Susan Susan, a 14-week-old black, spayed female,...

Susan

Susan, a 14-week-old black, spayed female, was treated for an

upper respiratory infection that just wouldn’t go away.

Second-opinion doctors diagnosed her with a secondary bacterial lung

infection when she was only 7 weeks old. She was treated

successfully, but it left her with a permanent wheeze.

Community Animal Network has had Susan examined thoroughly by the

experts to rule out a diaphragmatic hernia -- an opening in the lung

cavity lining, allowing for the lower intestinal organs to crowd the

heart and lungs. We even searched her nasal cavity for polyps when

she went under anesthesia to be spayed.

Readers may believe this to be extreme, but we do everything we

can to ensure that our animals receive the utmost veterinary care

prior to their adoption. Managing a pro-quality organization is a

great responsibility, not only to use the funds wisely but also to

find homes for the animals that have been rehabilitated, or the ones

that shelters or other groups would say are not adoptable.

Our adoption success with senior dogs and cats, the blind and

animals that have had severe eyelid abnormalities -- all have found

loving homes. Momba and her two feline leukemia-positive babies,

known as the leukemia cat family, found a home last weekend in

Newport Beach.

We thank you for opening your hearts to give our veterinary

medical rescues great homes.

ONLINE FUNDRAISER: Beginning Saturday, we will be featuring an

online fundraiser at www.animalnetwork.org. The “Holiday Fundraising

Non-Event” will run through Dec. 31. Dining certificates, original

art, clothes, beauty services and even a personal chef are available.

For more information or to donate an item, e-mail

DiAnna@animalnetwork.org.

The Community Animal Network is a community-supported animal

organization linking people and pets through community action. See

other animals available for adoption at https://www.animalnetwork.org,

or stop by Russo’s pet store at Fashion Island between noon and 4

p.m. on weekends. For more information, call (949) 759-3646, or write

to the Community Animal Network at P.O. Box 8662, Newport Beach, CA

92658.