Bengal Eye Surgery

Bengal came through her eye surgery with flying colors and is doing well.

In addition, we are happy to report that the entire cost of the surgery has now been covered thanks to Bengals wonderful supporter!

Bengal is being fostered by Tails of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue.

Tails of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue, Inc.
www.SibeRescue.com

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Bengal is our first and only life-time Tails of the Tundra dog. This is her story:

Bengal is a medically fragile Siberian who was taken from a neglectful owner in an urban area where she was left outside 24/7. When the shelter took her she weighed 38 pounds and at that time was at least 15 pounds under weight. Bengal was a life-less skeleton of a dog and due to overcrowding and her medical needs she was scheduled to be euthanized. After seeing her picture Bengal's foster mom knew that she had to save her and thought it would be easy to put weight on her and get her socialized but that was unfortunately not the case' Bengal's Foster mom writes:
"Bengal was one of the saddest dogs that I have ever seen. When I saw her picture I couldn't help but fall in love with her. I thought that a little extra food and some love I would change her around in a matter of weeks but I didn't realize that Bengal had an underlying medical condition that had made her severely anorexic. When she first came to TOTTSHR we evaluated her at the vet's and discovered that at her young age she had untreated Lyme disease which caused her to go into kidney failure. Due to her kidney dysfunction she was anorexic and slowly dying as she was getting no nutrients from the little food that she ate. Bengal had to be admitted to the hospital for 4 days in order to get her well enough to come back to her foster home. At that time, there was a chance that her kidneys were too far gone and that she was not going to be able to survive. Thankfully she got a little better in the vet hospital and I was allowed to take her home. It was scary but we monitored her closely. Although she was weak and afraid of everything in the house (I suspect that she had never been in a house before) she loved being around people and spent most of her time curled up next to me looking to be pet and comforted. Slowly she began to eat, even though at times I had to hand feed her, and she started putting on weight and gaining strength. She fought really hard to stay with us and be loved for the first time in her life. It makes her really special and although if I think about the way she was just a few weeks ago I could start crying, I look at her now and see a true fighter and I have to smile. Bengal is doing much better. She has gained weight and is stronger but she is still being monitored closely by the vet to make sure that her kidneys are working. She is on a special diet and an inexpensive daily medication that helps her kidneys function. "

After working closely with the vet, and working through quite a few scares - Bengal is currently stable. However, due to her extensive medical issues and nutritional needs, TOTTSHR has decided along with her foster family that it is best to keep here where she is for whatever time she has left.

Donations are welcome to help support Bengals ongoing medical care. She is on a special diet and has recently been suffering with some eye issues. We are currently seeking funds to help with Bengal's comfort.

Bengal’s optho wants to do surgery on the masses on her eyes. The masses rub against her corneas and she has had persistent issues with this and now the masses are continuing to make contact with her eyes and causing some damage. The vet feels as though she is as healthy as she can be and can handle the surgery providing that it is day surgery and fluids are given during the procedure. The optho agrees. I rechecked her low albumin and creatine to be sure before we proceeded to get approval her last bloods showed a minor issue but she is now back to normal. The surgery is going to be up to 1884.00 with rescues discount.

She takes at least 3 different drops (2 are twice a day the other is once) and another drop 2 times a week which is a steroid. The drops have not slowed her masses from growing and at this point is not providing her with the same amount of comfort as the masses are large enough to irritate her eyes even with the drops. The doctor will remove all of the masses by creating a divot in her eye lid so that they mass will not grow back instead of just clipping the mass. It is the only way to ensure that the masses will not regrow.