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December 1999- Cookie's Story! A cute little Eskie Furgirl needs our help. She was rescued 10 years ago by her present owner. Her former family was moving and could not take the dog with them (have we heard this before?). Instead of letting Cookie go to a shelter, Janet adopted her. Janet's 17 yr old Eskie died in March 1999. Janet's daughter Teresa said she will NOT let her Mom go thru the loss of another Eskie this year.   Well.....let's go to Cookie's story! Hi Friends, My name is Cookie and I'm the sweetest 10 yr old Eskie angel! Mom Janet rescued me when I was about a year old. My previous owner was moving to a new house and wanted to give me up or even have me put down because I was too much trouble. I wasn't that much trouble. They were NOT "dog people"! They thought I was disposable! Now though...I've had a wonderful family for many years...super people willing to give me a second chance on life! My Mom's job made us move from Columbus OH to here, St Louis about 1 1/2 yrs ago. My human sister lives in Columbus, OSU student. I had a "brother" Eskie but he went to the Rainbow Bridge in March 99. He was 17 years old!! When Buddy died I was sad and missed him so much....but I had to put on a good front and try to cheer Mom up. Mom says I helped her so much and I still am! It's a big job too! About two months ago I was urinating frequently and when Mom took me to the vets, they originally thought it was just a bladder infection, gave me antibiotics. It got better then worse again. They changed antibiotics and took x-rays which didn't show anything. The vet was thinking possibly kidney stones. An ultra sound found a tumor on my bladder. Dr. Yavitz acted very quickly and referred me to Associated Veterinary Specialists who only deal with referrals and this type of surgery. Dr. Allen (Mom says one of the best vets!) had a consultation with us one day and did the surgery the next day. Dr. Allen said if you had to have a tumor...mine was in the best spot for removal. It was large enough that he only left a "little finger size" bladder. He said my bladder would re-stretch back to almost normal size in about 6 months. Because the tumor was so large, he could not take as much extra tissue as he would have liked to, so he put me on Feldane ( a combination for cancer inhibition) and Hill's Science Diet ND with some garlic added. I will probably be on the diet the rest of my life. Canned food was a treat for me before, so this could be good!! It is prescription food $48/case but Mom said I will get it as long as I need to. The Feldane is a mild chemotherapy treatment combination. Right now I have a 60 day supply and the prescription is refillable. It must be made by a hospital pharmacy as it is a compound.

Remember...this Special Raffle is to help Cookie and her family with her medical expenses. Please see the "main raffle page" for details on the really cool ESKIE QUILT that you can get by being the lucky winner! Click here OR on the thumbnail of the quilt to the right to return to that page! Thanks for all your help!