ANIMALS BODY MIND SPIRIT
Love Your Animal, Heal Your Animal
ANIMALS BODY MIND SPIRIT
Nicola Richardson, Animal Healer
Love Your Animal, Heal Your Animal
Start Leading. Stop Following.
ANIMAL’S NAME: Sienna
SPECIES: Dog
BREED: Labrador Retriever
COLOURING: Black
AGE: 8 Years
DIAGNOSIS: Dilated Cardio Myopathy (DCM)
PHOTO: Taken just before diagnosis
Toxic Load in Body
How Young When Vaccinated Initially, Cocktail:
Given Merial CHPPI2 (French): 5 diseases when she was just 5 weeks old.
- Distemper
- Parvovirus
- Parainfluenza
- Adenovirus
http://mri.cts-mrp.eu/Veterinary/Product/Details/2219
This is a recipe for crippling a new body. Not for protecting, this is not health and this is not scientifically proven, any of the above. Especially if one digs deep into the literature on viruses and their function, and the studies.
Vx used to be given individually, then the cause effect could be monitored. However, pharma board rooms along the way then decided to group them for efficiency and money. No organic body would contract all these diseases in a lifetime. What this is, is illness. Slamming the beautiful, body with illness. So much illness. So much toxicity that life spans are being cut in half. This I believe contributed to the following:
5 Years old: April 2013: Distemper symptoms; surfaced during moving (high stress) Photos below, August 2013
Symptoms above came, and went over the course of months. Finally, fully healed a year later, March 2014. Naturally supported. (More about this in a separate case study.) However, 8 months later, Sienna presented heart failure.
6 years 9 months old: December 2014 | Heart Failure
These above symptoms, I believe, are a direct result of this vaccination below that was given to her at just 5 weeks old by the breeder. Nothing else toxic went into this body once we took her off the Eukanuba waste product she was being fed as a puppy. Sienna was fed a fresh food diet, yet the damage surfaced. All symptoms she experienced are listed on the Vx leaflets.
Neutered / Spayed, when: Yes, 1.5 years of age (I would never do this again to an animal)
Microchipped: Yes, 1.5 years if age (I would never do this again to an animal)
Medications, Current: None, until Dilated Cardio Myopathy Diagnosis
Neurotoxin: Flea and Tick: Dec 2014 (one application)
Chemical Dewormers: None
I attribute Sienna’s DCM to early vaccination with the SINGLE flea and tick application we put on her being the tipping point.
Purpose of this Case Study
The purpose of the case study is to demonstrate to the reader that anything is possible. There are amazing people out in the world healing themselves and / or helping others heal all kinds of imbalances. Ultimately, I believe, the impossible becomes the possible when old belief systems are dismantled, we become open to the possibility of ‘what if’, and our commitment to the journey.
This is Sienna’s healing journey, shared with you all. She is a very private soul, and loves everyone. It is with tremendous honour we share this journey with the reader about healing her beautiful heart. She is still with us today spreading her love, May 2021.
Disclaimer: It is important to note this Case Study does in no way, shape or form guarantee your animal’s survival. There are many pieces that must come together during a healing journey. This is shared information only.
Symptoms Presented | Listed in Order of Presentation
Coughing: Sienna began coughing a week prior to her collapse. The local vet in our neighbourhood thought she had a cold. She was eating, drinking, and walking easily. We then contacted our homeopath veterinarian in Belgium. Sienna was prescribed:
Dec 27th: Antimuonium Tartaricum 30C
Dec 28th: Antimuonium Tartaricum 30C
Dec 29th: Carbo Vegetalis 30C
Dec 30th: Took Sienna to vet up the street
Night time: Sienna would not want to lie down. Coughing was still present, but keeping herself elevated was a sign her lungs were collecting fluid, and lying down made it harder to breathe. We did not know this at the time of course.
Abdomen swollen: This was the BIG “we have a real problem” signal. She started to collect fluid and look distended around her abdomen. This symptom surfaced, and she stopped eating at the same time.
