HNBAR Helps A Tiny Lamb Have a Chance at Life as Part of a LandmarkProcedure at OSU

Harmony New Beginnings Animal Rescue recently had the privilege of
helping a tiny lamb named Squirt become the recipient of a landmark
procedure at Oregon State University. Squirt was born with bowed front
legs, but at just 11 days old he was also found to be suffering from a
very serious heart defect. A Benton County family had stepped up to
adopt Squirt, and opted into a foster-to-adopt program with Harmony
New Beginnings. That program makes it possible for Harmony New
Beginnings to coordinate with the Erin and Mary Power Animal Care Fund
in order to provide medical care for animals like Squirt with special
medical issues.

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Squirt was taken to OSU’s Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching
Hospital, where the vet staff and students determined that Squirt’s
heart defect might be cured by a procedure which they had only ever
performed on dogs. So Squirt became the first lamb to receive this
procedure! The surgery was successful, and the OSU vets and students
were then able to outfit Squirt with corrective shoes to fix his bowed
legs. Squirt is now at his new home with his permanent adoptive family
in Benton County. Thanks to the veterinary team at the OSU, and the
assistance of HNBAR and the Erin and Mary Power Animal Care Fund,
Squirt now has a good chance for a healthy life!