Lucky Cardigan (now called Lucky) had severe burns and Joan and Brian were warned she might not easily adjust to new people. However, when they let her out when they got home, she walked around the house for about 10 minutes checking everything out. Then she jumped up into Brian’s lap.
She sat in his lap for quite a while. Later that evening she jumped into bed with Brian and his wife, and she spent the night with them. They have taken her to the vet twice – for her original check-up, and once more – when they removed her cone and thought she would be fine. But her rigorous licking to clean herself tore open areas that had not been open when they adopted her. The vet gave her antibiotics, something for the itch and a larger cone. She has adjusted to it very readily and is healing. She is the most loving pet either of them have ever had – and she is truly loved. Today, Lucky is doing great. Even if her fur never grows back where she was apparently chemically burned, it will not bother Joan or Brian one bit. She is the best pet they have ever had and she will be with them until either she or they pass away. Lucky truly is lucky now!
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