Not Eating: For a Lab to not to want to eat is a massive signal. Sienna LOVES her food, actually worships it! This and the abdomen sent us back to the vet running. This was a week later from the last visit.
2014 December 31 | The Diagnosis
Vet | Local.
The vet took one look at her in the waiting room, and knew we were in trouble. Of course, this was one day before New Years’ Eve. She contacted a hospital in Amsterdam, Medisch Centrum Voor Dieren (MCVD) and they kindly waited for us to arrive. We had about an hour’s drive.
Vet | Emergency
Upon arrival, she was taken immediately taken to the imaging room. The issue was HOW THEY HANDLED her. All she felt was ABSOLUTE FEAR because they were in such a rush they did not take time to talk to her, to gently tell her what was going on, and the metal table they placed her on, she has never forgotten.
This is not to take away from their skill set and our gratitude for helping us. But she was still walking and engaging, so being handled so roughly and being pressured onto the table, the look of fear on her face was horrifying. I stepped in and stopped everyone to take a beat, give her a hug and explained what was going to happen. This allowed her to relax a little, and allowed the technicians to do their job more easily and of course, less stress on an already very stressed heart.
Side Note: It is lovely in Europe, as our experience has always been you go WITH your animal for all testing and engagement. First of all, you learn more, it is a team process, but also you are calmer and the animal is calmer because they are with you. There is no separation. You are there to guide the “handlers” of your pet, be it a vet or technician, how your animals would prefer to be treated, and actually help the process.
My experience so far in Canada, is that it is all about getting the job done, and keeping the pet owners separate from the animal. This system is EXTREMELY stressful for both parties, and as a pet owner you have NO IDEA how your animal is being treated / handled. I do not agree with this concept, business practise, at all. It is clinical and not a healing experience in the slightest.
2014 December 31 | Vet Report
Below is Sienna’ report, translated from Dutch to English of her status analyzed by the vet upon arrival at MCVD, diagnosing her with DCM.
Disease history: last week cough problems, today again to vet: Not going well. Does not eat well, drinks moderately and is slow and weak. Also continues to breathe heavily, now huge belly, is also breathing heavily and slower. foam seen from nose.
General research: weak wrist, very tight, undulation positive.
Ultrasound findings: heart: There is a moderate pericardial overfill, at the widest point this is 1.6 cm of moisture, at the narrowest point only a few mm.
The heart looks large, with all compartments enlarged. The EPSS is increased by 13.3 mm (normally <7 mm), the left atrium is moderately dialed. The left ventricle clearly shows eccentric hypertrophy, and the muscle wall of the left ventricle is thin.
There are no masses visible on the heart. abdomen: Ascites and some large liver, most suitable for liver.
Pericardial puncture resulted in congestion fluid (clear, light yellow), not the typical moisture that fits an idiopathic pericardial overfill.
Conclusion: dilatory cardiomyopathy (DCM), with moderate pericardial overfilling, Plan and advice: the dog is admitted and receives an injection of furosemide every hour until the dog is visibly less stuffy. Then we will start with pimobendan twice daily 7.5 mg, furosemide 2-4 daily 40 mg and benazepril once daily 10 mg.
The DCM forecast is reserved.
Agreements about aftercare: the owner keeps in touch with the admission department as long as the dog is admitted to us, after which follow-up takes place via the internal department. I hope to have informed you sufficiently and thank you for the referral.
2014 December 31 | Kept Overnight + Hired Our Animal Communicator
By the time I left the vet in Amsterdam on the 30th, it was late at night. Sienna stayed overnight to see how she adjusted. The next day we went to visit her, and she was up walking around with her pole of meds attached to her. The overnight nurse said Sienna came with her to see every patient to make sure they were okay. This is our Sienna, always leading with her heart.
Neither my husband or I thought she wanted to leave, depart this planet, she was still very interested in living so we began to gather information.
First, I connected with my lovely animal communicator, Irene van Leewan, who immediately connected to Sienna for us to support her and ask her some questions about her state. This gave Sienna support while she was in the hospital and also the opportunity to ask any questions about her current state. She did not feel like she was ready to go. Irene kindly communicated a few times during the week to support all of us, checking in with Sienna and her needs.
