Hi! My new name is Foster!
Dis is how I looked until my new foster friend gave me a haircut.
Ahhhhhhh, dats better, now I look like a Giant Schnauzer again!
You called my name???
Dis is me and my foster friend, Alex! She's letting me stay at her house for a couple weeks.
I was happy to see her come back and get me after
I went to see dat doctor guy today. He made me swallow some thick white stuff den took pix
inside of me!
Foster and his little Bouvier sister (now named Lucy) were turned over
to animal control after their owner died. The family was supposed
to come back and get the dogs (or make arrangements) and
never did so neighbors cared for them for a while.
The neighbors left them at a fire station to be picked up by animal control where
they spent a week in the shelter before they could be pulled. The shelter called
Deb Stover with
G.I.A.N.T. Rescue Network to tag the dogs so they would not be euthed if no one
came to claim them.
Alex and Mark went to the shelter and pulled Foster out while I was at work on
Saturday, January 24,04 since they are going to foster Foster for a couple weeks for me. I went
back later
that afternoon to get the little Bouvier girl for Bouvier Rescue.
She is just as darlin' as Foster is as you can see by her picture! I put her fall up in a
scrunchy so I could see her eyes. She's a tiny little bouv so she looks like big tedddy bear!
My new name is Lucy and I'm cute as a bug!
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January 31,04
Foster has a medical condition that we originally thought to be mega-esophagus but we found out
today that is not what it is, although the symptoms seem to be the same.
The exrays showed no pouch or loose area in the esophagus so that was a giant relief!
However, there is still something not right. He chokes and
wheezes and gurgles when he drinks water. Its really bad and he has a terrible time and scares me to death.
He is on reglan to see if that will help with motility to keep the food
down and without getting into the lungs causing aspiration or aspiration pneumonia.
Our hope is that the reglan will do the trick so Foster can live a relatively normal
long life. Food seems to go down fine so far so this is kind of an odd
thing. We're gonna see how this goes and hopefully it won't get any worse. He's THE sweetest
boy who wants nothing more than to be loved on and to please.
My foster mom, Deb, gives me big bowls of ice to eat so I don't get choked when I drink!
I'm living here in Land of the Giants now with my friends Harleigh, Honey, Hannah, Sam and dat little
funny looking alien dog with the long nose (10 year old rescue english cocker )named Stormy! My new foster mom
hand feeds me these balls of stuff that smell so good! I get so excited I sit up on my butt
and do my best tricks cause I'm such a good boy! (and I don't choke dis way)
Dis is me and dat HOney-Bunny grrrrrrrl. My mom says I am high in the rear, whatever dat means
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October 7,04
Several months have passed and so have a couple of mis-diagnosis. We have finally determined what
causes this sweet boy to aspirate when he eats and drinks. Barium exrays show aspiration in the lungs
as you can see by his exray below. Foster may have a fistula in his trachea. This means there is a hole
in the trachea between the trach and the esophagus so that when he eats and drinks it gets into this lungs.
The white blob to the right is his stomach full of barium.
We need to send Foster to Texas A&M because they have a fluoroscope and can find the exact spot where the tear in his
trachea is. He will have surgery there and have to stay there a few days. If you would like to help Foster have his surgery
and care at A&M we would greatly appreciate any donations to help this sweet boy have a chance at a normal life.
We are only able to save lives as a result of the generosity of all the
wonderful Rescue benefactors who so generously help many, many Giants in
need each and every year.
Patricia Greene
Connie Cservenyak
Mark Colleluori
Brian Klumph
Michie Burmester
Altha Graham
Roxana Kotrla
Seth and Greg
Barrymore
Jim Blaine
Noble Jackson
Carroll and Veta Blewster and Gwyn
Michael Ricker
Sunny Arruda
Barb Reinert
Floyd Edmonds
Carol Lerner
Marina Raukverger
Jan Kennedy
Diane Phaturos
Leslie Waltke
Alexandra and Mark Hernandez
Greta Hill
Gerald Barr
Rita Coleman
Foster was voted King of Rescue on the Giant Hearts site for the coverboy along
with the Queen of Rescue for the 2005 Giant Hearts calendar!
King Foster in his royal red cape and bejeweled crown with is treasure basket full of incredible goodies!
Baskets by Bobette are made by Bobette Mack!
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Foster's appointment at Texas A&M is Feb. 9, 2005!!!
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