Henry was only 10 weeks old when he was brought to Beaufort County Animal Control after being found in the road after being hit by a car. Henry sustained a right hip and lower leg fracture.

Henry was well cared for at the shelter.  He was taken outside to potty several times a day and given pain medication.  Henry remained at animal control for a week with little hope of getting adopted, as he would need expensive surgery to repair his hip. Estimates for surgery ranged from $300-700. 

Henry was rescued from animal control 3/14/2009 by Jim and Joanne Thompson  J and J Rescue and was scheduled to have his surgery the following Tuesday.  When he was examined at Chocowinity Veterinary Hospital, his xrays showed some healing was taking place in both his hip and lower leg fractures as his injuries were at least three weeks old.  The vet's recommendation was to wait a couple of more weeks and if no further healing showed up in his repeat xrays his surgery would then take place.  In the meantime Henry was placed in foster care where he received one-on-one care and lots of TLC.

In the meantime donations were accepted to the "Henry fund" for probable surgery and in a very short time $500 was raised just for Henry's medical expenses.

Henry returned to have his repeat xrays.  These showed remarkable improvement and Henry would not need to have any surgery but would need to take glucosamine for his entire life as this would help with arthritis.  Donors to the "Henry fund" were contacted to see if they would want refunds of their donations but all requested that funds be used to help with medical expenses for other dogs in rescue.

A couple from Frederick, Maryland donated towards Henry's medical expenses and had been thinking that perhaps they wanted to adopt him.  An application to adopt Henry was completed and vet references were checked.  Henry had found a fur-ever home. 

This past Easter weekend Joanne Thompson transported Henry to his new home in Maryland.  Reports are that Henry (aka now Hank) is doing well in his new home.

- Mary Bart Houston, Regional Director Shelter Outreach & Host of PetPoint Community

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