VET OFFERS FREE CARE TO FIRE RESCUE DOG BELLA.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer A veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. offered free, ongoing medical care Monday to Bella, a search-and-rescue dog for the city Fire Department who recently underwent radiation treatments for cancer. The 8-year-old border collie border collie, breed of medium-sized, sheepherding dog developed in the British Isles. It stands about 18 in. (45.7 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 30 to 45 lb (13.6–20.4 kg). was diagnosed in January with spindle cell carcinoma spindle cell carcinoma n. A carcinoma composed of elongated cells, frequently a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. spindle cell carcinoma , a potentially devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. yet highly treatable form of cancer in her right foreleg. ``The reason we do it is because we love people and animals,'' said Jan Evanson, office manager for the Sherman Oaks Veterinary Group, which made the offer. Veterinarian Lisa Woolf checked Bella on Monday and found her in excellent health, Evanson said. The Daily News reported Thursday that firefighters were trying to raise money to pay Bella's medical bills, which had topped $4,000, because regulations prohibit the use of taxpayer money. The dog's handler, Firefighter Deresa Teller, has been paying off the debt out of her own pocket and with some donations from another station house. Since then, hundreds of people have offered money and aid to Bella. Fire Department officials said any extra money raised would be set aside for the health care of the department's other canines. A Malibu animal hospital last week also offered to help Bella, nicknamed ``the wonder dog,'' who has gone on some five dozen operations, including looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. victims of the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Veterinarian Lisa Woolf examines rescue dog Bella at her Sherman Oaks office Monday. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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