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“Saving Serena”

“Foster Friends Love Story”

They were a small flurry of fur, ushered into the shelter by a good Samaritan. Their owner had died and now they found themselves homeless. The two small, happy dogs, were proud to be walking on their leashes, and were the object of everyone’s attention in their new surroundings.

At our constantly busy, open access shelter, how would we find them room, medical care and a new forever home quickly?

Five years old, not spade or neutered, needing a good medical examine, grooming and vaccination updates, they were documented, fussed over and placed in our holding kennels waiting their turn for all of the above.

Then enters “Lisa”, a member of Kent County SPCA’s “Foster Friends Network”. Lisa had been considering a foster dog and while on rounds in the shelter noticed Serena. It was love at first site and home Serena went with her new foster family.

It was then Lisa, a licensed veterinary technician, noticed Serena’s strange breathing pattern. An appointment was made at a local veterinary hospital.

The diagnosis: Serena would need laser surgery to open her nasal passages or her future could not be guaranteed. Not only that, she would never be able to play or eat normally, struggling to breathe through her mouth, her only capacity for now.

No one wanted to wait knowing how Serena was struggling to keep up with daily activities. Surgery was scheduled. That decision was life saving as unknown to anyone, Serena had an even more dangerous medical condition, known as Pyometra.

Not being spade at her age, her uterus had become infected. If the decision to move ahead with laser surgery and spay her at that time had not been made she would not have survived the week.

Serena is one example of the many animals helped through the Kent County SPCA’s , many programs. If you would like to know more about the services Kent County SPCA provides to the public or interested in becoming a volunteer, looking to adopt a pet, or could help to care for our homeless animals by making a tax deductible monetary donation, please call the shelter at 302-698-3006.

If you would like to help Serena in her recovery from her life saving surgery, please consider a donation to “Saving Serena”, a program of our “Foster Friends Network”. Many thanks and kisses from Serena.