A note from Hope

Hey Friends, it’s me Hope. Do you remember me? I am the little girl that got left in an abandoned house a few months ago, unable to take care of myself. Well, I thought I’d drop you a note and a little update on how things are going.


I have been hanging around taking my medicines, eating good food and gaining some weight. Last week I went back to the specialist and he drew fluid from my joints again. This time it came back normal. I am so glad I’m normal!


This morning I went back to the regular vet and was spayed. They took this picture of me while I was waiting. Don’t I look excited?? Oh well, that part is over and I am resting this afternoon.


I get to go home tomorrow and I think resting there will be much better. Home…I can’t wait.


Can I let you in on a secret? They let me on the furniture at home and I think the couch is the softest thing I have ever laid on head on. I think whoever invented the couch is rich!


I still have one more big thing to overcome. It is something called heartworms. After I am recovered from my surgery I have to go back and have the heartworm treatment. They say the injections are uncomfortable and I will have to stay quiet for a long while afterward. Do you think they will let me just lay around on that couch? I hope so.


Today while I was waiting the sun came through the window and they said it made me look like an angel. I was thinking about all the people who have helped save my life and I thought hmmm, I wonder what it feels like to be the person who saved an angel…pretty awesome I bet.


I love you guys,
Hope

Momma, Charlie, Stella and Jewels safe at sanctuary!

Momma’s story -

Have you ever made an unexpected journey that totally changed your life? That is what happened to me last week. It started on Tuesday, a day like any other day…

You see…..I’ve been living here for five or six years. I’ve had a lot of children - lost almost all my hair - I am just hanging skin and bones. Three of my many children are here with me and are the same as me - cold, hungry, sick & lonely. Our bed is an empty cargo truck trailer.

Ok, back to Tuesday…….I was snoozing with a couple of my adult children when a van pulled up. A lady got out of the van - I’d never seen her before – she talked to us. She went back to her van and got us snacks. I thought she was like all the others before her - give us some food and disappear. She looked right at me and said, “Momma I am going to get you out of here, I promise”. You know I don’t remember living anywhere else but here. My life has always been just getting through each day…. just staying alive.

Two days later she came back - only something was different. She brought big cages and lots of good food! My son Charlie walked right up to her - smelled the food and sat down in the first cage. She gently closed the door. She told him he was going to a safe place and would see us soon; he left with another lady. The girls and I went back to bed.

I dreamed of what the lady from the van told me…..she said we were all moving to Texas to live in a place called a sanctuary. She told us that we would have all the food, water, shelter, love and medicine we needed to make us feel better. I woke up and decided I was going to that place. With determination, I trotted right up to this big long cage and walked in. The food was so good I didn’t notice the door close - somehow I felt safe. When I finished eating the lady came up and talked to me again and moved me into a travel crate. I called out to the girls that I loved them and I would see them soon. The same lady that gave Charlie a ride to the safe place took me as well.

The next day my girls, Stella and Jewels decided they wanted to leave and were brought to the safe place. We all settled in for a good night’s sleep. We could hear it raining outside – but we were all inside – warm and comfortable. The next morning the lady in the van came and woke us up. She said it was time to move to Texas. It was a long day’s ride in her van but we came to the most beautiful place I had ever seen. It is called a sanctuary. If this is what heaven is like, I will gladly go when it’s my time.

A nice lady let the girls and me out into the grass in a nice big pen. Stella ran over and talked to the dogs next door. I just sat there in disbelief…is this for me? …all of this just for me? Wow, there are just no words. Then they poured two big bowls of food and the girls and I started to eat. Charlie had gone somewhere called the infirmary because he needs surgery. Stella stopped eating and looked at me; she turned, took a deep breath and smiled. I have never seen my child smile before; my eyes just welled up with tears. We are safe and cared for. What a wonderful unexpected journey.

I learned not to be afraid - to take the first step toward change. I was so afraid of change but change can be good. I am no longer stuck in a dead-end life just existing. I am truly alive now. Love, Momma

If you would like to help Momma, the girls and Charlie, please send a donation for their care to SARA Sanctuary. http://www.sarasanctuary.org/newsite/index.php

Please tell them thank you for helping the Oklahoma City dogs and the Dogs As Family Rescue.

Hope is in a foster home!!!

Hey everyone! It's me again....Hope. Guess what? I went to my foster home last night and I'm SO happy. They really love me even with all my problems. I met my foster sister a Chihuahua. She seems to like me but told me she's the boss around here. I'm ok with that. We watched something called a football game last night - mom and dad were cheering for a team call the Sooners. Anyway, just wanted you to know the latest on me. Please continue to pray for me as I have a very long road ahead of me......Much love, Hope

Update on Hope

Hey everyone, it’s me Hope the Great Pyrenees.

I am going to live!!! Yes, the doctor called and was surprised at the lab results on my joints test. I have lameness from ehrlichia, no infection and NO leukemia!!! I just have to be treated for four to six weeks and then have the fluid tested from my joints again. He thinks I will be completely well by then but just wants to be sure. After that then I can be spayed and treated for my heartworms. Then I start the search for a forever home. They started my new medicine last Friday. I feel so much better already and actually can walk outside to potty. This afternoon I ran back inside. I can’t wait to get into my foster home in a couple of days. I’ll send you a note after I get settled and tell you all about it. Life is great !
Love Ya, Hope