Foxy’s Surgery Fund

On Wednesday April 27th, our sweet Foxy Lady was barely lifting her head and wouldn’t eat or drink. We obviously knew something was wrong and immediately took her to a Veterinary Urgent Care. Very quickly, they diagnosed her with Pyometra.

 

Pyometra is a secondary infection in the uterus that occurs as a result of hormonal changes in the female's reproductive tract. The vet told us very clearly that our options were immediate emergency surgery or putting Foxy Lady to sleep. We were also informed that the surgery would cost up to $7,000.

 

We still had time to decide until a few more lab results came back to know the severity of the issue and if it had been caused by cancer.

 

$7,000 is definitely not in our budget unexpectedly like that, and so our options were limited. We decided that the only way we would move forward with surgery was if Foxy’s labs showed an early and non cancerous condition (because that would mean a FULL recovery and a completely healthy little lady!). If surgery would be a complete cure we would do it.

 

The Vet got the results and confirmed that Foxy was a prime candidate for surgery as she was only just becoming septic and had no tumors or cancer present. He assured us that she has quite a few more years left in her if we did the surgery, and would make a full recovery.

 

So, we decided to do it. We put over $3,000 down on the surgery, and decided we would just figure out how to make this work.

 

We intend to cover the cost of surgery and pay off the total amount however we can, but are also looking to our friends and family to contribute any amount they might be able to in order to offset some of the cost.

 

Any amount raised that goes above and beyond the remaining surgery costs after our own investment, we will donate to “Waggle”, an organization that works with pet owners and veterinarians to cover the cost of medical bills that would prevent medical care.