers to what caused the
abscess to occur. Samples were taken to be sent off to do further testing.
Tommy will remain on antibiotics, and with the drain, it should allow
any residual infection to come out rather than get sealed back up. The
surgery did reveal that the surrounding tissue appeared normal and there
were no other signs of problems beyond the abscess. So we are very hopeful
that this is good news and Tommy will be back to his old self very soon.
We will update as soon as the other test results come back.
About Jinx:
Video:
Jinx was confiscatd in a town with a breed ban. She came to us
with her companion Jett, who has already found his forever home.
Jinx is one of the cutest little gals we've seen in a long time.
She is truly adorable and has a personality to match. She is eager
to please and loves everyone she meets.
Unfortunately, Jinx has been diagnosed with a severe leg problem which will require an expensive surgery. While vets anticipate a full recovery, surgery will be lengthy. More details on her diagnosis coming soon.
If you would like to help with Jinx's surgery, please donate here!
