- I got a text from Macy's vet
and a voicemail, I think something's wrong.
- [Vet] X-rays, kind of screening X-rays today.
Those are concerning to me.
Those look like potentially she could have a foreign body
or something in her stomach
and she's got a lot of gas dilation
through all of her intestines,
so she's not the greatest anesthesia candidate,
but my recommendation would be to go in and explore
and make sure that what we're seeing
on the X-rays is not a foreign body.
- So she has an obstruction
and might need immediate surgery.
This really, this is bad.
Okay, I'm gonna call her back.
Macy's the dog that came into this shelter just starving
and not just for food, also for love.
(Macy whimpering)
I know, I know.
Okay, okay, it's okay.
I bonded with her right away like so many of you did.
Because watching her chomping for her food
because she was so hungry.
She's taking these treats
like she hasn't ever eaten anything.
Almost not knowing what a dog food bowl was,
she would only eat for me out of my hand.
It was just heart wrenching.
I'm glad we got to go through health check with her.
They immediately listed her
as only available to rescue groups
because she was in just such bad condition.
Just feeding them a bunch of food
can be a really dangerous path.
You have to be very careful, take it slow,
and I wanted to take her,
but my farm is not suited for that right now.
Good news, we got permission to break Macy out of there.
Chief said that we could take Macy
and I am basically at this point adopting her.
I am her first adopter.
Hi sweetie!
(dog barking)
You're adopted, I'm taking you home, baby.
Yay! You're a part of the family now.
You're adopted. You're gonna be okay.
When I went in there and saw her, it's like she knew
and I told her the good news, and I'm so happy
that I get to actually follow through with this
and the plan worked and everyone's behind it.
And so we grabbed her, we took her outta there.
I always worry in the situation with a dog
who likely hasn't been on many car rides,
if they're gonna panic or how they're gonna do in the car.
Now, she didn't just jump up into the car
because she didn't know what that is, right?
She doesn't know to jump up into the car,
so I just kind of scooped her up, put her in there.
She was really good about it.
And on the trip she was so good.
She cried a little bit, there were a couple cries,
but more than anything, she was just interested.
She was looking out the window, taking it all in.
She probably hasn't ever had anything like this
where it's just a calm, relaxing car ride,
and so even though she's probably anywhere
from five to seven years old,
she's never experienced anything like this.
Most likely not.
So it's fun to be on this journey with her.
As we're driving, I'm getting a little emotional
because this is kind of the first step
in her journey of her new life.
It's the very first chapter
of what will now be her fairytale story.
I wanna explain this to her, I wish she understood,
but it's kinda like she does understand.
Like she knows, because she's given me her trust
and so she trusts me.
She knows that the next step,
whatever it's gonna be, it's gonna be good.
Okay, so this facility that we're going to,
I have never been there before, so we're gonna go in
and check it out, make sure it's good.
because I said I wanna board her in a vet=assisted facility
so that she can have regular checkups.
because I've seen emaciated dogs have situations
where it goes south very quickly.
You think they're fine, there's something internal
really wrong, or all the food that they take in,
they take it in too fast. bloating happens.
Who knows, right?
It could be all kinds of different issues.
and I don't want that to happen to Macy.
I wanna give her the best shot, the best chance,
and I don't wanna get her adopted out
with all these unknowns, like does she have
a problem like cancer or does she have
an overactive thyroid, 'cause it could be she was starved
and she has these issues, not either/or.
Remember at the beginning of the video
where I got a call from the vet?
Well that was the next day after I left.
Then we'll just, we'll cross our fingers then and wait.
Okay, thank you so much.
They're gonna walk her,
they're going to do x-rays one more time
and then she's gonna call us back
and give her recommendation,
which could include rushing her into surgery.
So fingers crossed that she's okay.
Macy's vet called me back a couple hours later
with a big update. but first let me show you
the facility that Macy's staying at.
Okay, so we get in there.
First thing we do, we take Macy and we weigh her.
Get this, this is how much she weighs.
What'd she come in at? - 42 pounds.
- Oh, she's already put on some.
- Yeah.
- she's already gained weight, which is good.
This is a good thing. She's already on the right path.
It means that it's likely not only a medical issue,
because she is gaining that weight,
she does have the capacity to gain that weight,
so that's good, that makes me feel a lot better.
So we take her in, we meet the new team
and they're fantastic.
They get right to work checking her out,
recommending what they think the process
should be that we take her through.
And I completely agree,
I think all those things they recommended are fantastic
and it's gonna be expensive,
and so everyone who's become a member, thank you.
That helps pay for all of this.
If you wanna become a member or send a super thanks
or anything like that, this is gonna cost
a fair amount of money, thousands and thousands of dollars,
but she's so worth it and because of all of you,
it's making this possible.
We're able to do this.
We're able to come together and help a dog
that's been in a very bad situation.
And I just have to say
from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
If you are a member, thank you, thank you, thank you.
If you wanna become a member, that would be awesome.
And if you can't, just watching this and supporting this
and sharing this, it means the world to me
because it makes all of this possible.
