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Ethan, the 2-year-old Cane Corso, who last January 2021 was dumped at the Kentucky Humane Society in [music] a
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state of severe starvation. Um he came to the uh Jefferson Animal Hospital [music] and was um could not stand. Uh
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he was extremely weak. Uh he was having seizures. He was neurologic and we did not [music] think he was going to live through the night. Uh the staff
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immediately started supportive care and became very very attached to Ethan. We all all of us really care about our
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patients but this one was special. This one had been abused to the point that he had such extreme protein loss and such
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extreme uh evidence of starvation that it was very questionable if he was going to survive. And our staff turned out to
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love him greatly. Uh some of the staff actually crawled in and slept in the cage with him. Um [music] and we treated him for his seizures. We
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treated him for his dehydration. We treated him for his malnutrition. uh he couldn’t stand and we would hold him up and try to do physical therapy on his
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limbs to try to get him strong enough to be able to stand and over time he eventually became stronger [music]
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little by little by little. It was still very touchy um that he was going to survive. Uh [music] the staff spent an
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enormous amount of time trying to work with him and thank you to Dr. Emily Buy, the director of the Kentucky Humane Society, for working with us um and
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helping us um maintain this high level of treatment and care that Ethan deserved. Over time, Ethan finally after
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we could stand him up and he would knuckle on all four and [music] then finally he could place his paws and then finally we were able to get him to eat a
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little bit without force feed syringe feeding him. Um, [music] and little by little he gained his his strength back and he wasn’t having any seizures
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anymore. He was still neurologic and he still had um sores all over his body.
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Um, but he finally was able to be released back to the Kentucky Humane Society who also has a extremely loving staff who took very good care of Ethan.
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And now Ethan has his forever home. Uh, and uh, he’s doing fantastic. uh he’s over most of his neurologic signs and
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it’s absolutely amazing for the degree of starvation, the degree of protein loss that this dog actually recovered
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and is now with us today thanks to the efforts of a whole lot of dedicated veterinary professionals. else.
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