Help Sir Roger Moore complete his mission!
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On Friday, January 8th, after work Jason and I took Roger to play at the Fiesta Island off-leash dog park, something we've done several times a week since he joined our family in July 2020. He ran across the road to a different play area to visit another dog, and as I followed to bring him back, I frantically waved down the approaching cars to stop. While the first one did stop, a young man who was learning how to drive with his mother in the passenger seat went around the stopped vehicle, nearly hitting me as I was trying to save Roger. Unfortunately, his pickup truck shattered Roger's hindquarters. I'll never forget the sound that he made or what I felt when I saw it happen. It was one of the worst moments of my life. Fearing the worst, we knew we had to get Roger help right away.
We rushed Roger to the VCA Emergency Animal Hospital in Mission Valley and suffered in anguish for a few hours. We couldn't stop worrying that we had lost our newest member of the family. We knew that he was afraid and in horrific pain, and we were horrified that we couldn't even spend his final moments with him due to COVID precautions. After what seemed like an eternity, we got some mixed news: Roger was alive, but he had been badly hurt. Although his internal organs were OK, he would need major emergency surgery as soon as possible to live.
As it stands, 48 hours after the accident and with the clock ticking, Roger has two broken hips and needs a full replacement on each. He has a broken pelvis, a broken femur at the growth plate, and a large open wound on his right rear leg that is open to the bone. Fixing Roger will require at least one orthopedic surgery, and maybe two. He will also need to learn to walk again, which will require many months of post-op physical therapy.
This news comes with especially poor timing, as we'd decided as a family that Jason would take the bulk of 2020 to go back to school and earn his degree. He graduated last week, and we are so thrilled - but unfortunately, it means that we've been a single-income household since March. We've already paid $4,100 just to keep him alive so far, so the news that we have till Tuesday to decide whether to come up with another $15,000 or say goodbye to our best friend was so difficult to hear.
Roger (named after Sir Roger Moore) is just 007 months old, and is a healthy young pup. He's our "COVID dog" - we brought him into our home from a rescue in Baja California to help with the cabin fever and sadness brought about by the lockdown. In the six months that we've had him, he's brought so much joy during such a dark time: he's the smartest dog we've ever had, he goes everywhere with me, and he's an excellent companion to our 14-year-old blind, deaf, and three-legged Boston Terrier, Yardley. Yardley relies on Roger to keep her warm at night and to bring her toys. Seeing Yardley so confused and lonely the past few days as she cries and looks for Roger has broken my heart more than I thought possible. Jason and I miss Roger terribly, and the thought of going back to a pre-Roger life has added to our grief as the pandemic rages on.
We're fortunate to live in a city so close to Tijuana, where veterinary care is usually much less expensive - unfortunately, Roger's condition is so fragile that the vets strongly recommend against moving him. We're scouring the internet in the meantime for additional resources, such as Care Credit, that will help ease the financial burden of keeping him alive. Thankfully, two doctors have reviewed his injuries and have said that with this surgery and PT, Roger can be expected to live a long and happy life.
I know that this isn't a time where many people have much to spare, but please know that anything you can give will go a long way toward helping to keep him alive. Roger still has many years ahead of him, and we are committed to help him get there. Sir Roger Moore has one final mission, and that's to get out of the vet alive and back home to our family again. If you're able to give anything at this time, it would mean all the difference.
Thank you, we love and appreciate you all.
- Christine, Jason, Roger, Yardley (the Moore household humans and dogs)
We rushed Roger to the VCA Emergency Animal Hospital in Mission Valley and suffered in anguish for a few hours. We couldn't stop worrying that we had lost our newest member of the family. We knew that he was afraid and in horrific pain, and we were horrified that we couldn't even spend his final moments with him due to COVID precautions. After what seemed like an eternity, we got some mixed news: Roger was alive, but he had been badly hurt. Although his internal organs were OK, he would need major emergency surgery as soon as possible to live.
As it stands, 48 hours after the accident and with the clock ticking, Roger has two broken hips and needs a full replacement on each. He has a broken pelvis, a broken femur at the growth plate, and a large open wound on his right rear leg that is open to the bone. Fixing Roger will require at least one orthopedic surgery, and maybe two. He will also need to learn to walk again, which will require many months of post-op physical therapy.
This news comes with especially poor timing, as we'd decided as a family that Jason would take the bulk of 2020 to go back to school and earn his degree. He graduated last week, and we are so thrilled - but unfortunately, it means that we've been a single-income household since March. We've already paid $4,100 just to keep him alive so far, so the news that we have till Tuesday to decide whether to come up with another $15,000 or say goodbye to our best friend was so difficult to hear.
Roger (named after Sir Roger Moore) is just 007 months old, and is a healthy young pup. He's our "COVID dog" - we brought him into our home from a rescue in Baja California to help with the cabin fever and sadness brought about by the lockdown. In the six months that we've had him, he's brought so much joy during such a dark time: he's the smartest dog we've ever had, he goes everywhere with me, and he's an excellent companion to our 14-year-old blind, deaf, and three-legged Boston Terrier, Yardley. Yardley relies on Roger to keep her warm at night and to bring her toys. Seeing Yardley so confused and lonely the past few days as she cries and looks for Roger has broken my heart more than I thought possible. Jason and I miss Roger terribly, and the thought of going back to a pre-Roger life has added to our grief as the pandemic rages on.
We're fortunate to live in a city so close to Tijuana, where veterinary care is usually much less expensive - unfortunately, Roger's condition is so fragile that the vets strongly recommend against moving him. We're scouring the internet in the meantime for additional resources, such as Care Credit, that will help ease the financial burden of keeping him alive. Thankfully, two doctors have reviewed his injuries and have said that with this surgery and PT, Roger can be expected to live a long and happy life.
I know that this isn't a time where many people have much to spare, but please know that anything you can give will go a long way toward helping to keep him alive. Roger still has many years ahead of him, and we are committed to help him get there. Sir Roger Moore has one final mission, and that's to get out of the vet alive and back home to our family again. If you're able to give anything at this time, it would mean all the difference.
Thank you, we love and appreciate you all.
- Christine, Jason, Roger, Yardley (the Moore household humans and dogs)
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Jason and Christine Moore
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San Diego, CA