2015 | The Healing Journey
January 2
Sienna was sent home with the following drugs:
FLUID REDUCTION
Furosemide 40g | 4 times every 6 hrs | to help the body get rid of fluid
- We could drop the dosing after the first day, it was dependent on her breathing rate; if she reported in the 35-40 breaths per minute then we were to give her 4 tablets every 6 hours
- We were given instructions to measure her breathing rate. The breathing rate was to be less than 30, if she measured 35-40 we were still to give furosemide. We were instructed to try and decrease this as much as possible.
- Measuring the breathing: We counted the number of breaths in 15 seconds and multiplied by 4
- Heart Rate: 60-120 healthy dogs; Sienna was reporting 132
HEART / DCM
Vetmedin 1.5 tablet TWICE a day, to support the heart
- We were told she would be on this for her lifetime, permanently, expected MAX lifespan 1.5 years if she survived this long
- MSDS: https://www.bi-vetmedica.com/sites/default/files/MSDS/vetmedin-tablets-sds.pdf
- MSDS on Pimobendan: https://www.caymanchem.com/msdss/26082m.pdf
Forketekor 20mg/1 tablet daily, to support her heart
- We were told she would be on this for her lifetime also, permanently
- Active Ingredient: Benazepril hydrochloride, ACE Inhibitor
SUMMARY
It was explained to us that this is difficult to treat as there are two issues:
- Fluid around the heart
- Dilated Cardio Myopathy (DCM)
These two conditions contradict each other when treating with medication it as explained to us. How is this possible? No proof, but I expect the cocktail she received when she was a puppy.
The vet did not expect her to live past the week, maybe a month.
Canines with DCM only, are expected to live a year, maybe a year and a half at the very most.
January 4
Homeopathic vet instructed us to give the remedy DIGITALIS 30C. Animal communicator talked to Sienna again. Great information provided about what Sienna was experiencing in her body and where to support her. Breathing Rate: 48 at 19.10 that evening.
January 5
Very tough day for breathing. Breathing Rate at 60. Gave double furosemide, chatting to vet for direction. Homeopathic vet instructed us to give the remedy DIGITALIS 30C again.
January 6
Breathing down to 32 in the morning, and then down to 28 in the evening. Thank you, DIGITALIS! Sienna standing in kitchen for food. Seems to be breathing normally. Amazing since yesterday was such a struggle for her.
As the heart is about love and loss, extreme emotions, and as Sienna is not good at looking after herself I invited Emotion Code Worker Beatrice Natemueller to come and work on Sienna to clear anything that may be energetically sorted in her cells.
10.30-15.00: Beatrice worked on and off for many hours with Sienna as I brought tea etc. to support her. She had previously worked on her, so Sienna knew the process. I remember Sienna sitting next to her the whole time. Once Beatrice was finished clearing negative emotions from her cells, and increasing her immune system to 97%, Sienna got up, went outside and played by herself. Something she had never done before as she loves being around others.
She was also given strict “rules of operation”:
- We asked she focus on herself inwardly to help herself heal
- We explained that she was not to search and seek others out, but to shine from within, and allow this to emanate in the world, as this would be much more effective than her going around trying to heal others, as this as really none of her business.
- Therefore, she could seek and help others from the hours from 10.00-15.00 then the rest of the time she was to focus on herself. This was very noticeable, as when she would leave the house she would always be seeking humans. She would go out the door and think, “Let’s see who I can find today.” Once the rules went in place, then the seeking stopped, mostly. We would catch her some times and ask her, “Miss Sienna, are you looking after your heart today? Because we see your attention is elsewhere.!” And this would get massive wags and a big smile.
At this time, I had found this website, https://caninehearthealth.com/ about healing your canine’s heart of DCM. So, we ordered the products, and immediately began hydrotherapy twice a day.
January 7
Breathing rate: 52. Lying on her side is the most difficult position.
