{"id":2355,"date":"2013-06-03T21:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T04:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:46:33","slug":"angel-fund-gave-lucy-a-good-leg-to-stand-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/angel-fund-gave-lucy-a-good-leg-to-stand-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Fund Gave Lucy  a Good Leg to Stand on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Lucy-Beem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2356\" alt=\"Lucy Beem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Lucy-Beem-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Last summer, Sue Beem \u2013 a retiree who lives in Orange \u2013 lost her dog.\u00a0 On July 1, she and her god daughter decided to find another one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to all the shelters in this area and we found this little girl [a poodle] at the Santa Ana shelter. She was so cute and they told me she was between six and eight years old.\u00a0 That was a little older than I wanted but that was all right.\u00a0 So I took her and I went right to my vet \u2013 I call her Doctor Laura and I\u2019ve been going to her for years.\u201d (Dr. Laura Weatherford works at Tustin Santa Ana Veterinary Hospital.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctor Laura said that the dog was closer to eight to ten years old than six to eight.\u00a0 But that was all right.\u00a0 If she had stayed at the shelter, they would have put her down. Doctor Laura examined her and she removed some teeth . . . and I took her home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue decided to name the dog Lucy. Not long after she acquired Lucy, the dog \u201cjust stopped using one of her legs. She would play ball and everything else and then all of a sudden she would just not use that leg. She was walking on three legs.\u00a0 So I took her back to Doctor Laura and she examined her and she said that cartilage had slipped off the knee joint as well as the hip joint and that she would need surgery.\u00a0 And when she quoted me the price, I said: \u2018No way can I afford it.\u2019 And she said, \u2018Well, we\u2019ll see if we can get some help from Angel Fund.\u2019\u00a0 And we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of Sue\u2019s income is from a monthly Social Security check. Angel Fund contributed $400 to Lucy\u2019s medical bill and so did the hospital. Sue is grateful for that assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy is doing fine now, Sue says, although the dog is a little overweight. \u201cShe\u2019s going to go in for liposuction, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue is Lucy\u2019s biggest fan.\u00a0 \u201cShe\u2019s the greatest dog!\u00a0 She is by far the sweetest dog I\u2019ve ever had. And I\u2019ve had a lot of poodles since 1960.\u00a0 And she is so loyal.\u00a0 She never, ever leaves my side. If I\u2019m there and somebody else tries to take her, she won\u2019t go. She simply won\u2019t go unless I say it\u2019s OK. She is a wonderful, wonderful little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, Sue Beem \u2013 a retiree who lives in Orange \u2013 lost her dog.\u00a0 On July 1, she and her god daughter decided to find another one. \u201cWe went to all the shelters in this area and we found this little girl [a poodle] at the Santa Ana shelter. 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