Doris Mitchell

Your positive intentions are sought for Dr. Mitchell's mother, who is facing major spinal surgery in early February.  Please join Doris' family, friends, and members of her church in wishing her a speedy, comfortable, and complete recovery.

Doris is anxious to be able to resume her gardening, church, and family activities as soon as possible - and to be able to care for her beloved dog Charlie, pictured here with her!

Loki

Mary, Puma's "mom," is asking for positive thoughts for a dear friend's cat, Loki.  Loki is suffering from PKD (polycystic kidney disease) and renal degradation. His "dad" is especially devastated as he works from home and hangs out with Loki everyday.

Sending healthy and happy intentions to Loki and his family...

Puma

Update: I wanted to once again thank all your kind web visitors for their healing thoughts--Puma has been stable! He is still on a lot of meds--including a small dose of pred (his IBD just kept flaring up and making him feel low)--but he seems to be feeling well now. I would still welcome any continued healing thoughts for his well-being.

Mary M. has sent a second request for her cat, Puma. 

"Our sweet Puma cat has an arrythmia and is not doing well. His HCM may be progressing to heart failure. Please keep him in your thoughts as he goes through this. I hope he may heal, but most of all I wish him peace and serenity and no pain."

Mary, we're sending health and hope to you and Puma!

Sammy

Please send healing & comforting thoughts, good intentions, and prayers for my little boy, Sammy.  He has been blessing my life for over 14 years & it looks like his work here on earth may be nearly done. Seems like just yesterday he was only a year old & coming home from the shelter with me. The time we have with our angels goes so quickly.

Peace & Love to Everyone.
Myra Owczarzak

UPDATE: Sammy passed recently.  He did so very gently and in Myra's arms, with the help of Dr. Mitchell.  Please keep your positive intentions coming for Myra and her smaller kitty family at home.

Nessie

Nessie's family is asking for thoughts and intentions for Nessie's health. 

"She has hemangiosarcoma, but with herbs, baby food and Dr. Mitchell's excellent care, we want to keep her happy for as long as possible."

We're sending peace and comfort to all of you!

UPDATE: One year later, Nessie is still feeling great, eating well, back to a regular diet, and taking her herbal medicine every day!

PLEASE keep your positive intentions coming!

We at Knollwood are sending the most positive and healing intentions to all of the victims - human and animal - of Japan's earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear disaster.  We ask that you please send your thoughts and prayers to all that are affected by this devastation.

Munchkin

Nurse Jill and her sweet Munchkin need our healing thoughts and healthy wishes sent their way.  Munchkin, we're sending you our hopeful intentions and Jill, we're sending you strength.

UPDATE: With the help of your thoughtful intentions, Jill kept Munchkin comfortable for as long as possible, and finally laid her to rest this winter.

Barbie

Nick Sakkos has asked us to send our prayers and blessings to his Yorkie, Barbie, who has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus.  We're sending healthy and hopeful intentions to the both of you during this time!

Aspen

I am writing today to ask for healing thoughts, vibes, and prayers for our sweet little girl Aspen. Monday it was discovered through radio-graphs that a tumor that has been near her liver for over 2 years has grown and it is putting pressure on her heart and lungs. Therefore, any exercise and/or slightly stressful event makes her breathing labored and rapid. We are doing our best to keep her quiet and relaxed. She is still eating quite well and we are very grateful for this and her positive attitude. Dr. Mitchell adjusted her herbs, so we are hopeful that this will slow the tumor's growth and provide as much quality time with our beautiful baby as possible.

As you might suspect, we are all heartbroken, yet we are focusing on enjoying her remaining time.  Aspen is 13 years old now and has been with us for over 10 years, so, it is hard to imagine life without her. She was adopted from Chicago HRS to be a companion for our bunny Thor. After Thor passed, Hayward joined her to share a happy life together.

In Appreciation,
Tami and Mike (Aspen's parents)

UPDATE: Aspen is still a happy bunny, nearly two years after Tammy sent in her request.  PLEASE keep your positive intentions coming!

Duncan

Duncan's "mom," Terri, is the foster angel from Col. Potter's that helped Dr. Mitchell bring (the late) Thibideaux home, in 2007.  She and her furry friends are part of Knollwood's extended family, and they need some positive intentions and hopeful wishes sent their way!

Duncan, Terri's young and active four-year-old Cairn Terrier, is having a lump on her chest removed.  Terri says, "She is the first dog I ever chose for myself!   And I have learned so much from her and met so many people because of her - she is my 'punkin Dunkin.'   She absolutely loves everyone...except maybe a few cats that taunt her."

UPDATE: Terri delightedly reported that Duncan's "lumpectomy" has proved to be completely curative, and she is very thankful for everyone who sent positive thoughts to her and her furry family!

Spriggan

Jen Stuckey needs some hopeful intentions and positive thoughts sent to her dog, Spriggan.

"My not quite 3-yr old Cairn Terrier is now in acute renal failure due to leptospirosis. He was admitted to the specialist with a creatin level of 9.9, he spiked at 11 a day later and in 7 days has only fallen back into the 9's. He hasn't eaten for over a week and I am very worried about him. All prayers are appreciated."

Jen, we're sending all of our strongest and healthiest wishes to you and Spriggan at this time.

