I know that it was just days ago that I posted our monthly updates. However there has been a situation that has occurred that I feel you should all know about.
A wonderful young girl and a great foster home of ours has taking in (via surrender) a wonderful little girl named Princess. This little girl is a one year old AmStaff Terrier (aka Pit Bull). She is one of the sweetest things you would ever want to meet. Unfortunately, this little girl was not taken care of as she was named by her owners.
Princess should weigh about 60lbs and currently weighs 27. You can only imagine what we have seen and how she looks. This little girl would not have lived a few more days if it wasn't for the heroic action of this wonderful young lady who jumped to the opportunity to help this little girl survive.
It started something like this:
The owners brought her to the vet because she was getting sick (throwing up). They said it had just started a couple of days ago. She hadn't eaten in a couple of days because she couldn't keep anything down. She was rushed into the back and put immediately on IV fluids. The owners said that they "could not afford the vet bill" and asked for a couple of days to come up with some of it. The vet agreed telling them that there was no way that their dog would be able to go home for a few days at the least. After numerous tests, it was determined that she would need surgery to save her life. The owners were contacted also numerous times and leaving messages. Not a return call was made. Finally on day four they were finally contacted and told what needed to be done. They proceeded to curse and more at the staff and showed up doing the same. They said that the dog was fine and that they were not going to get paid. They finally agreed to surrender Princess to the vet clinic. At that time, this wonderful young lady was working part time at this same clinic. We got the call that the clinic was going to give her the dog (sign her over to her as the new owner). We then rushed her to Latham Emergency Clinic where more tests were done. At midnight she then left with Princess and took her to Tufts in MA where Princess currently still is staying. She has seen many many specialists and just today made it through her surgery. HURRAY!! It has been determined that all of her issues were due to starvation. Though weak and still has a fight ahead of her Princess manages to be in good spirits and even wagging her tail. However still has a hard time sleeping unless her new owner is there. This young lady is in her early 20's, working part time at the clinic, also working part time else where and going to school full time over an hour away. Still she finds the time and the gas money to drive each day to be with Princess.
She told me the other day that with the bill so far (this was two days ago and before the surgery) she could have bought a new car. I still don't know what the total is. She is doing everything to try and raise some money to cover the cost of this poor little girl.
We have already helped with the initial emergency costs but she still has a long way to go.
I am calling out to you all to help us help her help Princess. Please consider donating to Princess's care via our pay pal. We can also accept MC/Visa over the phone as well as mailing in a check. Any little amount will help. Please note in the memo for Princess and it will go directly to her care.
We do have pictures which you can only imagine how horrid they are to look at. We have not posted them on our site because we know that there are many children that look and unfortunately, these are not for the eyes of young ones.
I personally would like to thank you all in advance for any help you could give.