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color:black'>POSTED ON BEHALF OF MELYNDA MAJORS: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>One of the olddogs at House of Puddles, Gus, had to have
emergency surgery over the weekend and now his guts are in hock. At
$5,000+, HOP's cookie jar has been emptied and his bills are still climbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Marilyn’s latest update on Gus’s condition
says:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Very worried about Gus. For those that don't know, Gus
had surgery last Friday to remove a blockage from his intestines. They found
nodules growing on his spleen so they removed that, too. He's been recovering
at the emergency vet hospital so he can get round the clock care. They've been
concerned about him because he's had a fever off and on a couple times and he's
not eating on his own.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>He had a fever again last night and this morning his
incision looks inflamed, so they think that might be the source of the fever.
They are going to open up his incision, flush it out, remove any dead tissue
and do a culture to see what kind of infection it is so they'll know what kind
of antibiotics to give him (he's been on antibiotics but evidently they're not
helping this). He's still not eating on his own but has been tolerating being
fed with a syringe. This is so going to wipe out the HOP bank account, but how
do I stay stop at this point?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>A firstgiving page has been set up to help with
Gus’s vet bills:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/hop-gus">http://www.firstgiving.com/hop-gus</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Please help if you can ~ every cookie helps!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-Melynda, the Momslave to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Becky & Lilly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Agnes (ATB), Lucien (ATB) and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Max the Really Bad Siamese C@t (ATB)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Pawshington, DC (DogsnotCats)<o:p></o:p></p>
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