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My name is Peter and I adopted a 10 month old puppy on March 4th. Her name is Maya and she's the sweetest pup in the whole world. She's got a brindle coat of brown and black, big brown eyes and a narrow hound's body with a small shepherd's face. She was timid when I first took her home, and afraid of everything from the linoleum floor to her own tail, but she has always loved people. She's a lover and a cuddler, and she loves to get outside and run! Her favorite place to go is the dog park, where she can sprint around and play until she's too pooped to walk. She’s much less timid now and she’s learned some great tricks!
The first month with her was amazing and we went everywhere together, until she started limping.. I took her to the vet, where x-rays were taken and she was prescribed an anti-inflammatory for a sore elbow I and was told she needed to "take it easy" for a few weeks. After a few weeks, nothing changed and I called the vet again. She was prescribed the same drug and I was told to have her "take it easy for a few more weeks"... Nothing changed. I took her to a veterinary orthopedic specialist where more x-rays showed that her radius and ulna in her left foreleg grew to different lengths. She now needs a surgery that was quoted between $3,922 to $4,775 without final x-rays and physical therapy... The bones in her elbow don't line up how they should, so there is a gap between her radius and the elbow joint. Essentially, she can't bear weight on her front left leg and when she walks, the bones bang against each other causing her pain. The x-ray can be seen in the video here:
https://youtu.be/HPIFw_VHpNI
Her first surgery will consist of checking the elbow joint for fragments and shaving it into a nice smooth surface if necessary. Then, they will literally cut her radius in half, push one end of the bone up to he elbow joint, put pins into her bone on either side of cut, and she will have a metal brace on the outside of her leg while the gap in the bone heals together. When the vet told me this, my heart dropped. I adopted this adorable, perfect, sweet little puppy three months earlier and now she has to go through all of this, just to walk normally again…
I graduated college on May 14th and I am starting a job in June, but I have student loans, a car loan and other debts from college to pay. This surgery needs to happen, and I am going to make it happen one way or another for little Maya. Any donations that we receive will go directly to Maya's vet bills, including the $700 I have already put on my credit card for the two diagnoses and the $3,922 to $4,775 for the operation and rehab that she will need to strengthen her leg. Then, outside of the quote for the surgery are follow-up x-rays and rehabilitation exams to make sure that everything heals correctly. Her surgery is scheduled for June 6th, and I will post pictures of her along the way, all the way through recovery and rehab. This little pup's eyes say it all, and one look will show you why I can't bear to make her walk on her leg the way it is for the rest of her life. You can see more of Maya in a YouTube video in the link up above.
The first month with her was amazing and we went everywhere together, until she started limping.. I took her to the vet, where x-rays were taken and she was prescribed an anti-inflammatory for a sore elbow I and was told she needed to "take it easy" for a few weeks. After a few weeks, nothing changed and I called the vet again. She was prescribed the same drug and I was told to have her "take it easy for a few more weeks"... Nothing changed. I took her to a veterinary orthopedic specialist where more x-rays showed that her radius and ulna in her left foreleg grew to different lengths. She now needs a surgery that was quoted between $3,922 to $4,775 without final x-rays and physical therapy... The bones in her elbow don't line up how they should, so there is a gap between her radius and the elbow joint. Essentially, she can't bear weight on her front left leg and when she walks, the bones bang against each other causing her pain. The x-ray can be seen in the video here:
https://youtu.be/HPIFw_VHpNI
Her first surgery will consist of checking the elbow joint for fragments and shaving it into a nice smooth surface if necessary. Then, they will literally cut her radius in half, push one end of the bone up to he elbow joint, put pins into her bone on either side of cut, and she will have a metal brace on the outside of her leg while the gap in the bone heals together. When the vet told me this, my heart dropped. I adopted this adorable, perfect, sweet little puppy three months earlier and now she has to go through all of this, just to walk normally again…
I graduated college on May 14th and I am starting a job in June, but I have student loans, a car loan and other debts from college to pay. This surgery needs to happen, and I am going to make it happen one way or another for little Maya. Any donations that we receive will go directly to Maya's vet bills, including the $700 I have already put on my credit card for the two diagnoses and the $3,922 to $4,775 for the operation and rehab that she will need to strengthen her leg. Then, outside of the quote for the surgery are follow-up x-rays and rehabilitation exams to make sure that everything heals correctly. Her surgery is scheduled for June 6th, and I will post pictures of her along the way, all the way through recovery and rehab. This little pup's eyes say it all, and one look will show you why I can't bear to make her walk on her leg the way it is for the rest of her life. You can see more of Maya in a YouTube video in the link up above.