STABLER BROWN, A LEGEND IN THE MAKING

HELLO, MEET STABLER.

HE IS A SHELTER DOG THAT SAVED OUR FAMILY.. SEVERAL YEARS AGO HE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE EUTHANASIA LIST AT ANIMAL SERVICES BY A 501C3 ANIMAL CHARITY CALLED RUGAZ RESCUE INC. STABLER WAS DUE FOR EUTHANASIA FOR BEING A RECOVERED BULLY BREED WITH A SEVERE FEMUR FRACTURE. RUGAZ RESCUE PULLED HIM FROM DEATH ROW, GOT HIM THE EMERGENCY TREATMENT HE DESPERATELY NEEDED AND PLACED HIM INTO THEIR FOSTER CARE PROGRAM UNTIL HE WAS HEALED AND HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE PLACE UP FOR ADOPTION. OUR FAMILY MET HIM AT THE FOSTER PARENTS HOME AND DECIDED WE WOULD BEGIN TO FOSTER HIM SO HIS FORMER FOSTER COULD TAKE ON ANOTHER MEDICAL CASE. STABLER HAD SPENT NEARLY 2 WEEKS IN OUR HOME AND FIT IN SO PERFECTLY THAT WE ADOPTED HIM AND HE BECAME MY PERSONAL SERVICE DOG.

IT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER ADOPTION WE DISCOVERED A SMALL MASS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE VET WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MAST CELL CANCER. HE HAS BEEN MANAGING WELL AFTER HIS TREATMENTS FOR MAST CELL. NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE LINE HE BEGAN TO BECOME LETHARGIC AND BARE VERY LITTLE WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT FRONT EXTREMITY. AFTER MONTHS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, CUSTOM SUPPORT BRACES AND A MEDICATION PLAN HIS PRIMARY VETERINARIAN ( DR. RODRIGUEZ OF ANIMAL HEALTH VETERINARY CLINIC) CONSULTED WITH AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON (DR. BURNS OF NORTH TAMPA VETERINARY SPECIALISTS). DR. BURNS SUGGESTED TO CONSIDER METACARPAL AND SHOULDER LIGAMENT SURGERY. IT WAS DECIDED THAT WOULD BE IN HIS BEST INTREST AND WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH..

2 MONTHS AFTER HIS INITAL SURGERY HE BEGAN TO TOE TOUCH, STOPPED ANY USAGE OF HIS ARM AND APPEARED TO BE IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN. WE TOOK HIM TO HIS PRIMARY FOR RADIOGRAPHY. SOMETHING WAS DISCOVERED THAT DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN TO BE PART OF THE INITAL RADIOGRAPHY. HE HAD A SMALL STRANGE MASS NEAR TO THE TOP OF THE SHOULDER BLADE AREA. WE HAD ANOTHER CONSULT WITH THE SPECIALIST AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS DISCOVERY IS VERY ABNORMAL. DUE TO THE RARE SITE THE MASS WAS SPOTTED IN AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE BONE, A COMPLEX AND FULL AMPUTATION OF THE EXTREMITY AND SHOULDER WOULD BE REQUIRED AND WAS COMPLETED IN JULY. EVERYTHING THAT WAS AMPUTATED INCLUDING NODES WERE SENT IN FOR PATHOLOGY.

IT WAS A LONG 2 WEEKS AND A TERRIBLY THOUGH ROAD TOWARD RECOVERY WHEN WE FINALLY RECEIVED HIS PATHOLOGY REPORT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AGGRESSIVE OSTEOSARCOMA A FORM OF FATAL BONE CANCER. HE STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RECOVERY PROCESS, AS HIS PRIMARY BEGAN TO DEVELOPE HIS MEDICAL CARE PLAN.

OUR NEXT BIG STEP IS ANOTHER SET OF RADIOGRAPHS TO UNCOVER WHAT IS ULTIMATELY INEVITABLE. THAT WILL BE TO LOOK FOR METASTASIZED TISSUE, TYPICALLY FIRST TARGETING THE LUNGS. IN THE MEAN TIME HE CONTINUES TO REQUIRE ONGOING CARE, REGULAR BLOODWORK, RADIOGRAPHY AND POTENTIALLY TO EVALUATE CHEMOTHERAPY.

STABLER IS AN AMBASSADOR OF HIS BREED, BRINGS JOY TO EVERYONE HE MEETS. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO EMBRACE THE GOOD DAYS AND MAKE HIS BAD DAYS AS COMFORTABLE AS WE CAN. SPENDING THE TIME WE HAVE WITH HIM DOING THE SILLY THINGS HE ENJOYS.

ANYONE THAT MAY HAPPEN TO BE INTERESTED IN HELPING US MAKE A MIRACLE HAPPEN AND MAKE STABLER A LEGEND IN THE MAKING CAN DO SO BY MAKING A CONTRIBUTION OF ANYTHING YOU MAY WANT TO SPARE 1 OF OF 2 WAYS

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ANIMAL HEALTH VETERINARY CLINIC C/O ACCOUNT NUMBER 11310 STABLER BROWN 13160 JACQUELINE RD BROOKSVILLE, FL 34613 (352) 596-8326

SINCERELY,

THE BROWN FAMILY