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Lucy the Amstaff’s road to recovery

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Lucy the Amstaff’s road to recovery

As the road to recovery comes to the end. Let’s find this gorgeous girl her new forever home! Go Lucy

15/09/2023

Checkup with the Dermatologist today! All is going really well. Another 6 months of vaccine ordered.

14/08/2023

Just booked the revisit with the Dermatologist for the 15 September!! Hoping for a good result.

Lucy being her cheeky self!!

05/08/2023

Lucy is now on the lookout for her special snuggly buddy human(s)! Someone that can continue to give her the loving that she has received in foster care. She is desexed, house and crate trained. Loves to be with you as much as possible, but also enjoys naps in the sun (just not too much). Enjoys the company of other dogs, untested on cats. Walks extremely well on lead. Is fed a raw diet, which will need to be continued.

If you think you have what it takes, please reach out.

**ongoing medical treatment will be required**

05/08/2023

Almost at the 6 month mark for Lucy’s desensitisation. She is doing so so well. Just look how happy and clear she is looking. Happy girl!!

09/07/2023

Feeling good, only a little pink on my paws from running around on wet grass! But loving life 💙

Thanks to everyone that has helped so far, in person, in prayers, financially. I am so thankfully for your help

02/06/2023

Update!! We are up to a full dose of desensitisation vaccine, yah! So now the injections reduce to once every 3 weeks. With a revisit to the dermatologist in another couple of months.

25/05/2023

I’m 3 today and had the best day! Snuggled on the couch all day, followed by a yummy dinner then a surprise birthday present!!

17/05/2023

2 months into the desensitisation vaccine and look how good she is looking. Such a smoocher too!!

06/05/2023

Just having a game with my new little bestie.

25/04/2023

Look how good I’m looking!! Very little redness, or open wounds. I’m still itchy but doing so so much better. Thanks everyone for helping me get to here, I’m starting to feel so much better

P.S. photo in comment from when she can into our care

23/04/2023

Lucy Goosey update:
Lucy is going extremely well. We have finally on the road to full recovery. We have the infection under control and her desensitisation vaccine is going great guns.
Lucy has certainly improved so much so her playful, fun and happy side is showing and getting more playful each and every day.

Thanks to everyone for you help, whilst the road is still a long one her improvement means we are doing the right thing

06/04/2023

And first injection done under the watchful eye of Pacific Vetcare

06/04/2023

And the desensitisation process begins. Wish us luck over the next 6 months. And thanks to the team Queensland Veterinary Specialists, Dermatology for Animals and Pacific Vetcare.

And a big thank you to those donators who have made this possible 🙏🙏🙏🙏

01/04/2023

Whoo whoo! we have received news that Lucy’s vaccination has been made and will be couriered to our local vet early next week! They they will provide guidance on how to administer the vaccination.

Lucy with her Dobby pose

28/03/2023

Wow, wow, just wow! I am beyond grateful to the anonymous donator(s) who has graciously donated more than enough funds to cover the first 6 months of Lucy Goosey’s vaccination to desensitiser her to her allergens. We wish we could thank you personally, so please DM the admin if you wish to be known (even to us privately).

🙏🐶💙

So we will now ordered the vaccination and hopefully soon we will see Lucy finally be free her allergies.

21/03/2023

Well the tests are in and pretty much our Miss Lucy Goosey is allergic to the grass in the yard, dust, ants and moths.

So what does this mean for Lucy? It means that in order to recover she needs to undergo desensitisation to these allergies.

The treatment is a vaccine made especially formulated for Lucy’s allergens. This may be ongoing and the initial phase is for 6 months. But we won’t know until phase one is completed.

Photos of her undergoing the treatment by Queensland Veterinary Specialists, and wanted to thank them for their expertise during the procedure. (photos supplied by QVS)

The first 4 images are the reports the 3 following are of Lucy during treatment. Please view with caution as it may be upsetting. And please no harsh comments we are doing everything we can to get this lovable girl the treatment that she needs.

21/03/2023

Well we have arrived at Vet Specialists for Lucy’s dermatologist appointment. Wishing her all the luck in the world to get some resolution to her itching and endless cycle of infection.
Will report back following testing

14/03/2023

Surgery went well, at home recovering with the cone of ultimate kneecapping. She has quite a few stitches that go right through her ear to hold the skin in place to prevent fluid buildup. Now we prepare for the dermatologist next week!! Here’s hoping that we can get some clear understand /direction.

