12/04/2025
this is the hardest update ever, the saddest story ever, how does a happy bouncy pup go from smiles on his way to a bright future in Texas , to life support, Rocket was a stray living in a slum trailer park, just a puppy, no one claimed, for nearly the first year of his life, eventually animal control caught up to him, he wasnt doing well in a shelter and appeared he was not ever going to do well in a shelter so on his way he came, He made friends, ran , played, ate and slept when he wanted and smiled allot. Then his happy time stopped, with 108 fever and unable to barely stand, he was rushed to the vet, from there straight to Texas A& M University Hospital, he collapsed just as we came through the door, everyone scrambled to get him into ICU
At first exam, exasperated pneumonia, then his vitals began to shift, medications were ineffective, and changed, still he could not breath, moved to a respirator for further testing and CT Scans, showed extremely damaged lungs, damaged tissue consistent with heat stroke, still we did not give up, we've seen worse right, Now he went on more antibiotics, more machines to monitor his vitals and breathing, while his Doctors and Techs anxiously waiting the Pathology Reports, were doing everything in their power and technology to keep him comfortable and stable until they could know what he needed to beat whatever this was, he was never left unattended and had Doctors supervising him round the clock, it still was hopeful, he gave small signs he knew we were there holding him petting him, talking to him, our sponsors and supporters and amazingly generous donors checked on him daily and prayed , an abandoned discarded puppy was no longer insignificant, he was Rocket, the beautiful Huskey mix boy in critical condition given the best our technology had to offer and given more love and care he had never had as a baby, time passed, nothing changed, the machines kept going, his techs still vigilant keeping him comfortable, the call came in the middle of the night, his heart was slowing his blood pressure dropping, his Doctors did whatever miracle they did to stabilize him, still waiting for test results, his blood pressure dropped along with his heart rate a second time, we had to let him go, he was too weak to fight anymore, and so he is gone, Toxicology report came in a couple days later, a rare lung infection, at one time only seen in horses that had no cure, this would have been his first Christmas, this was in many ways his first everything, at being loved, cared for, having friends, feeling safe and secure for the first time in his life,
Many many thanks go to his Doctors, Techs, Donors, Friends he made at the hospital, for doing so much for him, If love and prayers could move mountains, Rocket would have lived forever, but his past life of neglect wouldnt let it happen, and so we mourn another tragic senseless death of a beautiful soul.