January 8
Animal communicator talked to Sienna again. Great information about what Sienna was experiencing in her body, and where to support her.
Hydrotherapy commenced twice per day for 15 minutes per session.
January 10
Sienna was NOT impressed with this process. She is VERY clear on what she approves of, and does not. What was amazing was she had to climb these steep stairs in our house in The Netherlands to get to the bathtub on the second floor to do the hydrotherapy. So even with her compromised heart, she climbed the stairs twice a day to do this therapy, and then back down.
We ended up sweetening the deal by giving her small bits of red pepper, apple, pear, zucchini etc. every time we changed the temperature. So, this was cut up in slivers and then she would follow to participate. Our other dog, Yantha, came “to support”, and sat by the tub to ensure food enticers were shared by all. 😃 It was a family affair.
Process:
The shower head is placed on the heart, the left side of the body behind the left elbow. The temperature is made as hot as the animals can stand it. This is done for a minute then it is made as cold as the animals can stand it, this is done for another minute. This is alternated every minute for 15 minutes to get the blood moving around the body properly / fully. We had to build up to 15 minutes, she could only do 10 minutes to start with. Sometimes, it was difficult so she sat down during the process too.
Hydrotherapy routine shown here: https://caninehearthealth.com/instructions.html
January 11
Sienna, great appetite.
13.00 | Breathing rate after playing: 60
21.45 | Breathing rate before bed: 28
Canine Heart Health Program Commenced
January 12
The program was implemented with the tonics, and the cayenne pepper and ginger capsules, plus the greens and the diet recommendations. We followed this strictly and documented her progress thoroughly daily. It is time consuming, but the results are amazing. It is wonderful to witness your animal start to feel better and really enjoy living. At this time, furosemide was down to 2 per day from the original dosage of 4 tablets since January 1st.
The daily internal healing process was:
Medications, daily:
- Furosemide | 2 tablets, one in the morning and one in the evening
- Vetmedin | 1.5 tablets
- Foketor | 1 tablet
Heart Healing Program, daily:
- Cayenne Pepper capsules and Ginger capsules given several times a day.
- L-Carnitine + Taurine
- Tonics, in the morning and the evening based on the program. These alternated depending on the organs. Heart always supported.
- Diet: Meat and Vegetables and Dog Green Powder
January 15 | 11.00 Vet Visit to Amsterdam, NL
- Ultrasound
- Blood drawn
- No fluid around heart – Yeah!
- Next visit in 3 months' time
- Breathing rate: 32
January 16
Sienna walking 30-minutes twice a day, and active at home.
January 22
Sienna walking 40-minutes twice a day, strong, and active at home.
January 27
First day she RAN on the beach, 50-minute walk; noticed weak in right wrist *** (SPLEEN)
January 31
Down to one furosemide tablet. Breathing rate: 24.
February 1
Sienna reporting a breathing rate of 16-20 at night.
February 4
Back on the beach with her buddy, Yantha and oh so happy to be rolling in fish guts!
February 6
Fluctuating between one and two furosemide tablets a day; depending on congestion.
February 14
Breathing rate: 18!
March 3
Sienna playing and running on the beach actively with our other dog, Yantha.
March 8
Began acupuncture: Spleen coming up as an issue. (Note: Acupuncturist should always work from the tongue and pulse, then address the body with the process of TCM needles.)
March 18
Very happy and proud of herself. Happiest I have seen her in a long time.
March 24
Down to one furosemide
March 28
First night everyone slept upstairs together. My husband and I had been alternating sleeping on the couch next to her on the main floor so she did not have to climb the stairs, and also had easy access to the outdoors if ever needed during the night.
Acupuncture: Liver coming up as an issue; she needs to come off heart meds as soon as possible.
April 30
Sienna looking great!
June 8
Down to ½ tablet of furosemide once a day
June 11
Vet visit in Amsterdam, NL
Down to 1/4 tablet of furosemide once a day; sometimes twice a day depending on what I see.
