| PLEASE HELP SAVE MATAI!!! |
| JUST AN UPDATE ON MATAI: SHE WAS ALLOWED TO COME HOME WITH ME ON TUESDAY NIGHT IF A COULD BANDAGE AND CHANGE HER DRESSING. I HAVE BEEN HAND FEEDING HER AND GIVING HER WATER THROUGH A SYRINGE. WE WERE DOING AS GOOD AS COULD BE EXPECTED. WE WENT IN FRIDAY FOR A CHECK AND THE WONDERFUL VET WHO HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF HER SEWED HER LIP, GUMS AND ROOF OF HER MOUTH BACK TOGETHER. SHE CAME HOME BUT HAD TO GO BACK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE HER FACE WAS SO SWOLLEN SHE WAS SCREAMING IN PAIN. AFTER RETURNING HOME ON SATURDAY AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR A BLOOD VESSEL IN HER HEAD BROKE, AND BLOOD STARTING POURING OUT OF HER MOUTH AND THE SIDE OF HER HEAD. WE RUSHED HER BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. SHE HAS LOST SO MUCH BLOOD THAT SHE MAY NOT RECOVER THIS TIME. IF ANOTHER BLOOD VESSEL BREAKS I WILL BE BURYING HER. SO ALL PRAYERS WELCOME. |
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| MY BABY GIRL |
| WHAT IS LEFT OF HER LIPS AND MOUTH AND HOLE BLOWN OUT THE SIDE UNDER EAR. |
| PIECE'S OF HER LIPS HELD BACK TO SHOW GUMS AND ROOF OF MOUTH BLASTED APART. ONLY THREE TOP TEETH LEFT ON THAT SIDE |
| THE WONDERFUL VET, DR. PADGETT, HARD AT WORK ON MATAI |
| STILL IN SURGERY, LIP STICHED UP BUT NOTHING LEFT TO SEW ON THE HOLE IN HER NECK |
| MATAI ALL BANDAGED UP WITH IV IN LEG AND HER FACE VERY SWOLLEN. THIS WAS BEFORE THE LAST TRIP TO THE VET AFTER HAVING A BLOOD VESSEL BURST IN HER HEAD. POOR THING, LOOKS LIKE HANNIBAL LECTER!!! DR. PADGETT SAY SHE LOOKS LIKE A BAD CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!! :o) |
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| 7-17-2003 UPDATE: MATAI HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHE BLED FOR 4 OR 5 HOURS BEFORE WE GOT THE BLEEDING UNDER CONTROL. HER BLOOD COUNT WAS DOWN TO 15. I DID NOT VISIT HER FOR 2 DAYS. DR. PADGETT WAS WORRIED SHE WOULD BE UPSET IF I CAME AND LEFT OR SHE MIGHT GET EXCITED IF SHE SAW ME. THE BEST THING THIS WEEK WAS TO KEEP HER VERY STILL. I FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER YESTERDAY. SHE WAS HAPPY BUT WANTED TO GO HOME. SHE GOT HER FIRST TASTE OF FOOD AND WATER AGAIN TODAY. TRYING TO GET HER BACK TO THAT STAGE AGAIN SO SHE CAN COME HOME. WE MAY BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BRING HER HOME AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. I JUST PRAY TO GOD NOTHING HAPPENS. DR. PADGETT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE SHE COULD HANDLE ANOTHER SET BACK. SO EVERYONE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED AND SAY A LITTLE PRAYER. |
| I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN HERE A VERY VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DR. PADGETT AND ALL THE PEOLE AT SEYMOUR VET CLINIC. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SO HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE IN THIS TRYING TIME. THEY HAVE ALLOWED ME TO MAKE SMALL WEEKLY PAYMENTS. FOR THAT I'M TRULY THANKFUL. I CAN NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT DR. PADGETT WHO IS FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED IN HER CARE. HE HAS NOT PASSED OFF THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THIS TRYING CASE. HE HAS COME IN ON HIS DAYS OFF AND CHECKED ON HER AND KEPT ME UP-TO-DATE DAILY ON HER PROGRESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH DOC. WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS HOW I FEEL!! THANK YOU |
