Greyhound Adoptions of Florida

Hi, my name is Darren

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I was sponsored by Bev Doan and Alicia Porter during my stay at Grey Haven!

Read my story and learn about how I got healthy at Grey Haven: weblink.

This very sweet four year old just came to Grey Haven on August 5, 2009. He is about 15 pounds underweight and has some medical issues. He was also born with a deformity of both front legs. It appears that his "elbows" are double-jointed. (that is not a real medical description but honestly describes what you see when you watch him walk).

The condition has left him with no muscle mass in his front end at all and has forced him to walk with a strange gait. All of these problems have not taken a thing away from his loving manner and his joy for all the new things he has seen in the last few days.

His name is Darren and he is so glad to have plenty of soft blankets and three good meals a day that he has not stopped wagging his tail since he got here. We are going to take each medical issue and deal with them one at a time. Right now there seems to be a problem with his blood and we will address that first.

Once he starts gaining weight we hope to seen an improvement in all his test results just from the addition of good food and supplements. The orthopedic issues will be checked out in Orlando once we know he is on his way to good health.

I know this boy is going to make a wonderful addition to a family some day. Right now we just want Darren to be healthy and with your continued support that will happen.

Todays vet visit: Up 4 pounds!!!! Hematocrit and platelets are climbing!!!

Much, much better......this boy is one amazingly sweet dog!!

Good job Darren...keep on eating sweet boy! He's a doll!

New update on Darren here:
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You can do it Darren :) Just do everything Marilyn suggests ! What a lovely joy :)

Darren is being sponsored by Bev Doan!

/wags tail

New update on Darren posted 9/25:

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NOTE: The above link in 9/26 post may not work for you if you are not logged into site. This bug has been reported and we're looking into it.

To read the latest update on Darren, click through his link on homepage.

Darren has been adopted!
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