Julio

Pug people this is Julio. No painted picture here and certainly no roses. We acquired Julio this afternoon from his owner and we may have been to late. Julio is one sick little boy. He is about 4-5 years old and may not see six. Dr. Gumfory said he would do his best to save him. Julio is in early stages of kidney failure, he has sores all over his little body, he is about 6 pounds under weight, has a scar on one of his eyes, and his blood work is way off the charts. Dr Gumfory said we can do one of two things...euthanize him right now...or give him 48 hours to see if his kidneys bounce back. If the latter happens then we will have a fighting chance. To give him this chance we need funds to cover his expenses as they we be above and beyond what is normal. If you can find any way to help us help Julio he will thank you. We may lose the fight but we would like to go down swinging. Please keep Julio in your thoughts.

August 01, 2007
I really wish I had better news on Julio tonight but today it only got worse for him. With all his other problems nobody thought to check for heart worms yesterday. Well they did today and YES he has those too. Each problem needs to be treated but it seems that one treatment will either slow or hinder the treatment for something else. Dr Gumfory said tonight that he is going to attack the kidney problem first. Once he gets those functioning or at least on the mend he will go after the next thing. Again he told me that he is not very optimistic but as long as we wanted to continue the fight and as long as his supporters stay with us he is willing to try to do what it takes to make him well. We here at DFWPRC are going to give him that chance because some of you have already sent funds to help us continue. Julio is very grateful. Check back later fro more updates.

August 04, 2007
Well I have sad news to report. Dr Gumfory called me Saturday morning to tell me that little Julio's kidneys are not going to recover. After a third set of blood tests the kidney values were going the wrong way and now were completely off the graph. As we always do we listen to our vets and follow their recommendations and he said we are fighting a battle that we cannot win, so the decision was made to send Julio to doggie heaven. As luck would have it one of our volunteers , Yvette Dobbins , was at the vets office on another matter and was with Julio when he died so he did not die alone. As always we want to thank everyone that sent cash and prayers to help Julio. Sorry the results are not better but we did not go down without a fight. Thanks again for your support of DFW Pug rescue because without your help we would not be able to continue to rescue these angels at the alarming rate we are getting them.