Suffering Pup Was Slipping Away When Stupefied Vets Finally Realized Why

Sometimes high-kill shelters don’t have any option but to euthanize severely sick or injured dogs.

Occasionally though, a Good Samaritan like Vet Ranch will step in and save a deserving animal’s life.

When a little husky puppy named Ice showed up in a shelter, he was given little chance to survive.

The poor pooch suffered from severe anemia, a terrible hookworm infestation, low blood sugar/pressure, and he even tested positive for parvo.

Thankfully, however, Vet Ranch stepped in and decided to give Baby Ice a fighting chance.

They knew it was going to be an uphill battle, though; the pup was so weak and lethargic that he could barely hold up his head.

The initial blood tests were startling. His anemia was much more severe than they had anticipated, and his blood sugar levels were so low that he was nearing coma status.

This picture looks as if he has been anesthetized but no, he was just simply too weak to care what was happening to him.

They quickly did a blood transfusion and after another IV treatment, they were able to raise his levels back up, to the point where they weren’t worried about death.

Still, he was still incredibly weak, and didn’t even show any signs of responsiveness when they had to change needles.

Within a few hours of the treatment and transfusion, however, Ice lifted up his head for the very first time.

It was a cause for celebration for everyone!

But he wasn’t out of the woods yet.

Even though he was very nearly starved to death, the Parvo caused him to have an upset stomach, so he didn’t want to eat anything.

They tried all sorts of tempting foods, but he kept turning his head away.

It was over a week later before Ice finally began licking at some of food. When he ate the first bite, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Baby Ice was finally on the  mend!

By the time another week had rolled by, Ice was eating on his own and wagging his tail at everyone who walked in. His personality made everyone fall in love with him!

When the blood tests came back this time, they showed that Ice was almost completely normal.

What a change 2 weeks can make! From near-comatose to wagging his tail and playing:

When he was strong enough, he went to live in a foster home until he was ready to find a permanent home.

But, guess what!? His foster family fell so much in love with Ice that they decided to permanently adopt him!

What a wonderful ending for a fabulous feel-good story.

Thank goodness for people like the staff at the Vet Ranch who are willing to go above and beyond to give special dogs a fighting chance at life!