Support Luca. Our beloved Dog's Fight

Hello everyone! We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to read our story.

We have been having a very financially, mentally, and emotionally difficult year with our youngest dog, Luca. Luca is the sweetest, craziest, and goofiest dog you will ever meet. He loves to run, play fight with us, and play fight with his older brother/sister.

It all started when we decided to buy a splash pad for all of them because they LOVE the water. Everything was going great; they were jumping up and down over the water. Two hours later, after we went back inside the house, Luca threw up all his food (mind you, he hadn't eaten for a few hours), so it was concerning. Then he started shivering, drooling, and became extremely lethargic, as if he had difficulty breathing, so he was looking up at the ceiling all the time without moving. We called the emergency hospital and took him right away. We told the vet the whole story, and they started running tests. He was hypothermic, so they gave him a blanket with a hot water bag.

Long story short, they told us his cortisol was low and were worried about him having Addison's Disease. We had no idea what that was, so they were kind enough to educate us about it. They referred us to our primary vet so he could get tested for that.

It is not a short and fast process. We had to take him to his regular check-up with his vet two days later, and then we could schedule him for the Addison's Disease test. We had to leave him all day with the vet so they could do tests and all.

After a week and a half of back and forth with the vets, they gave us good news and ruled out Addison's Disease. The vet is still concerned about what could've caused such strange symptoms and behavior, so at the moment, we are still trying to figure it all out together. It has been constant vet visits, but in the end, we want to try and figure out what it is so we can be there and support Luca as much as we can.

We are normally extremely private people, and asking for help is very humbling and out of character for us. We always try to find a way to manage whatever hardships life throws at us behind closed doors as best we can on our own. However, this has been an extremely brutal journey, and we have depleted literally everything we have to give as the fight to get Luca well and home continues.

Any help at all would be extremely appreciated to help us try to dwindle down his mountain of medical debt and prepare for any future issues as much as possible.

If you cannot donate at this time, we completely understand and would be extremely appreciative of any sharing of this post that you can do.

Thank you for your time. Greatly appreciated.