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"Dodge Ball"
1/12/05-2/25/08

  
   Dodge Ball was loved and adopted by Jeff and Shelley Lake of Paola, Kansas.  Shelley trained him at the Woodlands Greyhound Race Track in Kansas City, KS and fell head over heels in love with him!  On October 23, 2007, the day Dodge Ball was supposed to go to the adoption kennel after injuring his right ankle and ending his racing career, he had 4 seizures in an hour and a half. 

   Shelley arranged for veterinary care and he was placed under a phenobarbital coma to reset his brain.  It worked and when he came out of his coma, he was started on oral phenobarbital and did very well!!  He had some residual ataxia but no more seizures. On November 1, he came to our house.  He learned to love car rides, the off leash dog park and playing with all of his greyhound siblings.  He loved his momma and used to bark at her to tell her it was time to eat!!  He also loved to sing with 3 of the other greys and the old lady lab.  This was a daily occurrence.  Then 5 months almost to the day,(February 24^th) the seizures started again and he had 9-10 in a 24-hour period.  Being both veterinarians, we treated him at home and even with a ton of medications on board the seizures continued to worsen and so we sent our beautiful Dodgem Ball to join his “brother”, Boy Friend, at the Bridge.  You see, Dodge Ball was my sign that Boy Friend crossed to the Bridge safely.  Both Boy Friend and Dodge Ball had 5 months after disaster struck.  Now both of my angel boys are watching over me together. The lesson he taught was live every day to the fullest, because life is too short.  Thank you, Dodge Ball for being a part of our family, we miss you so much.

Dr.’s Shelley and Jeff Lake