Odie Ann's an Idiot (but we want him to live)
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***UPDATE 5/13 8:00PM: Odie is currently in his first of two surgeries. He had another x-ray this afternoon, where they found another displacement in his sacrum/spine, and saw more fluid in his abdomen, which they discovered was blood, draining into his leg. The surgery tonight is to find the source of the bleeding and, hopefully, to stop it. Assuming all goes well tonight, Odie will be here until Wednesday, which is the first opportunity we might have to get his second surgery to repair the luxations in his hip/sacrum.
This additional surgery, plus the extra night in the ICU has effectively doubled our cost. Each surgery is between $5-6k, which is why I’ve raised the goal to $10,000.
Please keep Odie in your thoughts! He’s a stubborn lil dummy, so whatever happens, he’s puttin’ ‘em up!
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On the afternoon of Sunday, May 12th, our favorite dummy, Odie, thought it would be fun to go out and play in traffic. Hint: it was not fun.
After spending the night at South Metro Animal Emergency care in Apple Valley, MN, Odie is now in the ICU at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. He has 3 pelvic fractures and a dislocated hip, which are thankfully not life threatening and can be treated with surgery.
However, Odie's protein and red blood cell levels destabilized overnight, and he has a bruised lung as well as a traumatic pneumothorax, or an accumulation of air outside his lungs. This means his body can't handle surgery yet, and he will have to remain in intensive care until he is stable enough, which could be as little 24 hours and up to several days, depending on how his condition changes.
I'll get right to it- this has been an extremely expensive, stressful, and obviously very unexpected accident for us... and I thought I knew how to rack up a tab. April and I are not ready to give up on this little ding-dong, even though he is a fool.
In less than 24 hours, our expenses have added up to roughly $4,500, and we will still likely have to spend at least one additional night in the ICU before he could be ready for surgery. This cost has included exams, ultrasounds, drugs, some stabilizing treatments, round-the-clock intensive care and more, but still does not cover the surgery that he needs. This surgery is estimated to be an additional $5,000-$6,000. This puts our total estimated cost at at least $10,000.
We wish we had been prepared for this. We wish it had never happened. But we weren't, and it did, and now we really need some help to keep our dog's tail waggin'. Truly, truly anything helps.
This additional surgery, plus the extra night in the ICU has effectively doubled our cost. Each surgery is between $5-6k, which is why I’ve raised the goal to $10,000.
Please keep Odie in your thoughts! He’s a stubborn lil dummy, so whatever happens, he’s puttin’ ‘em up!
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On the afternoon of Sunday, May 12th, our favorite dummy, Odie, thought it would be fun to go out and play in traffic. Hint: it was not fun.
After spending the night at South Metro Animal Emergency care in Apple Valley, MN, Odie is now in the ICU at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. He has 3 pelvic fractures and a dislocated hip, which are thankfully not life threatening and can be treated with surgery.
However, Odie's protein and red blood cell levels destabilized overnight, and he has a bruised lung as well as a traumatic pneumothorax, or an accumulation of air outside his lungs. This means his body can't handle surgery yet, and he will have to remain in intensive care until he is stable enough, which could be as little 24 hours and up to several days, depending on how his condition changes.
I'll get right to it- this has been an extremely expensive, stressful, and obviously very unexpected accident for us... and I thought I knew how to rack up a tab. April and I are not ready to give up on this little ding-dong, even though he is a fool.
In less than 24 hours, our expenses have added up to roughly $4,500, and we will still likely have to spend at least one additional night in the ICU before he could be ready for surgery. This cost has included exams, ultrasounds, drugs, some stabilizing treatments, round-the-clock intensive care and more, but still does not cover the surgery that he needs. This surgery is estimated to be an additional $5,000-$6,000. This puts our total estimated cost at at least $10,000.
We wish we had been prepared for this. We wish it had never happened. But we weren't, and it did, and now we really need some help to keep our dog's tail waggin'. Truly, truly anything helps.
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Jessica Beasley
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Rosemount, MN