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62. Cinder had her dressings changed (Friday, Sept. 12th)

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc. added 2 new photos.

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Cinder had her dressings changed tonight (Friday, Sept. 12th) by Dr. Kevin Willitts, assisted by LTWC Exec. Dir., Cheryl Millham. Overall, her paws are healing well. The right rear is considerably further behind the healing process from the other three because it came in with the most damage.

OK. Here is some good news. When we weighed her on Sunday night, she weighed in at 70 pounds. KOMO TV (ABC affililate out of Seattle) was here to video the process and Molly Shen, the reporter, told us that she plans to air this in about 10 days to 2 weeks. So, those of you in Seattle, keep an eye on KOMO - TV.

Two nights ago, we had a visit from our local Lake Valley firefighters. They had raised some funds to assist with feeding Cinder - and the rest of the cubs - and presented LTWC with a check along with some watermelon and grapes (Cinder LOVES grapes)!! The grouop of four photos were taken by Lake Valley Firefighter, Leona Allen. The first photo shows Cinder UP-stairs in her cage before Dr Williltts applied the drug to 'help' her go to sleep for a short time, so we can change her dressings. Yes, we are still on an every 'other' day or every third day, she still needs that much help. The second photo shows Lake Valley Captain Mike Mosca (left), Firefighter Ryan Mahnken (he helped carry Cinder back out to her cage after Dr Willitts was done), Dr Willitts, our volunteer veterinarian for almost 30 years, and me! Mike is holding some grapes which we fed to Cinder after she was placed 'back' in her cage and Ryan has the watermelon. (Almost ALL wildlife love watermelon!) Oh. By the way. That is Cinder laying on the vet table with her head to the left. For safety reasons, we have a muzzle on her to make sure the vet doesn't get hurt - - - nor me!!

In the third photo, Firefighter Ryan is preparing to pick up Cinder and using a fireman's carry (fourth photo), carries her out to her cage for the last (almost) 5 weeks. She most likely will be with us for 'at least' another 4 weeks, but, each week tells a new and different story. She has lost a number of her claws - that is the bad news - BUT, the 'good' news is that she is RE-growing new claws.

In the second photo, Dr. Willitts is showing the two firefighters the recovering damage to her paws. With their medical training as firefighters, both were intensly interested!

When I carried her UP-stairs tonight, I could have sworn that she gained another 20 pounds since Sunday, but, I am sure that was just me being a girley-man. That should do it for now. As we get more info, we will let you know.

Thank you to all who have contributed. We really appreciate it. Still a long way to go. Talk to you soon. Tom

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