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Downey, CA
…Giving birth is an amazing experience for man and animal!
Unfortunately, when there are complications the results are often
tragic. One lucky 4-year old Chihuahua from Norwalk named "Susie"
was very pregnant and faced with a life threatening situation caused
by a very difficult birthing process last weekend. She gave birth to
one stillborn puppy but was unable to deliver the second pup, which
became stuck inside of her.
Susie's owner,
Martha Noriega and her daughter Elizabeth, brought Susie in to
SEAACA to have her humanely euthanized, after it was determined that
she was suffering and in a perilous health situation with the
deceased fetus stuck inside of her.
After signing
her over to the agency a concerned clerk asked SEAACA's
veterinarian, Brad Brunskill, DVM, if he'd give Susie a look before
she was put down. "When I saw her she was very tired but alert, so I
felt that she'd be a good candidate to spay which could possibly
save her life," said Brunskill. "Susie's family was extremely
distraught and that made an impassioned impression on the SEAACA
clerk who helped them."
Susie's family
went home thinking she had been relieved of her suffering, but had
no idea the manner in which her suffering was alleviated behind the
scenes at SEAACA. It was accomplished through the skilled and
compassionate hands of SEAACA's veterinarian.
When SEAACA
called the family the following morning to tell them the good news
about Susie, the family again sobbed … this time in happiness. They
came and picked her up the following morning and hugged the staff,
sharing more tears of joy!
"Miracles do
happen, but more often than not our staff is be behind the great
stories involving our animal friends here at SEAACA," said Dan
Morrison, executive director for SEAACA. "We were thrilled to see
this family get their little girl back safe and sound." |
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