At a care home in the suburb,
C'mon~ Irwol, come over here~
This one was named 'Irwol', January in Korean, as he was met in January
Looks like he's just an ordinary dog, full of charms..
One day, I was going to work and found him abandoned on the porch
So I just didn't care that much, just thought someone forgot to take him I wondered, but no one's coming to find him anywhere..
At 9 am, around the time when the staffs were arriving at work,
The staffs have found him sitting in the corner of the front door
Thought his guardian was on the upper floor
(CCTV footage then)
A day before the staffs found him, around 7 in the evening
See the door opened slightly, it opened only a bit and the dog walks in there
Faintly a silhouette of a person can be seen
Soon enough, the door opens and something comes inside the door, then the person vanishes in no time..
Irwol who was left alone for ten hours since that evening, stayed up all night
And was found drained
Thanks to the care he got from the care home staffs, he was able to regain his vigor
Yet, his leg seems just a bit uncomfortable..
Here, this side, it looks swollen here
He feels distressed when I touch his leg like this
Sorry sorry sorry Alright, I won't do it again
Severely swollen hind leg
Those wounds were there even from the day when he was found
Is that the reason why he was thrown away..?
We've visited an animal clinic nearby, however
There's no (registered) chip sensed
There weren't any signs of the owner found on him
And the X-ray result says..
The shinbone and calf bone, both sides of them are fractured
His badly fractured hind legs..
These fractures weren't likely to be done by an artificial impact exerted by people
Rather been done by either a car or a motorbike
Seeing from the condition of the fractures, the fractures are most likely been done a fortnight ago
It was a fortnight ago when Irwol was found as well.
I'm sure the owner abandoned him
As he's hurt, they might have thought his injury would cost a fortune
and come up with a conclusion that we'd take good care of him if they leave him here, I think
The care home people who have been embracing Irwol as part of their family, who was left all alone in the first place
And Irowl who's slowly gaining power in him
Seems he's coming to his senses, finishes the bowl without leaving bits lately
At first, he didn't even have food, stared at people instead Didn't even flinched or moved..
Irwol's fond of people's care and touch
However..
With power like that, the door's light enough for him to push open
He never intends to walk out the door with his own will
Although he's very curious and fond of people by nature, he doesn't leave outside the care home..
And when he's left all alone
Irwol drags his unwell legs, by the front door
and stares at it the entire day, blankly
He stares outside as if he's seeing something, or waiting for something
Perhaps he's been waiting for his owner, who's left without any explanation..
Still, there's something odd in which we caught in our sight
The care home's quite distanced from the surrounding towns, in which no one happens to drop in by chance..
Wouldn't there be anyone who knows about Irwol?
I don't really know..
We live by the road, so we could have spotted such an accident if there was one.. but we didn't see any
We must know all households who keep the dogs, but there aren't any, as it's mostly old grandmas living in this neighborhood
We could hardly find people not only who know Irwol's existence, but also those who keep the white dogs
Furthermore,
This(road) is for the visitors, but there are some who use that farm road, but there aren't many, hardly one or two cars a day
The roads nearby turns out, they are hardly used by the outsiders
The only evidence that leads to Irwol's owner is CCTV footage.
If the owner walks away, the dog would definitely follow despite that they're in such agony or pain,
If it was the owner who ditched him, he'd have scratched the door (to follow)
or would walk about the passage to find a way out
Yet, Irwol shows none of such signs, in which the person who left him there might not be the owner
If it was the owner who abandoned him,
a dog wouldn't react as numb as Irwol in the CCTV
Yet..
Irwol who favors people suddenly barks at a man who just walked into the care home
I guess he's extremely scared of the black-colored clothing
Even when Irwol's favorite staff approaches him in a black jacket...
Irwol lifts up his guards unlike the other days and looks scared
There are current cases that animals can suffer from PTSD, simply put, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,
he suffered a massive pain and if he'd seen a person in black outfit as a first thing after the pain,
That'd provoke fear in him, towards the people in black clothes.
As looked closely at the CCTV, the man who abandoned Irwol, turns out to be wearing a black jacket
If the dog was found first at the care home,
he should have walked into the care home, informed the care home staffs, and most likely to say, "there's an injured dog out there, does he belong to this place?"
But instead of doing that, if he left the dog there quietly, this most certainly means that he's the one who hurt the dog
Around 7 in the evening, the time when Irwol was deserted
Quite a number of speedy cars passing by the road..
Perhaps, that day, Irwol who was wandering about this road had got into a car accident, and
the panicked driver could have found the care home, all the lights on,
and therefore, he might have left wounded Irwol there..
The man who's forsaken the responsibility he should have taken from the accident he caused.
And..
Irwol, who had to be abandoned at a strange place, after the hit-and-run, bearing all the pain
The care home family, taking good care of him with love and devotion
He's especially on my mind as he's injured So I leave all the lights turned on, just in case he'd stay in the dark
Thanks to the lady's kindness, Irwol's wounds are getting healed up day by day
On the next day, busy-looking care home staff..
Irwol has surgery in Seoul today, I hope everything goes well
As Irwol's recovered his spirit, he can now expect to have surgery
As you can see here, it's almost fractured as if the bones were ground by the blender
It's called Comminuted fraction, he's currently in such condition
He's not really in a good condition, the surgery might be tougher
For the fact that he didn't even whimper even though he must have been in such pain, staying delightful..
Feels sorry for him, for making him bear the pain, and not noticing it..
Gosh, that breaks my heart..
Out of all fracture surgeries, an operation for comminute fractions is known to be the most complex and complicated..
Irwol has finally been moved to the recovery after the 4-hours long operation..
As he's woken up from the anesthesia, he begins to