Miracle Havamalt - Kaci

by Nikki Ankerson
(Savannah, Georgia )

I have a miracle dog. Kaci is a Havamalt. She is absolutely stunning. Gray with a white beard and rear skirt. She has a little heart shape in her skirt in the rear. She is older now but as cute as ever. She is my husband's dog. If I put a pic of my husband and her on the site, you will want to steal them both. I will try. She has the best and most feminine nature.

Her story is amazing. About three years ago, Kaci was having trouble breathing and she cried (little yips) when she lost her breath. I took her in and they thought she has an intestinal growth pressing against her lungs. They took her into surgery on her scheduled day and discovered that she had a cancerous tumor growing on her aorta.

No human nor animal has ever survived this. It is rare. Three vets worked on her for three hours. The aorta collapsed in their hands. They forged on. Dr. Douglas came out and told me she might not live and that they soon had to bring her out of anesthesia.

But one more thing. She said that they could not get a pulse in one of her legs. She might have to amputate that leg. I was crazed. I said, "No, don't amputate. Let her come out of the anesthesia and give her a chance. On the table as soon as the anesthesia wore off, she sat up immediately. The vets were astonished. And her leg is fine today.

They gave her many more years of life. Of course, I promised to go back to church if she lived. I failed miserably. But God keeps giving me chances always with dogs. She is my second miracle dog. I have never witnessed such a hardy, amazing animal.

It shows that when an animal loves you and knows that you cannot give her up, how hard she will try to live. Should something ever happen to Kaci, she cannot ever be replaced but I would search the world to find a dog as wonderful as she is.