Vet Follow Up Visit at Hospital, MCVD in Amsterdam, NL | 6 Months Later
What is really shocking, is the medical community does not ask what you as the pet owner are doing to help heal your animal. They are not interested. And therefore, not interested in healing her.
At this appointment I shared my goal of getting her off the drugs, and I was yelled at heavily, with Sienna standing beside me, that this was not possible, ever.
When I finally got the veterinarian to calm down, and talk to me, she told me she was fearful as she had never been trained to take animals off medications.
This was a HUGE light bulb moment for me. The visit was exhausting and the behaviour was extremely abusive towards us. This is an example of vet bullying.
These people completely missed the opportunity to celebrate all that Sienna had accomplished. They could have filled her heart with joy. The focus should have been about all of us working together in harmony to prolong the quality of life for this beautiful dog. So much damage in these places is caused by attitude and behaviour. Below is Sienna’ report, translated from Dutch to English of her status analyzed by the vet upon arrival, diagnosing her with DCM.
June 15 – Local Vet Analysis, Bloodwork
Sienna short on magnesium. This makes sense as when beings are under stress, magnesium is depleted.
July 7
Lying on LEFT side, side of HEART, breathing rate at 56!!! Gave her a furosemide, and shifted sides, then fine! Noted that the side she lies on matters during the healing. This is the pressure on the heart.
July 24
Played with vacuum vigorously!
August 14
Sienna, starting to show signs of Distemper = 5 days later after I explained to her we were moving to Canada. Sores on abdomen.
ABMS Update: At this stage I am still learning how to work with Zoopharmacognosey, but not nearly as knowledgeable as I am now. I remember tonnes of Spirulina was consumed, some days 25 plates, and lots of calendula macerate. This was offered daily. My notes are not what they are now, unfortunately, but I remember the volume being extraordinary.
August 18
Sienna very strong on her walk. Could not keep up to her. Local vet checks her for flying. Given the green light to fly. 🙂
August 19 | Animal Communicator
Irene talks to all the animals about upcoming move, checking each of their body, mind, spirit.
August 29 | Animal Communicator
Irene talks to all the animals about upcoming move, checking each of their body, mind, spirit.
September 7 | Animal Communicator
Irene talks to all the animals about upcoming move, checking each of their body, mind, spirit. Eight days before flying to Canada.
September 14 | Fly to Canada
I flew ahead of the animals, to receive them in Canada. My husband loaded them in the NL on this day. They had to go to the airport so early, something like 6 hours prior to the flight departing. Really unnecessary, and traumatic for them all to be held at the airport so long. They were in transit for 16 hours door to door. The flight from Amsterdam to Vancouver was 8 hours, and then they were driven up to Whistler.
September 15 – December 2015 | Weaned Off Medications
When Sienna landed in Canada, we stopped the Furosemide, she no longer needed it. Heart medications were gradually decreased over the next two months. By the end of the year, she no longer needed them either. We kept her on the Canine Heart Health program until the New Year and then weaned her off this too.
Here she is with her partner in crime in the Whistler snow December 2015, and having a freezing cold swim. So good for the heart! She is a huge fan of Wim, practising the WimHof Method routinely! :)
2022 January | Still with Us at 13+ Years of Age
Sienna is still with us. She is one of the reasons I do what I do today. She is a part of my soul, my spirit, and I am deeply grateful she is on this journey with me. May her healing journey help guide you to happy, healthy non-toxic places with your animals!
Above: 2018 March | Sienna playing with her favourite toy!
Summary of Costs | Invoices During this Journey
I have compiled a document showing the costs associated with healing Sienna here. I believe this is all "created illness” and thus, “created revenue”. I also believe the costs people are paying now in 2021, is beyond criminal. Your animal should never be ill and it should not cost thousands of dollars to “save them”.
Nature is an incredible, divine, sophisticated intelligence which produces amazing life on this planet. Not one full of imbalance and disease. Only humankind produces this. I hope this document provides insight.
In deep gratitude, and in memory to our beautiful Sienna, for sharing her healing journey. She left this planet in April 2022. She is missed immensely.