And so she'll go in to have her spay surgery
in about a week, they wanna make sure she's balanced,
get all her levels, and when they do that,
we'll get her microchip injected.
They'll kind of do everything while she's under
the anesthesia that they can at that moment.
We got a tour of the facility, and it is amazing.
When this place was built, I don't know who built it,
but they really put some money into laying this out right.
Not everyone has such an amazing facility like this,
and can I just tell you I feel really comfortable
because of all the animal statues around here?
It's like you can tell a real animal lover built this place.
So then we got to tour the rooms,
and we were coming in all the rooms
and I found this one that I thought was just perfect.
It's a room I would stay in. It's so nice.
It's got a window to the outside of the play yard
so she can see the other dogs, start making new friends,
And so I asked if that could be the room
that she stayed in.
Okay, I'll pay for that one, if it's open.
- Sure. I'll have you talk with Miranda.
- Okay.
They told me a little bit later
that because of the holiday time, they had it booked up.
That room actually had been scheduled. So, ah man.
But at the last second they gave me really good news
and they said they were able to rearrange things
and work it out.
Macy is going to get to spend this time
at the resort in the sunshine room.
So soft, she's got her toys,
her big old bowl of water.
This is great.
Let's talk about something before I say bye to her,
and I almost started crying.
What's the plan?
Well, I want her here for a month
because I want her to have plenty of time to fill out,
to get healthy, to go through that procedure
in the next week or two, of getting spay and neutered,
teeth pulled.
I wanna make sure she's balanced,
so the family that does adopt her,
we're sending a dog to them
that has a high chance of success
because we know she's healthy, happy,
full, on the right track.
And so that's kind of the promise
that I'm trying to fulfill to her,
the promise that all of you get to be a part of,
especially if you're a member
and you've been on this journey,
is we're gonna make her whole
before she goes to her next family.
So I am going to add the link that you can go to
if you want to fill out an adoption application.
Be patient, it is quite literally myself and Alexis
and maybe Kelly, a couple team members,
all of us trying to go through applications
and if we aren't able to get back to you,
I'm sorry, I still appreciate you,
but fill out that application
because she is going to be available for adoption
and we will start going through all of that
and share this if you know anybody
that might wanna adopt a dog,
because we've gotta spread the word about her.
I had to say goodbye to her and it's hard,
Because I adopted her technically
and I wanted to scoop her up and hold her and keep her
and save her, but this is the place
that she needs right now.
This is the medical care that she needs,
and I think it's the right decision
so I said bye to her. It was bittersweet.
All right, you're in good hands from here.
I'll be back very soon.
Don't you worry.
You need anything,
you just shoot me a text message. (laughing)
- [Vet] And you can call any time, any day.
We'll give you an update on how she's doing.
Come by anytime.
- All right. It's gonna be okay.
(Macy whimpering) You're okay. Yeah.
- [Vet] We'll get a workup done.
As soon as all the results come in,
we'll let you know.
- Okay, okay. All right.
Okay, baby. See you soon.
Okay. - Good girl.
- Okay, but remember, we got a call from the vet.
They were doing a second checkup.
So what ended up happening to Macy?
Well let me share with you the call that I got
that night from Macy's vet
- [Vet] Her X-rays looked a little suspicious earlier,
so that was part of my panic email,
my panic voicemail because she had just
a lot of gas all throughout
all her intestines and her stomach.
I think we were seeing a little bit,
I can't hundred percent say it's still not there,
but some of her kibble or the dehydrated food
in her stomach, and I was like, is that what that is,
or could she have a piece of cloth or something in there?
So we took her for a long walk, she did a bowel movement
and then we rechecked the X-rays and they looked better,
although she still has a lot of gas in her stomach.
So I ran to the drugstore
and I just picked her up some Gas-X.
So we're gonna try that for a few days.
- Oh sure, okay. So it might just be gas?
- [Vet] I think so. I was a little worried for a second.
I was like, if these readouts don't change,
we're gonna need to take this dog for an explore,
which was not my ideal with her condition,
but I was like, she might have a foreign body in there.
- And you know what? It could be because
the shelter's just working with what they have
and they switch foods and it's like anything from, you know.
- [Vet] Yeah, they did say they she's a little bit,
I mean obviously, she eats really fast and ravenous
so I think she swallows a lot of air when she does that.
- Oh. Makes sense.
- [Vet] Obviously we just switched her from
whatever they were feeding at the shelter to her new food
so that is always a change to their system.
And so they're feeding her now
with what we call a slow feeder.
So that should hopefully help, and the Gas-X.
So I think we're not at the point where I'm feeling like
it's a foreign body or obstruction.
- All right, well I appreciate it
and yeah, I'll probably be in early next week
to come see her. - okay, sounds good.
- Yeah. Thank you so much.
We are gonna come back and check up on her,
so make sure you're following.
I'll do Insta stories and keep you guys updated.
We're gonna, I wanna go shopping for her
and get her some fun stuff.
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