This little guy came into our home as a new adoptee in the early stages of congestive heart failure and needing emergency heart surgery to fix a serious heart defect. Milagro is full-grown -- they estimate he's at least 2-4 years old -- but less than 5 pounds. Here he is at the hospital a few days after heart surgery. Parts of his left front and left hind legs were shaved for some of the pre-surgery exams (sonogram, blood pressure, ekg, etc.). His left front paw bends far around to the side--apparently it was broken when he was young and healed on its own, without medical care. He still needed a second complex heart procedure, which was scheduled 10 days from when this photo was taken, to save his life.
Please follow this link to read about the 2nd heart procedure and see Milagro with his best friend, Dharma.
Please follow this link to see Milagro with his lion.
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