It’s gonna take awhile for Mercy’s remaining back leg to strengthen up for the extra weight, but she’s doing pretty good so far. Speaking of weight, right now she tops the scale at 45 lbs. That won’t last long, though, with her foster dad whipping her up yummy meals three times a day!<a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SsKguT4FeqI/AAAAAAAAAQg/3Cib7iQwYs8/s1600-h/IMG_4625.JPG”><img style=”MARGIN:…

<div>Today was a day at the spa for Mercy. Thanks to Rhue Jefferson at Countryside Vet, she’s been bathed, coiffed, manicured, pedicured and perfumed. She was kinda grungy, so no doubt she feels much better now. Here’s she is, post-beauty treatment.</div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SsKcPLPxSvI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Yp2dYNgDj04/s1600-h/IMG_4635.JPG”><img style=”TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT:…

Mercy is on the mend. On Friday Dr. Lazarov led a 3-hour surgery to remove what was left of her back leg. She came through well and was even up and taking potty breaks later that evening. She’s adapting fairly quickly – probably because she was already accustomed to not having use of the leg.<br…

You are doing a great job, Karen–there has to be a place in heaven for people like us. Talk soon! Barbie

Thanks to all who have donated to Mercy. Animal lovers are an amazing bunch of people.<br /><br />To update, we found she’s very anemic and may need a blood transfusion before her surgery. Currently she’s getting pain meds, antibiotics, etc and is being kept as calm and comfortable as possible. Her crate is in a…

<a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SruhS1viCLI/AAAAAAAAAPo/WiElQNWZjIk/s1600-h/Mercy4.jpg”><img style=”TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385075124487719090″ border=”0″ alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGzq-xpWRuI/SruhS1viCLI/AAAAAAAAAPo/WiElQNWZjIk/s200/Mercy4.jpg” /></a><br /><div>You may have seen Mercy’s story on our site. I can’t imagine what this girl went through, forced to chew off her own leg to survive. We’re doing our best to help her. She’ll…