Marzen my German Shepherd he’s been an important part of my family and my heart dog since he joined us in October 2020. Anyone who meets him says he’s an amazing dog and he absolutely loves everyone. In 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had 11 surgeries over the past three years and had a hard time dealing with everything I was going through. Since I’ve had Marzen  every time I was depressed about another surgery Marzen  helped me get through the dark days and never let me give up and now I’m in remission.

Now  that this is full circle, I found myself trying to save my heart dog who saved me. On February 12, 2022, Marzen was not acting like himself he is my shadow and usually follows me everywhere. When he started to throw up I knew something was wrong and I rushed him to the emergency vet. They took x-rays of his chest and noticed a lot of fluid buildup and had  3  thoracentesis  (draining of the fluid in the chest cavity).  They sent the fluid to be studied and it came back indicating there were lymphoma cells present. On Monday, February 14, 2022 he received a CAT scan which revealed he had an enlarged lymph nodes in his spleen, heart and liver. When I receive this diagnosis of lymphoma T cell I was in shock you see my baby boy Marzen is only 16 months old and the vet said it’s very rare for a dog of his age to get lymphoma.  Marzen had to spend three nights at the emergency vet and his bill was $7413, I already went through my savings and his pet insurance has been capped out. 

I was able to get Marzen into the oncologist on Tuesday, February 22 and they started him on a 25 week protocol design for T-cell  lymphoma which will cost over $7336.  . Marzen needs to be able to see his second birthday. Marzen means the world  to me and is my heart dog so anything you could donate would be greatly appreciated