Sponsor an Animal – Frankie

Update December 1st 2009: Frankie has fully recovered from the surgery and we will not need to go back in again, yay! His life of pain is now DONE. He has been adopted by his foster mother and will now enjoy his new pain-free life happily with her in Hudson.

Update October 28th 2009: Frankie has managed to rip out his stitches! He was brought back in and had to be sedated to have his stiches put back. His ulcer however has fully healed with very minimal scar tissue after over a month of intensive treatments.

Update October 25th 2009: Frankie went back into surgery for his left eye, still needed a little more nip and tuck! The surgery went smoothly and he has recovered very well.

Update October 15th 2009: Frankie has developed a minor infection in his left eyelid incisions! He mastered the art of rubbing his eyes with the E-Collar (Which is to prevent that). In turn he gave himself and infection, silly boy. He is now on anti-biotics for the infection and eye drops to reduce the scar tissue from the massive ulcer he had in his eye. His right eye looks GREAT, on the bright side. We may have to go back into surgery with the left eye once it is healed, we may have not taken the eye lid back enough. It is better to take too little than too much out! Soon enough we will have him all fixed up. Also the other big news is; Frankie has been adopted by his foster mom!!! He won over her heart and after weeks of giving him his intensive treatments.. who wouldn't! We are very happy for him, he will now enjoy the rest of his life in Hudson.

Frankie had his corrective eyelid surgery!

We are happy to announce that Frankie received his corrective eyelid surgery September 29^th and has recovered amazingly! His eyelids however are still a little swollen and has another week before the sutures will be removed. Even with the swelling and sutures his quality of life has drastically improved. He now holds his head up high when walking and enjoys being able to actually see his surroundings. He has become more playful and actually acknowledges the toys his foster mom bought for him! We are excited for him to be fully healed from the surgery and be able to finally be placed in his forever home. He is still looking for an adoptive home!

Eleven Eeven Animal Rescue would like to say a big THANK YOU on behalf of Frankie to those who donated / Helped; we would not have been able to do this for Frankie without you. Thank you for giving Frankie this chance at a new Out – Look on life!

Here is a note from his foster mom, the morning after the surgery: 

"FRANKIE is doing great!! Last night he was playing with his ball and rope, bringing it to us to tug and throw. This morning he had a little muck in his eyes from sleeping, but he was LOVING his walk!! He actually had his head up and was looking at everything and trotting. What a difference. Great dog, amazing attitude. Way to go 11,11 - the surgery has given him literally a new look on life!!"

A picture of Frankie waking up from the surgery!

Meet Frankie:

Frank is a young American Bull dog who was going to be euthanized at just over a year old because of a congenital eye lid deformation. Frank has eyelid enthropia of the upper and lower eyelids on each eye. This means that his eyelids roll inwards and with every blink the hair on them rub against his eyes. Leaving his eye extremely irritated and even caused a massive ulcer in his left eye. This condition is extremely painful, especially the ulcer which is further irritated by being rubbed by the eyelids. Frank has lived his entire life in excruciating pain, pain most of us have never even had to endure. Frank endures this pain every day. Because of how sore his eyes are, he won't even open them up, leaving him blind. This condition can be fixed with an (expensive) surgery that corrects the deformation, plan to have done. Unfortunately he cannot get this surgery until the ulcer in his eye has healed (if it even does). The ulcer in his right eye is so bad that he may lose the eye. He also has a major infection in his right ear, which is extremely uncomfortable. On top of everything, he also had food allergies, which is also very uncomfortable for him. Food allergies in animals shows up on the skin and makes them very itchy.

Despite all of this, Frank is an amazing good nature dog who continues to enjoy life. He is loyal, affectionate and a big sweet-heart. He gets along amazingly with cats, dogs, kids, you name it. He is honestly a really great dog, it is such a shame he has had to live like this for so long.

Since being rescued Frank is now on intensive treatments: He receives antibacterial eye drops twice a day, to prevent the ulcer from becoming infected. Serum in his eye for his ulcer every 4 hours, to help the ulcer heal. Two types of pain relievers for his eyes, eye drops and oral medication. Ear treatments for the infection twice a day. He has also been switched to an expensive veterinary brand hypoallergenic diet for his allergies.

Frank will be getting his surgery as soon as possible, once we determine if we can save the eye with the ulcer or not.

*This is an inherited condition, which could have been prevented with good breeding. Unfortunately back-yard breeders produce a lot of very sad cases like this. Please if you are going to buy a pure breed (and choose not to adopt). Do not go to a pet store or back-yard breeder, go to a reputable registered breeder.