13/03/2023

Update, surgery has gone well. She is now at home recovering in the cone of ultimate kneecapping. When I went to collect her, she howled when she heard my voice. 💙💙

12/03/2023

Let’s wish this little princess all the luck for her hematoma surgery tomorrow. Hopefully she will feel much better following the surgery. 💙

09/03/2023

Hi All, just wanted to update you on Lucy.

She has now got an aural hemotoma (burst blood vessel in her ear flap) which is causing her a lot of grief. This is a side effect of the allergies. The only way to fix it is surgery. She is book in to see a dermatologist on the 21st March. But the surgery needs to happen sooner rather than later.
The surgery for the hematoma is approximately $900, and the cost to see the dermatologist is $1000.

I struggle to ask for help, but this is not for me so I have to put my ego aside and do what’s best for Lucy. So I’m putting this post up if you could please assist her in her road to recovery we would be eternally grateful.

The cone of shame is to try to prevent it from getting bigger but it’s not working.

Donations can be made via her Go Fund me page https://gofund.me/c9f7fa97

Note, my other puppa has been diagnosed with an brain tumor too so it’s a real struggle

💙 Lucy and co

01/03/2023

Well that’s disappointing. Arrived at the vet this morning to attend our Dermatologist appointment with only to be told by the staff that they had received notification that the attendance was cancelled. So Lucy’s appointment had been cancelled. No notification was received from Dermatologist at all. No phone call, no email, no text nothing. The staff at Vetcare made several calls and all were unanswered.

To say I’m a little peeved is an understatement.

Where to from here~ looks like a referral needs to start again, but this time will be looking at having to travel to either Brisbane or Sydney (both 4 hours travel) to get Lucy the care she needs. And more than likely another 2-3 months to wait….

Name of the clinic has been removed due to threats of legal action.

23/02/2023

Happy Girl

16/02/2023

Two weeks until the dermatologist appointment for Lucy. Hopefully we will get some answers to her allergies.

Photo of Lucy and her sister snuggling up n the lounge whilst I sit on the floor…

13/02/2023

Love when we get to unpack our Fat Boy Treats! So much variety for your pups with allergies. Make sure you head on over and support this wonderful small business that is doing amazing things for our pups.

09/02/2023

What are you talking about? I don’t need to go inside, I like sunbaking therefore I’m going to sunbake.

11/01/2023

Hi All, just wanted to provide an update on Lucy, in December we just went for a quick check up. As noted on the previous post her weight is now in the healthy weight range. She is still suffering from flare ups of her skin and we have been referred to a dermatologist. Thankfully the vet clinic we attend have a dermatologist that visits. She is booked in for 2nd March at 9:30am. This will be to undertake skin scraps and cytology. There is a huge potential that she will require so immunotherapy. This will be a monthly cost for approximately 12 months to desensitise her to those things that heighten her reactions. We would greatly appreciate any support to get us through this as last year was a bit tough having her sister go through 2 TTO surgeries and looking like one may need to be reasssessed.

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Loving her walks, exploring new places

I’m 3 today and had the best day! Snuggled on the couch all day, followed by a yummy dinner then a surprise birthday present!!

Out for an afternoon walk!! Thankfully no pythons out today

Just having a game with my new little bestie.

And first injection done under the watchful eye of Pacific Vetcare

Just a little water play, after learning off my sis.

Sisterly love ❤️ every time following dinner

Sibling rivalry 💙💙

Belly and feet are looking so so much better! And she seems so relaxed and happy. She is such a snuggle bug too and loves playing tug-o-war with her sister

2 weeks down, and her ears are almost healed, her skin not so inflamed, her itch no so severe, , her weight increasing and her coat getting some lust back into it.

Just a little tug of war with my sis. Nothing to see here!! https://gofund.me/c9f7fa97

Introductions to the rest of the kids a success, I think!!! The smiles, the tail wags, the sheer happiness on her face, priceless To donate to her continual rehabilitation please visit https://gofund.me/c9f7fa97

Lucy & Moo ~ i reckon these two are going to be cheeky once together! #siblings

Sisters having interaction through crate. Will be trying to introduce them (and my other dog) tomorrow. Will start with individual interaction to not overwhelm Lucy and on mutual territory. Then if that goes well will see if all will get along inside. To help with Lucy’s recovery and desexing, please donate and stay posted for regular updates