Maggie's Canine Hepatitis Treatment
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Thank you for taking the time to look at Maggie's GoFundMe page, and for considering her and our family's needs in treating her.
Maggie is an eight-year-old bully-breed mix dog, a rescue after suffering horrific abuse at just a month old. Despite her terrible start in life, she has proven to be a loyal, loving, and utterly freindly companion, and family member (and therapy animal-in-training) to me since her adoption at four months.
In the afternoon on 8/28, while playing in the park by Belmont Harbor, she suddenly got ill, vomiting profusely, but still seeming to be in good, playful spirits. However, the vomitin continued, and she was unable to hold down food or water, and her energy level started to drop quickly. By early morning the next day, she was barely willing to move, and refused to try to eat, and one feeble attempt to drink water left her spitting that up almost immediately. I rushed her to our local vet at McKillip Animal Hospital, where she was running a fever of over 105 degrees. At this point she was taken back for observation, and she has been in hospital now for five days and counting.
After testing, she was found to have a very unforgiving case of Infectious Canine Hepatitis (ICH) , which had wreaked havoc on her liver. While the doctors were able to apply IV therapies stop her vomiting and get her to eat a bit of food, blood enzyme levels remain elevated, and her energy is still very little, along with her apetite. She has undergone much diagnostic testing, including X-Rays and Ultrasound, which have shown no tumors or blockages, which is a positive sign, but there are still no known answers, and it is likely that she will need to go to a specialist. Her current bills are sitting at about $2000, and these will go up by the time her stay at McKillip is over, and will go higher if a specialist is needed.
On top of this, I work on a freelance/consultant basis, and my latest work contract ended on the same day this all started, so my income is down to nothing, and her treatment and recovery will be ongoing for some time, with final costs unknown.
While I am not usually one to look for help in these matters, this situation has completely blindsided us, and Maggie is a family memebr that I, quite literally, owe my life to. If you can please help, we would be eternally grateful, and any amount can help.
Thank you so very much for your consideration and help, and I hope to update as soon as possible.
Maggie is an eight-year-old bully-breed mix dog, a rescue after suffering horrific abuse at just a month old. Despite her terrible start in life, she has proven to be a loyal, loving, and utterly freindly companion, and family member (and therapy animal-in-training) to me since her adoption at four months.
In the afternoon on 8/28, while playing in the park by Belmont Harbor, she suddenly got ill, vomiting profusely, but still seeming to be in good, playful spirits. However, the vomitin continued, and she was unable to hold down food or water, and her energy level started to drop quickly. By early morning the next day, she was barely willing to move, and refused to try to eat, and one feeble attempt to drink water left her spitting that up almost immediately. I rushed her to our local vet at McKillip Animal Hospital, where she was running a fever of over 105 degrees. At this point she was taken back for observation, and she has been in hospital now for five days and counting.
After testing, she was found to have a very unforgiving case of Infectious Canine Hepatitis (ICH) , which had wreaked havoc on her liver. While the doctors were able to apply IV therapies stop her vomiting and get her to eat a bit of food, blood enzyme levels remain elevated, and her energy is still very little, along with her apetite. She has undergone much diagnostic testing, including X-Rays and Ultrasound, which have shown no tumors or blockages, which is a positive sign, but there are still no known answers, and it is likely that she will need to go to a specialist. Her current bills are sitting at about $2000, and these will go up by the time her stay at McKillip is over, and will go higher if a specialist is needed.
On top of this, I work on a freelance/consultant basis, and my latest work contract ended on the same day this all started, so my income is down to nothing, and her treatment and recovery will be ongoing for some time, with final costs unknown.
While I am not usually one to look for help in these matters, this situation has completely blindsided us, and Maggie is a family memebr that I, quite literally, owe my life to. If you can please help, we would be eternally grateful, and any amount can help.
Thank you so very much for your consideration and help, and I hope to update as soon as possible.
Organizer
Chris Johnson
Organizer
Chicago, IL
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