Pippa
Available for Adoption Soon
Age: Young
Breed: French Bulldog
Sex: Female
Weight: 10#
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Location: Anna, TX
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About Pippa:
Age: Young
Breed: French Bulldog
Sex: Female
Weight: 10#
Kids:
Cats:
Dogs:
Fenced Yard:
Location: Anna, TX
Special Needs:
About Pippa:
Pupdate:
Pippa went to see Dr. Spencer on Monday and had a great checkup! She has gained a little over a pound and now weighs a whole 10.6 lbs! 
Even better, both her fecal and heartworm tests came back negative. Whew! That was such great news.
Pippa does have a small abdominal hernia, so we’ll discuss the best treatment plan with Rene when she returns. The really exciting part is that her staples are out, which means she gets to start resuming normal activities!
There was also lots of discussion about her breed. Facebook seems divided between Puggle and Frenchie, while the consensus at the vet’s office was Frenchie/Chihuahua. Whatever she is, she’s absolutely adorable, and that’s all that really matters. 
Today, Pippa spent some time meeting my dogs, Pill Bug and Star, and she did really well. She’d venture out to explore, then occasionally come back and stand safely between my legs before heading back out again. It’s so rewarding to watch her confidence grow a little more each day.
It continues to amaze me how well she’s recovered from such a major surgery. She’s come so far in such a short time. Now our biggest job is simply helping this sweet little girl put on some more weight!!
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We had a barrage of people tagging us to help this little girl. Little baby at the shelter, 4 months old, emaciated and doesn’t seem to be able to keep food down without vomiting. Parvo negative on testing so we didn’t know what we are looking at with this little girl at just 10 pounds.
Ricky picked her up and has drove her to the ER to get some assessment as quick as we can. We learned after some diagnostics that she has diaphragmatic hernia with her abdominal organs in her chest. So her organs are trapped in there and she will need emergency surgery to try and repair that and save her life. We ended up making the decision to transfer her to the Frisco ER where DVSC has surgeons located there. This is a difficult surgery and we needed someone who was able to do this kind of surgery. Ricky has gone to pick her up from the McKinney ER and is taking her over to the Frisco ER, they will stabilize her for the surgeon to go to work first thing in the morning.
This is a very expensive surgery and aftercare and I will be putting together a Zeffy fundraiser to raise the amount that has been quoted to us. I will close the night with that in about an hour.
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