UPDATE: Thanks for all the prayers! One year later and Spriggan's numbers are almost back to normal. In July we thought there was permanent damage with his numbers still above normal, but in January his numbers were right at normal so he seems to be adjusting to whatever damage he has sustained. We have even managed to qualify in some agility runs this year :)

Thanks again,
Jen Stuckey & Spriggan the Cairn in Indiana

Lizzie

Dr. Mitchell's own Lizzie is suffering from acute renal failure.  She needs all of your healing thoughts and all of your hopeful intentions sent her way.  We love you, Lizzie!

UPDATE:  Lizzie has recovered from her horrible bout with leptospirosis.  While she's still in renal failure, she is back to being the top dog in the house and bossing all of the other animals around!  You can read her first-hand account of her illness on her Lizzie Says page - even when she wasn't feeling well, she was still as fiesty as ever!

UPDATE: Lizie has finally passed on, but Dr. Mitchell sincerely appreciates every one of you who thought positively for her during her illness.  She knows you made Lizzie's life more comfortable and peacful with your thoughts.

Olivia

Karl Gandt is asking for healing thoughts and good intentions for his beautiful cat, Olivia.  Karl says, "Olivia is a wonderful cat who was just diagnosed with extreme leukocytosis.  We are not giving up.  She is (only) 10.  As long as she remains comfortable, we hope she can remain with us.  Her sister needs to have somebody to chase."

Please send all of your peace and love in Olivia's direction for a long and happy life!

Ed

"Chili Man"

 Please send your positive thoughts and intentions to Dr. Mitchell's brother-in-law, Ed.  Ed is an optometrist in Washington, MO, and is having surgery on multiple bulging discs in his back.  He's been in a lot of pain and his family is hoping for a speedy recovery and an end to his severe chronic back pain.

Ed is not only an outstanding optometrist, he's a dedicated family man, with a large extended family - in fact, he hopes to be back in shape to dance at two family weddings that are coming up later this year!

So why, you might ask, would there be a picture of chili below?  Because Ed is a force to be reckoned with at the annual Washington Great Chili Cook-Off, with a long tradition of first-place wins.  So help us in sending Ed good wishes for a speedy recovery so that he can be well enough to enter and win the contest next year.  (To speed his recovery in lieu of having his own chili to eat, Dr. Mitchell is sending Ed a traditional Chicago therapeutic remedy with known healing effects - Lou Malnati's deep-dish Chicago style pizza!)

*UPDATE - Ed thanks everyone for their positive thoughts and get-well wishes!  He is fully recovered, back at work with his patients, and is grateful for everyone's support - and he DID dance up a storm at his niece's wedding in December!* 

Old Max and Buford

*Update*

From Old Max’s mom:

“Thanks so much for putting Max on the good intentions.   The prayers are helping.   His head is almost completely healed and he is actually using his leg a little more.   That is really amazing due to all the tendon and muscle damage.   He is truly an angel that God is helping.   No other way he could be doing this well.”

And Buford the Basset (pictured below):

“Four weeks later, he's made an amazing recovery, and the vet here thinks he'll make a 100% recovery and be back to 'full speed' Buford in a few more weeks.” 

And as of July 4th, 2007, “It's probably not the best thing for him to be doing, but Buford's back to jumping again.   All week, he's been using the stairs on his own without any fumbles or stumbles.   And he's walking like he always did before (with the signature basset waddle).   With his coat very close to being the length and thickness it was before his surgery, it's already starting to look and feel like none of this happened.”

Thank you so very much to everyone who kept them in your thoughts & prayers. It certainly seems to be working!

Lynn Wilson

Old Max

and

Buford

Please join me in sending good intentions and healing thoughts for the following two pups- 

The first is Old Max.  He is an approximately 12 year old sweetie that was mauled & then ignored for days, while injured, at a pound in Kentucky.  An angel named Debbie managed to pull him from the pound and accepted him into her shelter.  He is now with her, trying to recover.  I have been in contact with her & she is amazed at his will to live and at his gentle, loving nature- even after everything he has been through!  Deb has fallen in love & decided that his traveling days are over and that he has found his forever home with her!  He is recovering, but may need surgery once he is stronger.  For now, he is gaining strength, enjoying slow walks outside & loving his new siblings! This is a picture of him (below) before the mauling.  (Note: Lynn had included an after shot, but Max's injuries were very extensive and the picture was very graphic.)  Please send your good thoughts that he may grow healthy and enjoy his senior years to their fullest.

This other request is on behalf of Sonia - she is another volunteer with K9 Lifeline Rescue (a canine rescue group I volunteer for) and is asking for good thoughts for a beloved dog that used to be one of her fosters:

Buford is a very happy & loving Basset Hound that was adopted from K9 Lifeline almost 3 years ago. He originally came from New Castle, IN. Two days ago for no apparent reason, his hind legs became paralyzed. His family is currently enroute from TN to Birmingham, AL to a specialist to determine what the problem is. Please say a little prayer for him. Buford is my grand-dog.                        
Thank you, Sonia, Kirbs, Boo, & Belle

 I believe in the power of thoughts and prayers, and thank everyone who takes a moment to think of all those in need and send some good thoughts and a little bit more love their way.

Thank you!

Lynn Wilson

Goldie, our KPR kitty

*UPDATE - Thank you to everyone who thought of Goldie, and sent "get well" wishes her way after she almost died from eating contaminated HILLS PRESCRIPTION DIET m/d.  We feel that it all helped her - her tests turned out fine and she is doing very well on her new diet.  She was recently placed in an absolutely wonderful "forever" home.  To learn more about Goldie from an insider's perspective, click here to visit Lizzie's column dedicated to her friend, Goldie.