News on Dakota fho surgery pre and post op: No fostering kids in arkansas if you are unmarried

Monday, October 6, 2008

No fostering kids in arkansas if you are unmarried

Little Rock Arkansas has a ban on non married families from fostering children.
Now, this is nerve wracking to me.
I living in duluth minnesota have custody of my granddaughter.
If we had a ban on that here,Ava would be living in a foster home.
This is something that affects men,women,glbt together because not only can you not foster because you are not married, this would also apply to anyone glbt since marriage is not legal in the true sense of the word for us yet.
It shocks me that their is a law that states if you are not married,you are not fit to care for children.
I'm sorry but I know and/or here every day about people that are married that have no business having the children that they have.
Oh,and they do allow unmarried couples to adopt children though.
So,you can not care for them but you can adopt them?
Does this make sense to you? I just don't get it.
Now,even better to me is the fact that an unmarried couple that drinks,does drugs, is anorexic,bullemic,or whatever else have you, would be able to adopt children quicker and easier than a glbt couple that doesn't drink,etc... Or an unmarried straight couple would be able to "foster" or care for a child.
If this interests you like it did to me, more on this can be read at The Baxter Bulletin or also at Arkansas News Bureau.
It is so important that people know the laws, especially in there own state.If you think something is just not right,speak up,spread the word. Change always starts with the voice of one person.

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I have links,videos,information on fho surgery both pre and postop on my golden retriever Dakota. There's also links to other sites both informational and fun.

dr on video explaining who gets hip dysplasia,what is hip dysplasia,symptoms of hip dysplasia and the diagnosis of hip dysplasia

I'm not sure how your dog is doing right now, but I want to let you know that if he is clumsy,has a wobbly gait which means that he has a swish to his walk, walks with his head down alot (because he is walking on his front half)which my Dakota did. He had great muscle mass in the front half of him because of this,but very little in the back. Won't even attempt to jump up on your furniture, which is good but at the same time can show you that he doesn't want to use them back limbs.Goes to move your hand with his nose if you are trying to rub those back limbs in the hip joint area (because he is sore,so he is protecting them).sometimes they will literally stumble going up stairs etc.. Now I am not saying that this is definately hip dysplasia in your animal because i am no doctor but those are the things that went on with him and he had severe hip dysplasia.Just ideas,things to watch for and ask your vet about if you are noticing any of this in your animal... These are things that I noticed when we had Dakota. Now, it was a little different with him because he had just been neutered so we weren't sure if things were going on with that at first or something else was going on until a few weeks had passed by and he just wasn't healing like we thought he should be so we made him a vet appointment thank goodness. If you are here, I am assuming that the reason has to do with a possible surgery coming up and you want to learn more and make the right decision. I am so glad that you are doing this!! First of all make sure that you read on the choices of surgeries if you haven't talked to your vet on that yet. I am still worried that maybe the complete hip surgery may have been the way to go for him instead of the fho surgery. He is out of pain which was my goal of course and it will never come back so I am told. But, he has such a swish still when he walks and pretty clumsy still. I know it is early yet and hopefullly these things will still take care of themselves with time and muscle growth. Just something to think about if you have a larger dog like I do. Research,Research,Research you have one chance. Make sure that you make the right one for you and your loved pet.