Leroy's Fund

Hi there family and friends. 

As most of you may already know, Leroy isn't doing so well. He hasn't been doing well for several months now and he took a turn for the worse earlier this week. He's currently in intensive care at a local animal hospital and a lot of tests are being done to figure out exactly what is wrong with him. 

What we know right now from tests that have already been done is that he has severe GI disease and dangerously low albumin levels. He has a scary amount of fluid accumlating in his body and is having it drained regularly. 

He is having an upper and lower GI scope done on Friday that should give us some more answers.

This is my first time creating a fundraising campaign and to be honest it's not something that I ever thought I would need to do but here's the thing, I don't have all the money right now to cover the cost of all these tests and treatments and I need to swallow my pride and ask you for help. I need to stop being selfish and step up for Leroy, my family and for you. Leroy's a very special member of our family and he deserves the best chance to beat this. 




A very good friend told me this the other day and it stuck:

"You share all his adorable moments and successes and the happy times, please let us share this too."

And the answer to that is I want to spread happiness not sadness and right now this is heartbreaking but in the end I hope it will be all happiness.

Does that make sense?





And just because I feel the need to explain more of why I'm not financially prepared for these type of costs. My husband and I both have full time jobs and are raising 2 amazing children and 2 dogs. We work hard but life throws us curveballs, one after another.... as I'm sure it does for most people. I won't bore you with the details because I'm sure you get it. 

I did have pet insurance on both Sherman and Leroy a few years ago but then cancelled it when life threw us one of those curveballs. So then I set up a small savings account for the dogs and then Sherman got sick and we wiped that out.

Before I was able to get the savings account back up, Leroy ate the rocks and had to have surgery and ever since then it has been down hill for him and we can't catch up. 


We've exhausted all funds on his current treatment and have since applied for personal loans and are waiting to hear back. 

That's our story. I'm sure it's more than you needed to know but it's what I had to say.

My family and I greatly appreciated all of your support and thank you to my special friends for encouraing me to do this. 

-Jen

p.s. Leroy is curently hospitalized at Animal Clinic Northview in North Ridgeville, Ohio, because you should know that too:)