PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. \u2014 Nobody in the world was happier than two little South Florida girls when they received a husky puppy for Christmas.<\/p>\n
But three months later, the entire Harris family was absolutely devastated when their brand new family member took a terrible turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was drooling at the mouth, bubbling at the mouth, it was just heartbreaking, it was horrifying,\u201d said Scott Harris. <\/p>\n
The family\u2019s Siberian husky named Bodhi had gotten into a case of rat poison.<\/p>\n
They immediately called poison control.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe explained to the woman what had happened and she said, \u2018yeah that\u2019s a 15-pack package,\u2019\u201d said Harris. \u201cSo I had found three of the disks, thrown them away, apparently he had eaten 12.\u201d<\/p>\n
One disk has enough toxin to kill a 25-pound puppy like Bodhi.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is bromethalin, there\u2019s no cure for it,\u201d said Harris. \u201cIt\u2019s a poison that creates inflammation in the brain and the brain swells neurological damage that it creates, and she said there\u2019s no cure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unlike rodenticide that does have a cure, this dose of deadly toxins is expected to be terminal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s absolute death,\u201d said Harris. \u201cThis dog is exhibiting the symptoms, he has so much poison in his system, there\u2019s no way, anything we do now is just going to be torturing him.\u201d<\/p>\n
After following their veterinarian\u2019s orders, they fed bodhi more than 100 active charcoal tablets, but the poison was still causing seizures and symptoms of neurological damage.<\/p>\n
So they made the painful decision to euthanize their four month old puppy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was convinced that this was just a downhill slope and anything we did beyond euthanizing was just inhumane, was going to be torturing the poor puppy,\u201d said Harris. <\/p>\n
But behind the scenes, a rescue group was ready to take a chance on the beautiful blue-eyed baby.<\/p>\n
Rebecca Landerman with Rescue Dog Network thought there was a fighting chance, so she lined up a foster family. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first night he came he was definitely not great,\u201d said foster parent Martine Lebel. \u201cHe was not doing well, he had a hard time keeping his eyes open, he just kept falling on the side.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bodhi was sent to the ICU for 36 hours to receive fluids and a drug to reduce the swelling of his brain.<\/p>\n
And then he had an unbelievable bounce back.<\/p>\n
Bodhi was happy, healthy and healed!<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a dog owner, to have your dog brought back from the dead, because they thought their dog was dead,\u201d said Landerman. <\/p>\n
That led to an emotional family reunion. <\/p>\n
Nobody could comprehend how the dog that had eaten enough poison to kill a human somehow had survived.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still don\u2019t know what to think,\u201d said Harris. \u201cI\u2019m ready to change his name to Ghost, and the crazy thing is it all happened around Easter, so we\u2019re like this dog is being reborn.\u201d<\/p>\n
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