Stella Needs Our Help: Medical Emergency

Everyone knows and loves Stella, my 5 year old baby. She’s a Welsh Pembroke Corgi and is the star of our neighborhood. She loves to give kisses to everyone she meets and has the most magnificent wiggly butt you’ve ever seen.

She has been having some health problems recently that have progressed rapidly, and we need some help paying for the immediate & long-term care she will need.

After experiencing excessive thirst, frequent urination, and daily vomiting, she was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis, which can be fatal if not treated properly and promptly. Along with the DKA is pancreatitis and a urinary tract infection. After visiting an urgent care and an emergency vet in the same day, Stella is now requiring a 2-4 night ER stay to stabilize her enough to bring her home for long term diabetic treatment. The emergency vet hospital has given us an estimate of around $10,000 for her stay on top of the other charges I’ve incurred from urgent care.

We’re unsure of how much her at-home insulin treatment will be, but have been told it will be costly. We’ve already maxed out her insurance for the year, so we need all the financial help we can get to keep our little girl in our lives.

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! Stella needs an NG tube to help her get some nutrients asap, but she didn’t tolerate the vet trying to place it, so we need to visit her and see if she’ll eat any food orally for us. Fingers crossed

UPDATE:

The vet managed to anesthetize Stella and place a feeding tube for her to finally get some nutrients back in her body. He said she is NOT a fan of it, but she’s tolerating it so thats a significant improvement!

Her pancreas is still angry, so they need to give her medicine to calm that down, which means she’ll need to remain hospitalized for at least another day.

The downside of all of this means her payment estimate has increased from $10,000 to $12,000. While the money is alarming, I’m so grateful for credit cards and the donations we’ve received so far. I know people will think I’m insane for putting this much money into a pet, but Stella is truly our baby, and our house is empty without her here, so I’ll agree to whatever amount of money they need to help her. There’s always more money to be found down the line, but there’s only one Stella.

UPDATE 5/2:

We visited Stella again and she ate a whole serving of chicken! We took her for a walk and she went potty (1 AND 2!) and walked around half of the hospital perimeter! It definitely tired her out, so she’s earned a nap for sure. She’ll get another dose of her pancreas medicine tonight, and if all goes according to plan, we’re hoping she’ll be able to come home tomorrow!