Chi Chi Update!!
Special help needed
Thank you!! Your generosity towards helping with Chi Chi's surgery costs are greatly appreciated. CCDR never turns down a dog in need and your contributions allow us to continue saving those that need special care.
CCDR
Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue
Andra Steed 
2292 Evelyn Ave 
Memphis, TN 38104
Update!!!  June 1, 2001
Chi Chi's original story
Before surgery
3 days after surgery

Chi Chi Update!!!

Hi Everyone!  As you all know by now, my name is Chi Chi and I have had a real hard time with a broken jaw that didn't want to heal.  Well, thanks to so many wonderful people just like you, I was able to have the surgery to fix my jaw on May 17, 2001. 

The people at CCDR who love me were able to find me a really wonderful surgeon named Dr. Hay who did a great job. He had to take a little piece of bone from one of my legs and graft it to my jaw in the place where the break would not fuse together and then he had to put these little metal plates on each side of my bottom jaw to hold it together and make it strong.  I stayed in the hospital for 2 days and when I went home, I felt like a new pup! 

I have really been feeling great. I can even close my mouth all the way now which I haven't been able to do for nearly 4 months and the best part is that I can eat real food again and not that mush they were giving me from the blender! (yuk!)  I went back to Dr. Hay yesterday and he took my stitches out. He said I have to eat canned food for just a little longer and then I can start eating dry food again. 

I still have to go back for more x-rays and what we hope will be a final check-up in about 8 to 12 weeks.  It is costing a lot of money to fix me but everyone says I'm worth it and I'm really thankful to all of you who are helping to pay my doctor.  I wish I could give each one of you great big doxie kisses!
 
 

Love,
(the now "handsome once again") Chi Chi
Chi Chi's Original Story

This is Chi Chi.  He is 6 yrs old and the sweetest boy you could ever hope to meet. 

Chi Chi was attacked quite viciously. In addition to other minor injuries which have pretty much healed, Chi Chi sustained a broken jaw. He had emergency surgery to wire the jaw and was transported to Naples, FL to a foster home.  He was doing very well, we thought, and then the wires in his jaw started to slip out. After two attempts to reset them, we learned that Chi Chi has lost so much bone and muscle mass that the pins will not anchor properly and the jaw is not healing. 

Chi Chi's only hope is to have another surgery to have the pins removed and put plates in to support and strengthen the jaw. Without this surgery the outlook for Chi Chi is grim. He cannot eat because the jaw is not stable enough to even make the motion necessary to even lap up liquids.  His foster mom has been trying to "pour" liquified food into his mouth with a child's liquid medicine feeder. 

Please help us save this wonderful and loving boy.   Any donation you can make to CCDR to help with the cost of Chi Chi's surgery would be appreciated so very much! 
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CCDR will never turn down a Dachshund in need, therefore our medical bills are always extremely high. If you would like to help CCDR with the mounting medical costs to help dogs like Chi Chi and others that are currently being treated, please feel free to send your tax deductible donation to:

CCDR 
Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue
Andra Steed 
2292 Evelyn Ave 
Memphis, TN 38104

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