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""Belle"

Do you believe in Prayer ? Well if you didn't before you should now. These are the newest pictures of Bell who was almost gone with Cushings. With the love and care from Jean Ensor and the prayers from you, Bell has overcome Cushings. She began to improve shortly after we put her picture on the website asking for prayers for her, and just look at her now !

Jean Ensor writes: "This is Belle who is in the Special Dogs section on our website. After the photo onthe site she continued to lose hair until it was extermely thin and wispy and she looked pink instead of white. Her tail was completely bald. In Feb 2000 she began growing hair and now is more beautiful than before. All apparent symptoms of her Cushing's Syndrome are gone. So far no one can explain why she is better but I am so glad she is."

Jean

""Belle"

Belle is a 5 - 6 year old Maltese with Cushing's syndrome. She failed a course of Anipryl and due to her traumatic life in a puppy mill we have chosen not to traumatize her further with harsh therapies. She is very sweet. Still somewhat afraid to be held but follows me all over. She seems happy and comfortable here and since her condition is not getting better and some days are tough for her, I have decided that trying to place her in a home would be too traumatic for her and an adoptive family. She will stay with me until she makes the journey over the Rainbow Bridge.

Jean notified me today that Belle is not getting better but is getting a little worse. She has asked that I pull her from the adoptable dogs page as she will keep her for what time she has left. Jean is a very special lady who now has many such babies in her care. She never asks for help so I want to ask for her.

Belle's monthly medications and treatment are very expensive so if you would like to donate to help Jean and Belle, please send your donations to:

Jean and Belle thank you in advance for your love and support....

Marti Lewis
Jackie Black
Pam Gall
Mary Gaffey
Cheryl Gorski
Christine Stier
William & Sandra Humphreys
The Tinculescu family
Loretta & Jim Dinneen
Catherine Fiocco
Patti Komorowski

This is a current picture of Belle...with the donations and prayers from Belle's friends she is now looking better than ever. Her hair is even filling in and growing. I was shocked when I saw how much better she looks.

We wanted to share this sweet letter we received with her donation.....

From: sarosomo@aol.com
Copied with permission of writer.

Dear Jean,
Please accept the enclosed checks to help with little belle's medical expenses. We saw Belle's story on the Maltese Rescue site of Southeastern texas and it took us back 25 years to when we acquired our first maltese, Milkshake.

Milkshake, too, had Cushing's disease. One of the complications was diabetes; the little dog happily endured 2 insulin injections a day for her favorite treat--Liv-a-snaps.

Milkshake lived until she was 12 and endeared us so much to the breed that we started showing our Maltese and soon we had a number of the little rascals sharing our home. We bred on a limited basis (seven litters in 12 years--keeping most of them) and are lucky enough to have kept in touch with the folks who have our puppies. They have wonderful homes, and it breaks my heart that so many Maltese were not so lucky.

You and your fellow rescuers are very special people. We no longer show or breed, and hope some day to be able to welcome a rescue Maltese into our home. Until then we will try to help this way.

We included one of our cards with our email address. Please let us know how belle is doing and give her a hug for us.

Sincerely,
Marti Lewis & Jackie Black

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