“i want 2 live..pwees help me git surgery” -bUsTer

Hi im bUsTer. i speak woof but i hope U understan this. i want 2 live. i was shot N the face by a mean hooman but i want 2 LIVE. im a guud boy N i luv my brudder. i cant leav him.

we wore left N the road cuz a hooman didnt like us. we 8 leafs grass bugs N dead animuls cuz we wore hungri. we drank mud puddles when it rained.

1 day we saw a hooman n a small machine. i think it is called a gulf cart. we chased him cuz we thot he wood help us. he stoppd N we wagged r tails. he pointed somethin at me N it went BANG. then my face hurt really bad N nside my mouth 2. i felt warm red gooey stuff all over.

my brudder N i ran away. the scary man kept makin loud BANG BANG noises. i coodnt run no more cuz it hurt so bad N i flopped down. i coodnt C my brudder cuz my eyes closed.

i felt him lickin me N cryin. i hurt so bad. he laid down N curled n2 me N kept cryin. i felt so cold.

nex day my brudder herd anuther machine N said heed b back. i coodnt tel him no. he wuz scared but brave. went 2 the hooman 2 tell about me.

i protect him so i got up even tho I coodnt walk guud 2 keep him safe frum her. she saw me N pickd me up N put me n the machine wit my brudder.

took us 2 a place where they looked nside my mouth N said a bullet went thru the top N left 3 BIG holes.

I herd them say i wood die. N i try 2 woof n say NO I WANT 2 LIVE.

nice hoomans tried 2 help me. N they did. they told nice lady they dont know how long it wood work N id need special sergery after i got healthy N strong. i wuz ther 4 long time after they tried 2 fix me. said i culd leaf but sum1 patient wood hav 2 care 4 me till i wuz strong enuff.

then mor nice hoomans picked me up N took my brudder 2! they new we needed each utter.

me N brudder didnt know hoomans culd b nice. we were givn beds food nice talk hugs N luv.

i didnt know hoomans culd luv.

i have workd reely hard 2 get strong so i can have this special sergery cuz I want 2 live.

I heard the doc say if i dont git it the holes N my mouth from the bullet will not close. N food N water can get n them N make me choke if sum1 doesnt feed or water me the rite way. 4 the rest of my life i wood have 2 be hand fed N never git 2 chew.

but i am strong 2 hav sergery now.

I want 2 live. I want 2 chew a bone. I want 2 luv my very own hooman. I want 2 be here 4 my brudder.

i want 2 LIVE

-bUsTer

All Buster’s outside wounds on his face have healed and by looking at him, you would never know the chaos and pain that he has going on inside his mouth.

Buster’s 1st surgery is scheduled for May 29 and the 2nd surgery is now scheduled for July 14 at Texas A&M University. They have a high-tech facility where they are able to perform a surgery of this kind, that entails the reconstruction of the inside upper part of his mouth where the bullet passed through. The pallet bone in the middle of his mouth was shattered, along with several teeth. Three gaping holes were left in the top of his mouth from the bullet and half of his tongue was severed. Bone fragments were removed and his tongue was stitched. There are areas where the skin has grown back inside his mouth, but it is still hollow underneath the skin, which could be punctured at any time. They will need to construct a mesh that will emulate the actual pallet bone that we all have in the top of our mouth, so the skin can grow over that and enclose the hole along with enforcing bone where teeth were shattered.

The dental surgeons at Texas A&M have said without the surgery and closing the holes, which are slightly open to his nasal passages, that his life would always be at risk because even if he is being carefully hand fed and given water through a syringe, there is the risk of some of it ending up in the hole of his nasal passages and going to his lungs which would cause him to aspirate and result in a painful death.

They have said the only humane action to take, would be to euthanize him because living that way is not a quality of life. Even saying that is difficult for me because he is so full of love and joy. He has healed on the outside of his face but the destruction within his mouth has not.

I have posted all the information from Texas A&M with their estimates of the lowest to highest costs. All money that is donated will be going to the surgery and aftercare that is needed, such as special foods and medication.

Thank you for considering a donation of any amount. You are truly appreciated for your genuine love and support for the well-being of all the innocent babies that are not able to defend themselves.

Genuinely grateful,

Hollye and Thomas

“Saving one animal won’t change the world, but it will ALWAYS change the world for that one animal.”❤️