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My name is Dayna. I'm a DEVOTED fur baby Mom! I love animals so much, especially dogs. I believe our fur babies are more than a pet, they are family. So when I see someone struggling because their fur babies are sick, it breaks my heart! Vets bills can be excruciating. The only thing worse, is NOT having the money to pay them. Having to watch your baby sick and there's nothing you can do. My dear Friend Kim Goldstein has 2 adorable fur babies! They are her life! Sadly, both got sick. One being worse than the other. Kim has maxed out her credit cards, drained what she could from her 401k, and even not paid household bills to continue Vet care. All things any of us Fur baby Mom's would do, and some probably have done. The beauty of today is we have this way to help each other. Times are tough for so many of us. So by many helping a little, adds up to a lot! And life changing for these babies! Kim, a LOVING, WONDERFUL Mom to these babies told me what was going on, and I couldn't stand by and not try to help. Kim didn't want to ask for help because, well it's hard asking, and felt bad. Below, is copied from her message to me explaining the situation. Mackenzie and Winston (fur babies) still need on going care. I'm also providing the Vet info if someone wants to help by directly contacting the Vet with any donation.
Vet info is :
Dr. Blake Liebert @ Muddy Creek Animal Care Center
993 Haverhill St.
Rowley, MA 01969
The phone # is [phone redacted]
Kim's Words:
This is for my dogs Winston & Mackenzie who I'm love more than words can describe.
Mackenzie's my Sheltie and Winston's my Yorkie. Winston has a severe case of Cushing's Disease as well as a collapsing trachea which is getting worse and worse as time goes on. It always sounds like he's coughing. If you touch his throat ever so gently, he coughs. Winston starting getting really, really sick in October. He had been sick before with similar symptoms. Antibiotics seemed to have helped in the past or at least that's what my eye's wanted to believe. I rushed him to the Veterinary Hospital in October because he was really sick. After that appointment, weekly appointments with my regular vet became the new normal. Winston went through so much testing. He became a furry pin cushion, but he never complained. I could see in his eyes how sick he was. We were there almost weekly for blood tests after blood tests checking for a variety of possible illnesses. It was at this point I made multiple withdrawals from my 401K account and eventually emptied it. The night after Winston's emergency vet visit I found my father unconscious and unresponsive in his apartment. I called 911. He was for all purposes dead when the ambulance arrived. Miraculously, he survived thanks to the Paramedics . I was thinking "How could this be happening? I just lost my Mother unexpectedly 6 months ago. My heart is broken beyond repair. My dad's laying lifeless in front of me and little Winston is so sick." How cruel is life that all of this happening to me?" My dad's extremely sick. He's 72 and now living in a nursing home. He has advanced congestive heart failure and was also diagnosed with a severe case of a rare form of Cancer in January. He has been hospitalized so many times since then that I've started to lose track. The nursing home is 30 minutes away from my house and the hospitals are 45 minutes to an hour away from me. I'm there almost every day, whether it's before or after my own Dr appointments (and there are many of those) or vet appointments. Between the cost at the vets, gas to go see my dad and buying food, I've almost maxed out my credit cards.
Mackenzie had a seizure a little over a week ago. She just had her physical exam 6 days prior to our "sick visit for the seizure." While at the vets following her seizure she fell off the exam table. She jumped in the air when the vet tech was leaving and shut the door. Mackenzie's front paws missed the table and she landed face first into the tile floor. Blood everywhere. Thankfully she didn't need stitches in her chin or mouth.
My world feels like it's spiraling out of control. Winston's medicine, his constant blood work, office visits and Mackenzie's multiple visits is why I'm so desperate.
I'm on long term disability and only receiving 60% of my pay. This happened after I had 2 massive blood clots (pulmonary embolisms) in both my lungs, a blood clot in my heart and a blood clot in my leg. I'm lucky to be alive. I've been sick for almost 5 straight years and haven't been able to return to work. Winston and Mackenzie are my life. They're my children. I FEEL LIKE I'M FAILING THEM AS A MOM! Winston was originally put on a generic medication but unfortunately it didn't work for him. My vet said the next step was to put Winston on the brand name medication called Vetoryl. I got the medicine at my vets office for the first few months. It's so expensive. Another round of blood testing was done. It's $219.00 every time, every 2-3 weeks. After the latest test revealed that his levels barely changed, he was put on an additional strength of Vetoryl. He's now on Vetoryl 5mg and Vetoryl 10mg. They do not make a 15mg capsule. I found meds on-line that are cheaper than my vets but I was told it's too good to be true. I'm desperate and ordered them from the on-line veterinary pharmacy. I've been paying the vets after our appointments but not paying some of my regular bills instead. I'm not filling all of my 28 prescriptions every month(yes, 28). I'm not eating meals. I need to take care of my dogs and see my dad. They're my priorities.
I asked my vet if I could order Winston's meds from an on-line pharmacy. One of the prescriptions was $50.00 cheaper per month. The other prescription was significantly cheaper as well. My veterinarian knows I'm financially strained (to say the least) but has no idea how badly. Thankfully ,I got good news last week saying I can now bring Winston in every 4-5 weeks instead. That's huge!!" My sister got them their dog food for Christmas. Talk about a huge relief!! My stress level is through the roof from all of this. My dogs are the reason I wake up every day. They literally save me on a daily basis. The little family I had is dwindling down and I feel so alone. I need Winston to be okay. He has to be okay. Mackenzie and Winston bring so much joy and happiness to my life. I don't have much of that in my life anymore. Most of it has been taken away. I'm so fortunate to have the most lovable, adorable, beautiful, affectionate and outrageously amazing dogs! I'm so lucky to have them. They love going to visit my dad at the nursing home. They put a smile on everyone's face. It's instant joy from the minute we walk in the front door. It makes my heart so happy that they're capable of spreading happiness everywhere we go! I'm their "Person" and they're my babies!
