Madison

Temporarily withdrawn from adoption until madison has had her surgery and fully recovered

update 31 august: madison had her surgery in brisbane this morning! the surgery was performed by cardiologist dr brad gavaghan and a vascular surgeon. The surgery did not go completely to plan however the end result was what we were hoping for, and, madison will now go on to lead a long, happy and healthy life. Thank you to the vets, foster carers, chris her sponsor and all those who have phoned or emailed to wish madison the best for her surgery and recovery. Madison's mother came to us from the pound already pregnant and when x-rayed by the vet she was found to have three puppies almost ready to be born. Lily-belle had her puppies one week later, two boys (now rehomed as was her mother) and one little girl who we called madison. The puppies thrived as lily-belle was a very good mum and had lots of milk but when they were taken to the vet at 6 weeks old for a check up it was discovered that madison had a heart murmur. The vet was concerned and suggested that we did not offer her for adoption until we confirmed that she was ok. Madison went back to the vet two weeks later where the news was no better. She went to see a medical specialist at sash (small animal specialist hospital) in sydney who did an ultrasound and other tests and the news was all bad for madison as one of her arteries is too narrow and she will require surgery by a cardiologist in brisbane or she will die in the not too distant future. Madison has had a follow up ultrasound which showed that there is no improvement at all so she is going to see the cardiologist when he returns to sydney in the next few months and we hope that she will have her surgery in brisbane soon after. Madison's foster carers are going to drive madison to brisbane for the surgery which is extremely costly and she is only able to have it due to the kindness of another of our wonderful foster carers chris shaw as chris's birthday gift to himself was to pay for the surgery. Madison and paws would like to say 'thank you' to chris for making the surgery a reality and giving madison the chance to have a normal life after she recovers. Please note madison is not available for adoption until she has had the surgery. Update 9 september: madison is recovering well from her heart surgery but her cardiologist has advised that madison cannot have any surgery for 6 to 8 months. Paws has strict rehoming policies in place and so we find ourselves unable to rehome madison until such time as she can be desexed which won't be until at least march 2011. Paws apologises to anyone who has enquired about adopting madison after her surgery however we cannot rehome her
when available for adoption, madison will come desexed, microchipped, fully vaccinated, wormed, on heartworm prevention and with nsw local council lifetime registration for $400 and is not available for adoption outside nsw. If you would like more information on madison, please email using adoption enquiry as your subject heading. Before phoning or emailing, please check denise's rescued dogs in foster care on www. Paws. Com. Au for any updated photos and to make sure this dog is still available for adoption. Listed 1 june