Ribsy

We welcomed Ribsy to the New Hope family on Sunday Nov 26th. He has an infection in his left front paw, it was suspected to be osteomyelitis, a bacterial or fungal infection of the bone marrow. He also had an open wound on the pad of the same paw. Unfortunately his first round of antibiotics was not successfully able to clear up all of the infection.

He hasn’t been in care for long but his foster writes ‘Ribsy has been with us just under a week and we have nicknamed him Shadow due his love of being wherever people are.  He does not like to be left out (FOMO) and likes to join whatever is happening.  He loves having company. He is still very young and puppy like  and  loves to have lots of people and stimulation around.  He is quickly learning house manners being an outside dog [originally]. …  Working from home – he comes to remind me if I have been sitting too long that it is time to move and comes in for hugs every once in a while!   He loves going out for walks and fetch which we are careful with so he doesn’t overdo it because of his paw. … He walks surprisingly well on the leash – especially as he is so alert and notices everything.  He is such a good boy (and wants to be a good boy) and loves to come in for hugs, greetings at the door and nothing beats a hug first thing in the morning to start the day of right!’ Ribsy wears a boot when he goes out for walks and is scheduled to go for his neuter and possibly an amputation of the infected toe scheduled for Dec 1st.   

Update: The initial surgery to amputate the infected toe did not go as planned so currently Ribsy is getting regular bandage changes and taking broad spectrum antibiotics and antifungal medication. His medical team is happy to see the progress and will continue to reassess if an amputation will be needed before the holidays.

Update: We are happy to share that Ribsy had a successful amputation of his infected toe on December 22nd. Thankfully only the toe needed to be removed. Quite the Christmas for his foster family as they worked to keep this active young man from running around on his wound. He is still having wound care while it heals. He will be available for adoption as soon as he gets the all clear from his veterinarian. 

Update: Happy news from his veterinarian team, he is healing well and is ready to start looking for his forever people!

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