It had been on Monday morning when Janine Guido, president and founder of Speranza Animal Rescue in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania was called by her mother because she found a “dead” dog on her porch in an Amazon box.
Fortunately, it turned out the puppy was not dead; the 11-month-old Border collie mix was unconscious and barely breathing. A note had been taped on the box indicating the person who abandoned him had only had the puppy for a month when he became very sick.
According to the note taped to the box, the puppy, named Blu, was deaf, had only been owned by the person for a month before he became very ill.
The puppy had been covered in feces and urine, and his fur had been badly matted. His pupils did not respond to light, and the first priority was to get him to a veterinarian for life-saving intervention. Janine rushed the puppy to her routine veterinarian in order to get him stabilized; the puppy was both dehydrated and having seizures.
In addition, the note also stated the puppy had eaten something to make him sick, but didn’t know how to help him nor did the person have the money to take the dog for help.
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Janine named him G.I. Joe. He was transported to a specialist where he has been resting on IV fluids in the intensive care unit all night. So far, he is tolerating treatments, and he has since stood up once and rotated himself around his cage once.
Trying to figure out what is wrong with G.I. Joe has been challenging. An MRI and a spinal tap are scheduled. The neurologist does not think the puppy suffers from epilepsy, but he did mention some very frightening possibilities including distemper, rare tick borne disease, infectious disease, hydrocephalus or because the puppy is so undernourished, perhaps all of his physical ailments are due to malnutrition. Without knowing anything about the pup’s history and how long the seizures have been occurring, there is a lot to learn.
Without knowing his history we know nothing about how long these seizures have been happening. the ONLY thing giving us hope right now is he’s FIGHTING. he’s trying to stand ( needs assistance but he’s doing it! ).
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Janine will update as soon as she speaks to the neurologist. The hospital will be doing an MRI shortly and spinal tap if the MRI is inconclusive.
This little guy is definitely a fighter, and we will keep updates coming. Please, the veterinary expenses to help G.I. Joe are extremely high, but this is an innocent life who didn’t deserve to be discarded in a box.
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