Hugo update?

2003-03-12 Thread Terri . Shields
Have I missed an update on Hugo? IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offense. Please delete

My Hugo (Sad)

2003-03-12 Thread iguanalove
could be walking in weeks. Everything we had done, all the money we spent and the time devoted seemed to be finally paying off. Hugo would be all right. He slept very soundly that night. The next day two friends took me out to a birthday lunch and when I returned I discovered he was having

Hugo' address

2003-03-06 Thread Dino Candelaria
Dear Hugo, Please have your mom send me your address, I have some donations from you special friends on the L to send to you. Thanks Vision (mascot) for BEHAF PS you can send you address to our Treasurer, Dino at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Did Hugo move his paws in the pool?

2003-02-19 Thread iguanalove
to choose between your dog and your friend. I confess, I hung onto Hugo, keeping his head out of water while the therapist grabbed Dawn by her legs. She came up smiling, thank goodness, and proceeded to stay in the pool with us, fully dressed, cheering Hugo on. Maybe it was the shock of all

RE: Hugo

2003-02-14 Thread Dino Candelaria
If you wish to contribute to Hugo please do not use the Pay Pal, I am the new treasurer and I think it is still hooked up to our old account which has been closed. I am checking into this but to be safe please just send a check to: BEHAF 25421 Wagner Rd Caldewell ID 83607 I will let you all

hugo, behalf, and rehab

2003-02-13 Thread Andrea Brin
as many of you know we have successfully raised enough money for a chair for hugo. this chair will be passed on to any other berner who is in need of it. it has been suggest to donna that she get another mri for hugo. this would establish what hugo's neurological status truly is and would give

Hugo says... wow to you all

2003-02-12 Thread iguanalove
I came back (all wet) from being in San Diego with Hugo and was overwhelmed to see how you guys have been working so hard for Hugo - all of you - Andrea, Pat L., Pat T., Rusty and Sylvia and everyone who's emailed me and others I don't even know about - I truly thank you. We're both extremely

Donna and Hugo

2003-02-12 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Donna, You mentioned in an earlier post that your specialist had suggested an MRI but that you decided against it because you had decided no more surgery for Hugo. I respect your decision about the surgery but got to thinking that the specialist might have suggested the MRI as a tool

RE: BEHAF Special friends -- Hugo Quad Chair?

2003-02-11 Thread Dino Candelaria
Friends fund is driven by you folks here on the L. If you wish to make a berner a Special Friend we act as the collection point for those funds. We then have our Webwizard put up the story and pics of the dog(so Donna if you can email me a pic of Hugo and a short run down of his story-I can forward

Hugo and His Stroke, is there a chance?

2003-02-11 Thread Rusty C Wingate
the stroke he acted like a puppy, never ever sick. I know in my heart today, there was a chance, as since that time I had the pleasure to help many a stroke patient ,human , work their way back with the proper tools! and encouragement and patience. The emergency with Hugo is his size and down

Re: Hugo and His Stroke, is there a chance?

2003-02-11 Thread Jeff Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear berners
be successfully treated. I was heartbroken. I researched the disease and thought it was important to get out the word so that Andi's possible premature death would not be in vain. I sent the info. to Elizabeth Pearson it was published in the Alpenhorn. As then, I hope now this info. could help Hugo

Re: Hugo and His Stroke, is there a chance?

2003-02-11 Thread Rusty C Wingate
- Original Message - From: Jeff Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear . I will look up the info. and post the address to the list. It may not be of help in this case, but if it saves one Oh, Mary, I cried for you ...and me...the if onlys they are hard to bear. I would love to know this info,

BEHAF Special friends -- Hugo Quad Chair?

2003-02-10 Thread Patricia Tackett
I've been following Donna's posts about her boy Hugo and looking for help with a Quad chair. I believe Doggon' Wheels (MT) 1-888-736-4466 is the company that makes a Quad chair for canines. Does anybody know if he has become a BEHAF Special Friends yet, does Donna need to ask BEHAF Board

Hugo is going swimming!

2003-02-10 Thread iguanalove
in the water tomorrow, that would be our first step. She says most dogs get over their fear after the first lesson. I am very encouraged today because after I propped up Hugo this morning, he relaxed down, put his head on the grass and stayed like this for 15 min. He even moved his head around

RE: BEHAF Special friends -- Hugo Quad Chair?

2003-02-10 Thread Patricia Tackett
know Donna thanks you and most of all HUGO thanks you! Pat Tackett Texas --- Andrea Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they are working on a refurbished one for him. i have been in contact with them and a few other manufacturer, so there will be a big discount. i too would like to see behalf gift him

HUGO

2003-02-01 Thread Dazyr
There are several wheelchair companies on the net, just type in Dog Wheelchairs. The one I had was from Wheelchairs for Dogs. Com. Mary Heald bought mine from me for her Henry last August. If you want her address. Please e-mail me privately, she may still have it. But another thought is to

Hugo - Does he believe he'll walk again?

2003-01-29 Thread iguanalove
My heart goes out to Thia and to Denise and Paul Vickers, prayers for Drachmboui. Thanks to all the wonderful berner-lovers who sent emails of support and ideas for sweet Hugo. He's depressed today maybe because, at the doctor's suggestion, we tried to get him to stand by holding him

Merry Christmas from a recovering Hugo

2002-12-24 Thread iguanalove
We're grateful that Hugo is recovering so well. After the first few hours of stiff legs he finally started moving them. We're not sure if it was the fear and trauma that subsided once he was home and safe again or whether it was the change in drugs (they put him on prednesone and a patch

Hugo pain medication question

2002-12-19 Thread iguanalove
Hugo is having a very slow recovery, still at the hospital, not making any real progress. They were concerned about an irregular heartbeat today and did an ultrasound. The cardiologist there felt his heart was structurally sound so they decided not to be alarmed about this, that this is common

Hugo update (had second disc surgery last Saturday)

2002-12-18 Thread iguanalove
. That is disappointing because it raises the question if he had, perhaps we would not be putting Hugo through this second surgery 8 months later. Boy, I know more about this stuff than I ever wanted to know! Hugo is still in the hospital there. Not much appetite (very unusual for him). He'll sit up in a sternum