
Simba needs help!
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Hi, my name is Mylene, I`m fundraising for my beloved 6 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback Simba.
Last Saturday, after attending our usual hike with old and new friends we enjoyed our evening at a family barbecue. Later in the evening, out of the sudden, Simba started to panic and didn`t stop screaming . It took me some time to calm him down but than I realized that he must be in strong pain. I immediately took him to Emergency where they diagnosed him with a stomach torsion, which is an extremely time sensitive and live threatening disease! During the surgery they had to open his abdomen almost completely to adjust his stomach in the right direction. The Emergency team started immediately with Simba`s surgery and on Sunday morning at 3 AM they were finally able to tell me that the surgery went well! On Monday Simba was finally released from intensive care and I was allowed to take him home. As of today (Wednesday) he is still under strong pain medication but he seems to get slightly better day by day. So I hope in a few months we can join our beloved Saturday hikes again.
Simba is my Emotional Support dog and means the world for me! We just moved from Europe to the US about 1 year and 9 months ago because of an job offer from my company. Unfortunately things didn`t work out as expected, so recently I had to change my job and I had to accept a heavy reduction of my salary. Because of this, it is unfortunately not possible for me to pay the entire sum for Simba's life saving surgery. As for now, the total costs for his treatment are ~ $ 16,000. Simba and me would be really grateful if there would be some people out there who could help us!
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Mylene Divivier
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Menlo Park, CA