I just got off the phone with the vet and Magpie is WALKING!  He said she isn’t even wobbly when she gets taken outside and she is looking fantastic.  They are running blood work right now to check some things like her liver, since the toxin is known to damage it.  If all comes back clear we can bring Deeds girl home today.

Deeds did not want to go to school again and I was only able to get him to leave by telling him we would take him up to see her after, how amazing would it be if she was here when he got home?!?

I want to thank the amazing people at Fox 13 News for surprising us and doing that story yesterday.  We have gotten amazing support and reading the messages people have left for us has helped us through.  To all who have donated we say a prayer of thanks for every dollar given to help Magpie and you have made this a holiday season one our family will never forget and want to be able to pay forward.

Hopefully this is the scene we will see after she’s gotten rest here at home:

Heads....

...or tails?

Jeremy and I spent some time with Magpie this afternoon.  At first she was still pretty out of it and could only try to lift her head when she heard us come in but by the time we left almost 2 hours later she was doing SO much better.  The pictures I’m showing we took right before we left.

She is still acting unusual but we can tell she is really fighting.  The doctor wants to do some x-rays on her chest to see how her lungs are doing from the aspiration last night but her breathing has improved.  We are really optimistic and starting to believe that she will be able to return tomorrow and continue her recovery here.

We can not thank everyone enough for all the prayers, wishes and help during this time.  I can not even begin to explain how hard this has been and how last night we fully expected to get a call that she had passed away.  Our prayer now is that she will not only recover but be able to remain Deeds certified service dog and continue to work with her boy.  He misses her dearly.

We will continue to keep you all posted, and Fox 13 News here in Utah will be doing a short follow-up story about our girl tonight at 5pm and 9pm MST.

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We have had a few people ask how they can help in addition to the thousands of prayers being said on Magpie’s behalf.  I can’t be blind to the fact that regardless how things turn out for Magpie this is going to be quite expensive.  We are not expecting more than prayers from anyone but if you do have an extra dollar to help her we would appreciate it dearly.  Her initial vet visit from the first veterinarian has been taken care of but the stay and care at the Animal Hospital is something that will be quite expensive.

I did contact the hospital and they said that anyone wanting to donate to Magpie’s care is welcome to call them at (385)351-5474 and they can take payments over the phone.  If they ask for the name the account is under it would be Barbara Mauss but they will probably know who you are talking about if you just say Magpie the service dog.  She is at Southeast valley Animal Hospital.

If doing a donation online is easier please know that anything donated to Deeds fund will be going towards the care of Magpie at this time and so donations can be made by clicking on the paypal link here on this page.

We appreciate that so many of you have asked how to help and we will let you know how Magpie is doing later.  We have made plans to go visit her this afternoon after 2pm MST.   All we truly ask right now is prayers, prayers and more prayers for Deeds girl.

I just got off the phone with the Animal Hospital that Magpie is staying at.  Good news is she is no longer having seizures and isn’t showing that the snail bait is in her system anymore.  She is not out of the woods yet however because there seem to be other complications going on.

When we dropped her off we were told they would keep her on sedation during the night to keep the seizures at bay.  This morning they told me they never once sedated her because she still can’t stand up or move.  They are waiting and hoping that it is because the first dose of sedation just hasn’t worn off.  She still has a high fever but is no longer being incubated and is awake.  They are keeping her on the antibiotics and told me they would be shocked if she was able to come home tonight.  They said they will call this evening with an update and I just don’t know how I’m going to make it all day not knowing how she is.  Hope they don’t mind a couple calls during the day to check on her.

Deeds was awake most of the night.  When I would check on him he would be awake just sitting in his bed.  He asked where she was again this morning and then said he didn’t want to go to school.  He told us he was tired and just wanted to sleep with Magpie on his bed.

We are still praying that Magpie shows more signs of improvement and stands up.  I asked the doctor if she was going to survive since she made it through the night and he said they were still watching her very close and they still don’t know.

We are so amazing at the love and support from everyone.  Jeremy and I sit together and read all the comments and just cry.  I am glad Deeds is at school today but not sure how we are going to handle bedtime tonight with Magpie still gone.

Magpie and her boy at Church