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Clients and Their Pets
Kim Filiatrault and Valentine
Grace Johnson and Mittens
Oreo
Owners Amy and Michael Sears
Read her amazing story.
Oreo a Success Story
Oreo is our beautiful cat. We received her from my sister who had saved her from a bad home. Oreo has always been very loving and she has many human qualities. Oreo constantly gives people hugs and kisses.
We had her for about a year and then she became very ill. My husband and I did not know what was wrong with her. The week before we had bought a brand new statue from [a local company] and she would rub up against it and licked it every once in awhile and we didn't think anything of it. Oreo then started to avoid human contact, which was very unlike her and we became very worried. Oreo started sleeping in the closet away from us when she usually slept with us. Oreo quit eating cat food and started eating her litter and did not drink much water the night before we took her to see Dr. Sue. Oreo became very sick that night, she was almost limp in my arms. I stayed up with her the whole night and kept her warm with a heating pad. I was very worried and anxious because this beautiful cat had become part of our family and in one night I almost lost her. Oreo did not show any signs of being really sick until the night before and then it was almost too late. My husband and I brought her in to see Dr. Sue and she was almost lifeless with a blood count of 5.
Dr. Sue searched for a cat donor endlessly for a blood transfusion and she finally found one. Oreo then underwent many blood transfusions and then after she gained enough strength she had some blood tests. Nothing showed up in her blood tests, accept for her low blood count. We took Oreo in every Wednesday to get a shot to increase her blood count for almost a month.
Then Oreo started acting like her old self again. She was that loving cat that gave the same old hugs and kisses. We tested our statue for lead per Dr. Sue’s recommendations. The statue seemed to have contained a faint lead outer paint. [The local company] did not have any warning on the statue claiming that it contained lead. My husband and I found out the hard way and almost lost a family member.
Thanks for saving one of our babies Dr. Sue!
Sincerely,
Amy & Michael Sears |
