OLAF: PNEUMONIA
Dear Laila,
Just want to say hello and tell you that Olaf is doing much better, he is going home today ... I like to send you my love and Thank You for everything you did, we're all in great spirit that Olaf is still with us...
Love and Happiness,
~ Jean-Paul
June 2010
My thirteen years old dog Olaf swallowed a sock that became stuck between his stomach and his intestine. This incident turned out to be far more serious than it looked. The sock had a "cork" effect on his stomach. He was throwing-up everything he swallowed. 24 hours after I noticed he was sick, he couldn't stand up. I had to take him to an emergency animal hospital. On the way to the Vet, he started having trouble breathing and he was not moving when we arrived. The vet told me later that Olaf had such low blood pressure when he arrived that I would have lost him only a few minutes later. It appeared that on top of his stomach problem, he had also developed pneumonia due to the fact that he inhaled his own vomit and couldn't breathe. After a difficult stomach and intestine surgery, I received the next day a pessimistic phone call about his health and chances of recovery. On top of his surgery and respiratory problems, they found intestine bacteria in his blood which indicated a 'leak'. My options were a new surgery, put him to sleep or wait for an unlikely recovery. The situation being more than desperate, a friend advised me to contact Laila Del Monte. After asking me a few questions and a picture of Olaf, she started working on him at a distance. The next day, his status was stable though he was still under oxygen. The bacteria were not in his blood anymore. Three days later, his pneumonia was 80% gone and he was ready to go home. Laila kept on working on him all this time and I am extremely grateful for the help she provided to me and my pet. I wouldn't hesitate to use the word 'miracle' for what happened, even the veterinarian was astounded by the way Olaf recovered,
Thank you Laila!
~ Thierry
