Help for Pippa’s Lymphoma treatment
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Hello, I’m Natalie and I’m trying to raise money to help out with vet bills for my best friend, Pippa.
She is my 8 year old Border Collie and has sadly been given the news that she has lymphoma.
We first spotted an issue when one of her lymph nodes had swollen to the size of a tennis ball, it made her face sag from the weight and we knew something wasn’t right. We took her to the vets straight away and were sent away with anti inflammatory and antibiotics to be treated as a localised infection as otherwise she was in good health, the swelling did decrease massively with the meds but after a couple of days off of the meds her throat began to swell and she started to struggle with swallowing. We took her back to the vets for further investigation, by ultrasound and bloods taken, there were some black dots showing on the ultrasound and white cells in her blood so she was referred for a CT scan and fine needle aspiration taken to remove cells from her lymph nodes to be tested.
The results for this came back the following Friday and they weren’t good; the vets told us her lymph nodes were showing signs of ‘rotting’ and the cells detected were highly compatible with Lymphoma. Not the news we were expecting to hear at all, you never think it’ll be your pet who falls victim to cancer, I’m absolutely devastated. We are now awaiting an appointment to have a full biopsy of her lymph node to confirm the type of lymphoma she has.
I’m terrified as it is that my girl won’t have the full length of life I truly hoped she would but on top of this I’m struggling to afford the cost of everything. The goal we’ve set is to help get on top of what I owe them currently as I’m unsure how much we will be looking at for a biopsy and treatment. So this is what we have spent so far and what we are expected to pay for yet another consultation on Monday for her biopsy, we are insured but our insurance will not pay out directly or cover the whole bill.
This girl has quite literally saved my life, I owe her everything and I’m not willing to give up on her. I know this disease is not one that can be cured but if I can buy her some more time, I would be entirely grateful.
Thank you for taking the time to read our story. I will keep everyone updated on the progress.
Natalie & Pippa Peach ❤️
She is my 8 year old Border Collie and has sadly been given the news that she has lymphoma.
We first spotted an issue when one of her lymph nodes had swollen to the size of a tennis ball, it made her face sag from the weight and we knew something wasn’t right. We took her to the vets straight away and were sent away with anti inflammatory and antibiotics to be treated as a localised infection as otherwise she was in good health, the swelling did decrease massively with the meds but after a couple of days off of the meds her throat began to swell and she started to struggle with swallowing. We took her back to the vets for further investigation, by ultrasound and bloods taken, there were some black dots showing on the ultrasound and white cells in her blood so she was referred for a CT scan and fine needle aspiration taken to remove cells from her lymph nodes to be tested.
The results for this came back the following Friday and they weren’t good; the vets told us her lymph nodes were showing signs of ‘rotting’ and the cells detected were highly compatible with Lymphoma. Not the news we were expecting to hear at all, you never think it’ll be your pet who falls victim to cancer, I’m absolutely devastated. We are now awaiting an appointment to have a full biopsy of her lymph node to confirm the type of lymphoma she has.
I’m terrified as it is that my girl won’t have the full length of life I truly hoped she would but on top of this I’m struggling to afford the cost of everything. The goal we’ve set is to help get on top of what I owe them currently as I’m unsure how much we will be looking at for a biopsy and treatment. So this is what we have spent so far and what we are expected to pay for yet another consultation on Monday for her biopsy, we are insured but our insurance will not pay out directly or cover the whole bill.
This girl has quite literally saved my life, I owe her everything and I’m not willing to give up on her. I know this disease is not one that can be cured but if I can buy her some more time, I would be entirely grateful.
Thank you for taking the time to read our story. I will keep everyone updated on the progress.
Natalie & Pippa Peach ❤️
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Natalie Jones
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