Champlain Valley Canine Rescue - a small group of volunteers whose mission is to rescue any puppy/dog culled from a Puppy Mill or Puppy Mill Auction. Regardless of age or medical condition, we will provide them love, food, shelter, human companionship, medical care, and spay-neuter services through local veterinarians until permanent placement is secured into a prescreened, loving home. CVCR will also accept into rescue any puppy/dog who is living with an owner who can no longer supply care.
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Lola arrived through CVPR in May and became a member of our family as a Mothers Day gift to all of us.We were aware of a heart murmur as diagnosed by the rescue vet and we were referred by our own vet Viola Chu to Dr Don Brown who specialized in cardiology and taught for several years at Tufts University outside of Boston. Lola was referred for IMMEDIATE surgery as her condition would not allow for her to wait since her heart had become grossly enlarged and was working far too hard to sustain her life.( Her heart was continuing to provide blood to her lungs following birth which it should not do so it was working far too hard) We made an immediate appointment at Tufts, which is the closest facility able to perform this medical procedure. We learned that Lola had a grade V/VI PDA ( the highest possible is a VI) as diagnosed by Dr John Rush at Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University. She was placed under the care of Bari Morris, a very loving veterinary student and her surgery took place on May 28th. At this time a coil was placed in Lola's aorta to stop the flow of blood that was going to her lungs that should not have been occurring and which was causing her heart to work overtime. The surgery has been very successful and by the end of August she has had two follow up apts with Dr Brown, including an echo cardiogram. While Lola's heart continues to be large for her breed and size it is much healthier than prior to her surgery and it is no longer in danger of failure. Had the surgery not been performed when it was, I was told she had less than two weeks left to live and at that time she weighed less than 5 pounds and was very lethargic. Now she is nearly 11 pounds and has the energy level of a happy healthy puppy and has no trouble keeping up with and tormenting her 65 pound lab sister.
We couldn't be happier with the support and help we have received from Dr. Brown, Dr Rush, Bari and Dr Chu along with Sue and CVPR. We love Lola dearly and cant imagine our family without her!! Thank God for modern veterinary medicine.