That is from a conversation I had with Kim.
Thank you so much for reading this, for caring! I believe that if we all help each a little, amazing things will happen. Something you can help with is SO greatly appreciated! From my heart and soul, THANK YOU!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!
Vet info is :
Dr. Blake Liebert @ Muddy Creek Animal Care Center
993 Haverhill St.
Rowley, MA 01969
The phone # is [phone redacted]
Kim's Words:
This is for my dogs Winston & Mackenzie who I'm love more than words can describe.
Mackenzie's my Sheltie and Winston's my Yorkie. Winston has a severe case of Cushing's Disease as well as a collapsing trachea which is getting worse and worse as time goes on. It always sounds like he's coughing. If you touch his throat ever so gently, he coughs. Winston starting getting really, really sick in October. He had been sick before with similar symptoms. Antibiotics seemed to have helped in the past or at least that's what my eye's wanted to believe. I rushed him to the Veterinary Hospital in October because he was really sick. After that appointment, weekly appointments with my regular vet became the new normal. Winston went through so much testing. He became a furry pin cushion, but he never complained. I could see in his eyes how sick he was. We were there almost weekly for blood tests after blood tests checking for a variety of possible illnesses. It was at this point I made multiple withdrawals from my 401K account and eventually emptied it. The night after Winston's emergency vet visit I found my father unconscious and unresponsive in his apartment. I called 911. He was for all purposes dead when the ambulance arrived. Miraculously, he survived thanks to the Paramedics . I was thinking "How could this be happening? I just lost my Mother unexpectedly 6 months ago. My heart is broken beyond repair. My dad's laying lifeless in front of me and little Winston is so sick." How cruel is life that all of this happening to me?" My dad's extremely sick. He's 72 and now living in a nursing home. He has advanced congestive heart failure and was also diagnosed with a severe case of a rare form of Cancer in January. He has been hospitalized so many times since then that I've started to lose track. The nursing home is 30 minutes away from my house and the hospitals are 45 minutes to an hour away from me. I'm there almost every day, whether it's before or after my own Dr appointments (and there are many of those) or vet appointments. Between the cost at the vets, gas to go see my dad and buying food, I've almost maxed out my credit cards.
Mackenzie had a seizure a little over a week ago. She just had her physical exam 6 days prior to our "sick visit for the seizure." While at the vets following her seizure she fell off the exam table. She jumped in the air when the vet tech was leaving and shut the door. Mackenzie's front paws missed the table and she landed face first into the tile floor. Blood everywhere. Thankfully she didn't need stitches in her chin or mouth.
My world feels like it's spiraling out of control. Winston's medicine, his constant blood work, office visits and Mackenzie's multiple visits is why I'm so desperate.
I'm on long term disability and only receiving 60% of my pay. This happened after I had 2 massive blood clots (pulmonary embolisms) in both my lungs, a blood clot in my heart and a blood clot in my leg. I'm lucky to be alive. I've been sick for almost 5 straight years and haven't been able to return to work. Winston and Mackenzie are my life. They're my children. I FEEL LIKE I'M FAILING THEM AS A MOM! Winston was originally put on a generic medication but unfortunately it didn't work for him. My vet said the next step was to put Winston on the brand name medication called Vetoryl. I got the medicine at my vets office for the first few months. It's so expensive. Another round of blood testing was done. It's $219.00 every time, every 2-3 weeks. After the latest test revealed that his levels barely changed, he was put on an additional strength of Vetoryl. He's now on Vetoryl 5mg and Vetoryl 10mg. They do not make a 15mg capsule. I found meds on-line that are cheaper than my vets but I was told it's too good to be true. I'm desperate and ordered them from the on-line veterinary pharmacy. I've been paying the vets after our appointments but not paying some of my regular bills instead. I'm not filling all of my 28 prescriptions every month(yes, 28). I'm not eating meals. I need to take care of my dogs and see my dad. They're my priorities.
I asked my vet if I could order Winston's meds from an on-line pharmacy. One of the prescriptions was $50.00 cheaper per month. The other prescription was significantly cheaper as well. My veterinarian knows I'm financially strained (to say the least) but has no idea how badly. Thankfully ,I got good news last week saying I can now bring Winston in every 4-5 weeks instead. That's huge!!" My sister got them their dog food for Christmas. Talk about a huge relief!! My stress level is through the roof from all of this. My dogs are the reason I wake up every day. They literally save me on a daily basis. The little family I had is dwindling down and I feel so alone. I need Winston to be okay. He has to be okay. Mackenzie and Winston bring so much joy and happiness to my life. I don't have much of that in my life anymore. Most of it has been taken away. I'm so fortunate to have the most lovable, adorable, beautiful, affectionate and outrageously amazing dogs! I'm so lucky to have them. They love going to visit my dad at the nursing home. They put a smile on everyone's face. It's instant joy from the minute we walk in the front door. It makes my heart so happy that they're capable of spreading happiness everywhere we go! I'm their "Person" and they're my babies!
That is from a conversation I had with Kim.
Thank you so much for reading this, for caring! I believe that if we all help each a little, amazing things will happen. Something you can help with is SO greatly appreciated! From my heart and soul, THANK YOU!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!