| TO ALL WHO HAVE READ OUR STORY, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES ON HER CASE AND THANK YOUS!!! |
| I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS E-MAILED ME THEIR PRAYERS, ADVICE AND JUST WORDS OF KINDNESS. I WAS REALLY UPSET WHEN NO ONE HERE WOULD EVEN LISTEN TO ME. IF ONE MORE DUMB REDNECK TOLD ME "IT'S JUST A DOG" I WOULD HAVE SCREAMED! I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE NO ONE CARED AT ALL. A SPECIAL THANKS TO RONI WHO HAS REALLY GOT THE BALL ROLLING. I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. I ALSO WANT TO THANK TIFFANY, WHO HAS BEEN AN AMAZING FRIEND AND HAS GONE OUT OF HER WAY TO HELP MATAI WITH DONATION JARS AND HELPING ON THIS WEB PAGE. THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!! |
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WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WROTE TO THE NEWSPAPER, TV AND RADIO, AND THEY WOULD NOT SPEAK TO ME. I ALSO CALLED OUR HUMANE SOCIETY AND WAS TOLD TO CALL THE DA AND HE WOULD NOT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS. I AM NOT GIVING UP AND WILL BE A PAIN IN THEIR BUTT UNTILL SOMEONE LISTENS. |
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| HI EVERYONE!!! A WONDERFUL LADY BY THE NAME OF JULIE CHECHE HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO DONATE 25% OF ALL SALES OFF HER WEBSITE TO GO TOWARDS MATAI'S CARE. PLEASE VISIT HER WEBSITE. SHE SPECIALIZES IN CANINE CAMEO SOAPS. YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO HER WEBSITE WWW.BELLALUNABOUTIQUE.COM BELOW. THANK YOU JULIE!!! |
| OUR DONATION JARS WE DISPLAYED IN LOCAL STORES |
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| PLEASE SEE THE NEW UPDATES PAGE WITH PICTURES AND WHAT'S NEW IN OUR ON GOING DRAMA WITH THE HUNT FOR JUSTICE. |
| SEYMOUR VET CLINIC 318 OVERLOOK DRIVE SEYMOUR, TN 37865 |
| PLEASE SEE THE HEMP JEWELRY LINK BELOW. I HAVE BEEN MAKING JEWELRY FOR FRIENDS FOR YEARS. SOMEONE SUGGESTED I TRY SELLING THEM ON-LINE TO RAISE MONEY FOR MATAI'S VET BILLS. I FIGURED I WOULD TRY. IF YOU LIKE THEM OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WOULD, PLEASE TELL THEM ABOUT THE SITE. |
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| IF YOU ARE NEW TO MATAI'S PAGE, PLEASE READ MATAI'S FULL STORY |
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| IF EVERYONE COULD DONATE JUST ONE DOLLAR, WE COULD HAVE HER VET BILLS PAID OFF AND MAYBE ENOUGH FOR HER JAW SURGERY. THANK YOU |
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| YOU CAN SEND DONATIONS TO EITHER OF THESE ADDRESSES. IF YOU SEND IT TO THE VET'S OFFICE PLEASE PUT MATAI'S NAME IN THE "FOR" LINE, TO AVOID CONFUSSION. THANKS |
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| HEY GUYS!!! PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT!!! MATAI HAS HER VERY OWN SOAP. DIANN STOTLER HAS MADE MATAI HER VERY OWN SOAP AND IS DONATING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM ANY OF HER SOAPS TO GO TO MATAI'S VET BILLS. SHE HAS SINGLES AND GIFT SETS IN ALL COLORS AND FRAGRANCES. BUT MY FAVORITE IS THE MATAI SOAP. MATAI SOAP |
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| HEY EVERYBODY!! WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE MONSTER WITH A GUN. MATAI HAS A NEW HOUSE AND GREAT NEW NEIGHBORS. SHE LOVES IT!! THE BAD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY AND ONLY HAVE VERY BAD DIAL UP. SO IF IT TAKES AWHILE FOR US TO ANSWER, I APOLOGIZE. BEAR WITH ME. WE LOVE YA'LL!! |
| WE HAVE NEW PICTURES AND UPDATES FOR JUNE OF 2004. PLEASE CLICK THE UPDATES LINK FOR PICTURES AND INFORMATION. |