"Casper F."
(nee Thaddeus)
Gets Rescued, Hock Implant, Bone Fusion and Adopted!
April 01, 1999
Casper entered LILRR & known by nickname "Thaddeus"
- Rescue Bulletin -
Picked up stray with no collar, ID, tattoo or microchip. All alone to fend for himself during ice & snow storms on dangerous city streets, Casper was found huddled on an old dirty mattress near the train tracks. This sweet pup suffers old and painful leg injuries, a broken ankle, and hip damage; the leg and paw are severely atrophied. Casper needs corrective and reconstructive surgeries, and will require special and physical therapies.
"Casper"
Hock Surgery Success!
July 1999
"Tarsocrural
Arthrodesis"
surgery
consists
of
boring
holes
through
the
damaged
joint
and
implanting
stainless
steel
pins;
the
pins
protrude
slightly
out
of
the
bone
and
secured
using
stainless
wire.
Bone
grafted
from
his
left
front
shoulder
replaced
cartilage
removed
from
between
that
joint
and
the
next
-
these
bones
will
fuse
together.
This
complicated
surgery
will
prevent
Casper
suffering
further
pain
from
that
injury
and
circumvent
otherwise
early
onset
of
debilitating
arthritis
that
would
occur
if
ignored
-
he
is
far
too
young
to
live
a
life
of
constant
pain,
crippling
arthritis
and
face
daily
pain
medication
-
when
there
was
a
viable
corrective
option.
Casper
retains
complete
sensation
throughout
the
limb;
all
joints
are
mobile
except
for
that
ONE
fused,
which
will
give
him
a
stiffer
sort
of
gait.
The
Cornell
University
orthopedic
team's
timely
reaction
saved
his
life
when
Casper
ran
into
trouble
awakening
from
anesthesia
-
he
required
an
emergency
endoscopy
to
flush
the
esophagus.
Casper
was
in
excellent
hands
-
his
hock
surgery
was
performed
by
the
same
orthopedic
surgeon
that
performed
Heart's
dual
hip
surgeries!
Casper,
back
in
LILRR
foster
care,
faces
at
least
four
months
of
very
controlled
rehabilitation.
May 2000 - Casper is lovingly adopted ...
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Casper's perpetual winning smile and magnetic personality shines on |
True friends will never leave you all alone in the wilderness ;) |
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Here's looking at ya, kid |
Dad takes GOOD care of me |
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You WILL pay attention to me! |
Shall I do a soft shoe to entertain you? |
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Winter 2005 Update...
Early winter 2005 |
Just LOVE a snowy day! |
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Mr. Handsome, happy & loved |
Casper, sock thief extraordinaire! |
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Tired but happy ... hard to keep eyes open - please don't let someone steal my sock, |
Must. . .keep. . .sock. . . but. . . belly rub. . . .soooooooooo. . .sleepy. . . . . z..zz....zzz...zzzz...zzzzzzzzzzz |
| December 2006 update... |
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