As some of you may already be aware, our sweet boy, Rocky, was hit by a car this afternoon. Having someone knock on your door on an unassuming Saturday while Eric is rebuilding our fireplace, kids are snuggling on the couch and I am upstairs cleaning, to give us this awful news was beyond gut wrenching. As we ran down the driveway to find him, we had no idea what to expect… what we found was 4-5 cars pulled over pointing to where Rocky had ran and everyone saying “I’m sorry” “I’m so sorry”. We finally saw him sitting up on the hill, halfway back to the house, alone and terrified. My baby. My little spaztastic boy, all alone and so scared, in complete shock. As we ran back up the driveway, I found it hard to breathe — what the hell is going on? How do people function in times like these? I see my babies (sans Lily because she was at her besties for a sleepover) standing there, dazed and confused too. Somehow, I couldn’t get my phone to do what I needed it to, my brain just wouldn’t work. Finally I found VCA Shoreline’s phone number, called and they told me to call Newtown, only for them to tell me to call Shoreline as they were closed due to capacity, only to be told by Shoreline to call Newtown back.. WHAT. A. FIASCO. I finally said to Eric, let’s just get him in the car at this point, we can’t keep doing this! What should have been a 35 minute drive, took 45 minutes… longest car ride of our lives. By the time we got there, Rocky was in shock, his gum color had faded and we were scared. Luckily, they only found minimal internal bleeding, but noted a severe amount of road rash which causes a major concern for necrosis. Rocky’s oxygen levels began to dip and this caused more concern. They presented us with a preliminary “treatment plan” which was about $7,000-8,000 BEFORE any surgery — this was just to get him and hopefully keep him stable throughout the weekend. The vet started saying that at this point he had a 50/50 chance. Our hearts sank. We got to see him and he picked up his head right away — our sweet, sweet boy. Gosh we just love him so much. After x-rays were done, we started to have more hope. Some bad news, his femur was broken and his hip dislocated - to surgically repair both of these substantial injuries would be a long recovery process for him, up to about 3 months and when you add in the significant road rash, the potential for complications increases. At this point, we are thinking that amputation seems to be the best and safest option for our boy. As sad as that is, we are feeling grateful. Leaving tonight, the vet said she is optimistic and it is looking like Rocky’s chances for survival are about 70%. Not great, but lots of room for prayers and hope to pull him through. I feel in my heart he will be coming home.

Luckily I just started back to work last week, so that will help us with this financially. We should have had insurance for the boys, but after having it for Jet and using it literally once, we just thought we’d take our chances - bad choice on our part. I guess that’s why they always say hindsight is 20/20. 

Against my husbands wishes, I am humbly asking if you feel compelled to donate to Rocky’s recovery, I would so very much appreciate it. It is no one’s responsibility but our own, but thinking back on all the times we have donated to people we don’t even know, I am hoping some of you may feel that same urge to help lighten the burden, even by donating $1 - any little bit helps. If you can’t donate financially, I just ask that you please simply say a prayer. Please pray that Rocky adapts to life without his leg and that he makes a full recovery and goes on to live a long and healthy life with his loving family.

Update: 11am Sunday morning - we just got off the phone with the ICU Dr and Rocky is in extreme pain. Right now the last thing they are concerned about is fixing his leg, the main concern is his skin which has started to ooze. It hasn’t been a full 24 hours yet, so we certainly don’t want to make any hasty decisions, but she said it is going to be a minimum of a week for him in the hospital which is about $1000+ per day without surgery of any kind. The skin grafting could add $10-20k to the bill. There is still the reality that he may not make it. I am not asking for financial help to put us ahead or to take us to Disney Land, I am just praying for a miracle and financially we can’t just hope for the best and spend hand over fist. Again, we don’t expect anything, but would appreciate anything you can spare. We aren’t ready to let our boy go and I can’t bare the thought of our babies losing another pup, Ellie’s very own birthday twin.

Please help if you can ❤️ Please pray for Rocky and for us to have the clarity to make the best decisions for him. 

Thank you so much ❤️

Any money not used for Rocky will be donated to another dog family in need.