A few months back, one of my neighbours brought home a very sick dog from Blue Cross. This dog was handed over to the Blue Cross from the police dept since he was suffering from a rare neurological disorder and instead of putting him down, the dept handed him over to Blue Cross for care during its last days.
My neighbour Mukund is a volunteer in Blue Cross and this dog soon became very attached to him. He was so sick that eating was a punishment and he refused to eat at his feed times. However every time Mukund came over for his volunteering, this dog made an effort to eat if Mukund fed him.
Soon, even Blue Cross was wondering whether to put him down since he was getting weaker and weaker daily. Mukund was able to visit only twice a week amongst his other committments and the food this dog was intaking was not sufficient to keep him going.
Mukund then took a bold decision of asking Blue Cross to let him adopt this dog and keep him at home. Obviously Blue Cross was happy to let him go.
So that's when I first met with Leo, a 2 year old Labrador that was nothing but a sack of skin and bones. He walked in a very pained and laboured manner and showed no interest in anything around him. He was the sickest dog I had ever seen and I was pained to even look at him and wondered whether it would have been kinder to put him to sleep.
Mukund's father used to walk him regularly and I kept far away from them because I was feeling very bad to look at him suffer.
The weeks became months and I was witness to the gradual decline of this magnificent dog and saw him getting more and more shrunken and every step seemed a punishment for him. I asked uncle, what was the prognosis. Would he get better or would he just degenerate further? Uncle said that the doctor was not sure and they were wondering what would be kinder since he was throwing up whatever he was eating and he was passing a lot of blood.
But one day, I happened to see Leo holding a ball in his mouth and walking a little brisker than normal. I was so pleased to see him a little alive and asked uncle what happened. He said, now he's able to hold in the food that they were hand feeding him and he was showing some interest in his surroundings. I was witness to the gradual turn around in Leo's health and I didn't feel bad any more in approaching him and talking to uncle and Leo.
Today it's almost 6 months since Leo moved into our community and he is such a bubbly, healthy, playful, friendly, obedient 2.5 yr old Lab. His doctor has termed it a miracle. All of us who are privileged to being witness to him and this family would term it a miracle.
Whatever anyone else says, I've seen this miracle unfold in front of my eyes for the last 4 months. The unconditional love that this family showered on this canine. Uncle, Aunty, Mukund each treated him with kid gloves and abundant love. It shone through in all their actions for this doggy soul. And he responded and came back to give them joy today.
He's bounced back and beaten the deadly disease to pay back to this family with all that he can give.
He's now making friends with the other dogs in the complex and here he's seen with Jazz a pug.
And here he is with Mukund.
We have no clue to how powerful love can be. Unconditional love seems to conquer all barriers. Even death.
My neighbour Mukund is a volunteer in Blue Cross and this dog soon became very attached to him. He was so sick that eating was a punishment and he refused to eat at his feed times. However every time Mukund came over for his volunteering, this dog made an effort to eat if Mukund fed him.
Soon, even Blue Cross was wondering whether to put him down since he was getting weaker and weaker daily. Mukund was able to visit only twice a week amongst his other committments and the food this dog was intaking was not sufficient to keep him going.
Mukund then took a bold decision of asking Blue Cross to let him adopt this dog and keep him at home. Obviously Blue Cross was happy to let him go.
So that's when I first met with Leo, a 2 year old Labrador that was nothing but a sack of skin and bones. He walked in a very pained and laboured manner and showed no interest in anything around him. He was the sickest dog I had ever seen and I was pained to even look at him and wondered whether it would have been kinder to put him to sleep.
Mukund's father used to walk him regularly and I kept far away from them because I was feeling very bad to look at him suffer.
The weeks became months and I was witness to the gradual decline of this magnificent dog and saw him getting more and more shrunken and every step seemed a punishment for him. I asked uncle, what was the prognosis. Would he get better or would he just degenerate further? Uncle said that the doctor was not sure and they were wondering what would be kinder since he was throwing up whatever he was eating and he was passing a lot of blood.
But one day, I happened to see Leo holding a ball in his mouth and walking a little brisker than normal. I was so pleased to see him a little alive and asked uncle what happened. He said, now he's able to hold in the food that they were hand feeding him and he was showing some interest in his surroundings. I was witness to the gradual turn around in Leo's health and I didn't feel bad any more in approaching him and talking to uncle and Leo.
Today it's almost 6 months since Leo moved into our community and he is such a bubbly, healthy, playful, friendly, obedient 2.5 yr old Lab. His doctor has termed it a miracle. All of us who are privileged to being witness to him and this family would term it a miracle.
Whatever anyone else says, I've seen this miracle unfold in front of my eyes for the last 4 months. The unconditional love that this family showered on this canine. Uncle, Aunty, Mukund each treated him with kid gloves and abundant love. It shone through in all their actions for this doggy soul. And he responded and came back to give them joy today.
He's bounced back and beaten the deadly disease to pay back to this family with all that he can give.
He's now making friends with the other dogs in the complex and here he's seen with Jazz a pug.
And here he is with Mukund.
Uncle with Leo and Jazz
We have no clue to how powerful love can be. Unconditional love seems to conquer all barriers. Even death.
Thank God for allowing me to be witness to this miracle and thank all the souls who have contributed to this happy beginning :)
It was wonderful reading this. I also saw the Facebook post on Leo. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome and I'm very glad to share this living miracle....
DeleteGlad i followed the link here. Great read. Mukund is a great soul. Loving Leo :)
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