Macy is a pound puppy. TJ and I wanted to adopt a dog from the SPCA and went to the Houston center in early December 2005. We had just bought our house and felt a puppy would be a great addition to our family. We looked at the puppies, and the adult dogs but went back to the puppies because we saw Macy. Macy had been dropped off with her seven brothers and sisters that day as they were 8 weeks old, so I counted back and figure her birthday is October 3. Macy looked like our best friend's dog Rex. Within two minutes of playing with her, TJ was in love. He asked her if she wanted him to be her daddy, she licked his hand and it was a done deal.
We had a little trouble with the paperwork, as our licenses did not have our house address yet, TJ had to leave the room as he was already in love with Macy and the thought of not getting her was too much. I talked the lady into calling the electricity company and getting proof from them that we were home owners. We paid the adoption fee and TJ would pick her up two days later. The SPCA was going to spayed Macy and make sure she was up to date on her shots before we took her home.
Macy was fine for about a week and then she started throwing up. We took her to an emergency clinic over the weekend but they did not want to run any expensive tests and just thought it was her being a pup. Our new Vet called us on Monday concerned about our visit to the ER and said if she continued to throw up to call him. Tuesday TJ gathered Macy after work, called me and we all went to the vet, she had thrown up three more times that day. Macy had lost 25% of her body mass so the vet ran a Parvo test and it was positive.
Parvo is a terrible disease that attacks the digestive system. She could not keep any food down and the virus was taking all of her nutrients. Macy was taken right back into the hospital and put on an IV drip. She was quarantined in with the cats as cats cannot get the disease.
Macy was so weak, she almost died. TJ and I visited her daily, and she would perk up a little bit. I would just sit and pet her. I did not know how I could love something so much that I had only known a week. We were doing everything we could and if she died, we knew we had given her the very best care. We got updates daily and finally after a week we got a good update. The vet tech had arrived at work that day to find a happy and perky puppy. We were so relieved and could take her home on Monday.
There were so many emotions we felt that week. To almost lose Macy is the worst feeling I cannot even describe. It is a lump in the throat that you cannot speak. There has only been one other time I have felt that. She grew up fast and any time we take her to see Dr McCoy the vet techs are like..."I can't believe that is Macy...we thought she was going to die she was so sick."
Macy is a fighter and does not like to be pinned down or hugged very much. She was very high energy as a pup but is now the best companion. She loves everyone even though she sounds like a ferocious beast. She loves her little sister Maya, especially taunting her to play with her.
In hindsight, we were lucky we met Macy that day. If the SPCA would have known she had Parvo she would have been put to sleep. We saved her life and she brings so much joy to our life. I love you Macy Boo.
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