PLEASE HELP ME SAVE CJ

Hello,

I am raising money to help better care for CJ. He is a 13-year old senior special needs shih-tzu whom I rescued from the streets of Miami.

CJ suffers from severe allergies and must eat a special home-cooked diet. He is allergic to chicken. Any deviation from his recommendation food or treats results in a severe life-threatening allergic reaction. He vomits and defecates bloody diarrhea if he consumes anything with even chicken by-products such as: egg shells, stock (from boiling water with chicken bones), or any miscellaneous body parts. He is also allergic to grass and suffers from severe dermatitis if he comes in contact with it, and has to use special shampoos and conditioners. He also has an anaphylactic reaction to the rabies vaccine. All of which are related to his severe allergies. Sadly, due to what I believe is related to years to eating chicken, his liver is borderline failing. His liver enzymes are always high, but have been as high as almost 600. His most recent visit, it was as high as 400+ so he had to go back Denamarin and try another elimination diet.

This took me years and thousands of dollars in trying various foods and Dermologist / Allergists specialist appointments to figure out. Surprisingly, chicken didn’t show on his allergy panel. Grass did and explained his constant scratching and hot spots, which he would bite his skin raw until it was bloody.

A newer development, as of 2020, is now he has a grade 3/4 heart murmur. It is congenital and breed based. This also requires a low fat/ low colesterol diet. I have to take him yearly to a specialist to have an ultrasound, which is very expensive.

Lastly, due to his breed, he is very prone to eye ulcers. He has had several from when I rescued him, but two in particular where he almost lost his eye. The most recent ulcer was 2023.

I have used my own funds, as well as credit cards to provide the best care for him, but could really use the help moving forward as the costs for everything, food, medicine, doctors’ visits has skyrocketed.

Any amount truly helps provide CJ with his medically necessary food, medicine, and advanced medical care.

Thank you!