DR. LEE WILSON, DR. WENDY VILLALOBOS AND PETER VAN HUSSEN SPONSOR 4 CASTRATION DAYS FOR STRAYS AND PETS BELONGING TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES. Another castration event for strays and pets belonging to low income families took place in March at the Plaza Boulevard Clinic in Jaco. 26 animals were spayed/neutered during these days. McKee THANKs goes to Dr. Lee Wilson, who, again this year, came all the way from Alaska, offering her help with surgeries. She not only donated her time for free, but she also brought her own sutures and other supplies. And of course to Dr. Wendy Villalobos and the staff at the clinic, for providing a place and being a part of this great project, as well as to Doris Schluckebier for assisting in all surgeries during these days.
This time Dr. Wilson stayed at the beautiful beachfront hotel in Jaco - CANCIONES DEL MAR, which with its great ocean and garden view from each room is one of the nicest places in our area. Dr. Wilson loved her time there and enjoyed the lush tropical garden and the invigorating swimming pool during her free time. A huge THANK YOU goes to owner Peter van Hussen for donating such a nice place for our volunteer from the USA.
Together with their spay days in both the Jaco and Herradura clinics, this March: McKee was able to spay/neuter 62 animals. Of course a huge thank you to Dr. Wendy Villalobos and Dr. Yessenia Alpizar for their cooperation!
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rom the animals listed in our last newsletter so far only 2 found a sponsor.
Huge Thank you
to
Stuart Welch
for sponsoring Negra and to an
anonymous donor
from Playa Hermosa for taking care of Patches’s bill.
Now we still have some more outstanding bills – here they are:
Canela/Chiquita was brought to us from Bijagual and had exactly the same problem as Negra. She received a part of her treatment at UNA and the rest at the Jaco Clinic. She is with her foster family now, waiting for her new loving home.
The costs of her treatment were: 90,000 colones ($180) at UNA and 30,000 colones ($60) at the Jaco clinic.
Lisseth – when we received a call about her, it was already about a week after her car accident. She couldn’t walk and she was in terrible condition. We were shocked at how someone could see a dog suffer for a week and not do anything to help. She was brought to UNA, but she was too weak for orthopedic surgery – she was treated for 10 days to allow her to recuperate enough for surgery, but unfortunately she didn’t make it. But her bill still has to be paid – it’s 80,000 colones ($160).
Sussy and Layla were both brought to the University Clinic to be diagnosed. It was during the time when many dogs in our area were dying every day and nobody really knew why. They both were tested for distemper, and as they both tested positive, they were put to sleep. This was the dark moment when we discovered that we are dealing with a distemper epidemic here. The bill for both of them (tests and euthanasia) is 30,000 colones ($60).
Isba – belongs to a poor family in Esterillos. When we first heard about him, his front paw was huge – at least 3 times bigger than his other paws. The anti-inflammatory injections didn’t help, so Isba was sent to UNA, where he was diagnosed with bone cancer. He was checked for metastases in all his organs, but it looked like the tumor was isolated to only this paw, so the vets recommended an amputation. It took some time to get him ready for this surgery, as he also had ehrlichia and needed to get better first. Isba is back with his owner now – he is happy and quite active, and it’s very obvious that he doesn’t miss his paw at all. The bill which still has to be paid for Isba is for 175,000 colones ($350). If somebody would like to sponsor or part-sponsor one of these puppies, please contact Katja Bader at 2-643-4012 or info@mckee-jaco.com
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