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Crystal's
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Crystal Antlsperger
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draining week for us. Please be aware details and photos below may be a
bit to graphic for some. As some of my very loyal customers may know
this information already, I would like to Thank you for praying and
trying to lift our spirits.
We will now tell you our story.

It Began with the passing of 2 of our very dear adult males... Java and
Bear (can be seen on the In Loving Memories Page). They both have
puppies listed on our puppies page at this time. In their situation, they
had very tragic accident that we would not like to get into great detail on.
We miss them very much and are extremely heartbroken over their
passing, they have been taken to our vet to be cremated.

Then in the same day Lady (can be seen on our Retired Page) went into
labor roughly about a week and a half early. We always have Xrays done
on our girls as most of you know and with her going into labor that early
we hadn't had an Xray yet and no idea how many puppies she was
expecting. The evening of July 20, 2009 she delivered 5 beautiful babies.
Labor then stopped and she got up to go potty and such. The next day
we moved her to the puppy room where we can properly care for our
moms and babies. All day she did great, nursed her babies and was
active. That evening Lady started to take a sudden turn for the worse.
She was away from her babies, acting non-responsive, vomiting, and temp
very low. I had no choice but to rush her to the Emergency vet at 10pm,
knowing that it is $85 alone just to walk in the door. They evaluated her
and decided she needed an Xray to see if their were any retained babies,
give her fluids to help hydrate her and take blood to run a
"Comprehensive Chemistry Profile" of where all of her levels were at.
We agreed to what they have suggested as they gave a detailed estimate
cost of $607 for the above work to be done on her. I was ok with this as
we all want to do whatever we can do to save our babies (pets) so I signed
the estimate agreement. First they did the Xray and found we have 2
retained puppies, so now they give me 2 options. #1 give her Oxitocin to
push her back into labor, #2 skip Oxitocin go in for C-section, both of
course once she was stable. Her blood profile showed that her protein,
glucose, and white blood cells, etc. counts were all at dangerously low
levels, they then started her on IV fluids immediately. They instructed me
that there was nothing I could do as they had to keep her to give her
fluids to get her at a stable point before they could think about getting
the 2 retained babies out. They sent me home with the understanding
they call me with any and every detail. At about 4:00am they called me
that they had to resuscitate her and now continue with IV fluids as there
has been no change and her body is not taking the fluids as she should.
Emergency vet closes at 7:30am and that is the time they asked me to pick
up Lady to take her to our normal vets office. I get there and they
present me with a bill of $1644.00. I was floored. When I left I agreed to
$607, then without any signed agreement they now charge me over a
thousand dollars for fluids. Last year we were at the Emergency vet
7-13-08 for a Csection and the bill was $1500 then, I can't understand
how fluids can end up costing more than a Csection??? We have a Care
Credit Card (pet care) so the total of $1644 was placed on the card (since
of course they must have their money before you can leave with your
pet). I then rushed her to our vet, and they continued her on fluids until
about noon, and then planned for Csection. My vet thankfully let me be
there for the surgery, as I desperately wanted to be there just in case Lady
did not make it, I had to be there for her. Shortly after starting the
surgery we discovered that Lady's uterus had ruptured open like a
balloon (see photo). We get the 2 retained puppies out to notice they

began to decompose in Lady's system and not in the
uterus where they should be. She must be Spayed. We
bladder etc. are all caked with the green stuff you see in
the photo, this is what has set her body in shut down
mode and caused inflammation and infection in her
entire system. After seeing this we had no guarantees
that Lady will survive. She had to stay at the vets
office for a few days, but that night my vet planned to
go back to check on Lady around 10pm, again she was
nice enough to call us to come up at that time to visit
with Lady. Thank goodness she is showing
improvement already. So our vet said in the morning
if she continues to show improvement, she can go
home on antibiotics. Thursday July 23, 2009 was a
very emotional day for us. We did get the news that we
could bring Lady home which was good but at the same

time bring Java and Bear into the office to be sent off for cremation. Lady is now home with us,
and improving slowly, but we are staying positive. We are still in constant care with her babies as
they are premature. Lady is unable to nurse them, so Chili which had her babies July 19,2009 just 1
day before Lady has taken them on as her own. This is putting added stress on Chili as well, we are
helping out by nursing the babies in between to help Chili out. Please keep Lady, Chili and The
puppies in your thoughts and prayers.

Lady is recovering well.
Picture taken 7-27-09

of our babies, we are asking for support/donations from Friends, Family, Customers, or anyone
that this has touched. We strive to do all we can for our dogs, puppies and customers. This was a
very unexpected situation and it has us at rock bottom. I do understand how this may be perceived
so much money and now they are asking for more" or "Who do they think they are". Trust me the
scenarios have gone through my head, but I think our love for our dogs show in them and those of
you that have experienced it can understand where we are coming from here. We are only asking
for what ever you can spare, $5, $20, whatever it doesn't matter, anything will help. We have
opened a separate account for this and any Checks or Money orders can be made out to:
CRYSTAL'S DACHSHUND CROSSING
11043 McFadden Ave. Englewood, FL 34224

Anyone that sends us a donation, we would like to add your name to the bottom of the page (of
course with your permission) with great appreciation. If you would prefer to stay anonymous we
are happy just to list "Anonymous".
Thank you for your support!

UPDATES
7-28-09... We planned to keep a Chocolate n Tan dapple female that Lady had born and the little
girl passed today. With being a preemie we had expected this. All other puppies are still doing
good.

7-31-09...Lady had her stitches removed and a check up. And she is doing surprisingly well
considering what she went through. She will have monthly checks for awhile to ensure she is still
going strong.

8-7-09... We got results on an Autopsy we had done on one of our dogs, and no foul play was
present, passed of natural causes.

~DONATIONS~

Denny and Pam Curtis
Cindy and Jeff
Bandon and Bella
Sally and Earlene
Tori Brown
Pezanetti/Blake Families
Jelinek Family
"Anonymous"
Sylvester Family
Salhoff Family
Cocoa and Gator
Katie P.
Debbie S.