Li'l Rashi's Surgery Fund
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This fund is for the remainder of Little Rashi's medical needs due to her broken pelvis.
As much as it saddens us, her right leg needs to be amputated, a surgery which costs $350. She also needs to be spayed, which costs $110, and it would be easier on her to have all of that done at the same time so that she only has to be put under once, and only has to go through a period of healing once.
Below are details on how this beautiful girl ended up where she is today. I simply put this at the top, because I know some people don't want to read an entire story just to find out exactly what the donations are being requested for.
Thank you in advance to those who donate and/or share this page. If you would prefer to donate directly to the vet, feel free to contact me, and I will gladly provide the information.
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On Dec. 29th, while driving home from a day of running errands, I spotted a black speck on the side of the road. Not entirely sure what it was, but thinking it may be a cat, I pulled over, and as I walked towards it, realized that it was, in fact, a kitten on the side of the road. Before I reached her so many things went through my mind. It was extremely cold out, so she could have been frozen, she was on the side of the road, so she could have been dead due to being struck by a vehicle. When I reached her, though her responses were barely even there.. she was alive, and I couldn’t just leave her. So after making certain that her abdomen wasn’t split open or something along those lines, I carefully picked her up, took her to the car, set her in my lap to try and warm her up as best I could at that time, and took her home. She went from what seemed to be near dead (Half frozen, unresponsive, not moving on her own), to eating wet food, drinking, looking around more and more (After we had gotten SOME fluids in her via a syringe - Minus the needle of course), and trying to wiggle around. Needless to say, it didn’t take us long at all to fall in love with her.
Not long after that, Seth, my S.O. got her drinking water out of a bowl, and shortly after that, we managed to get some food in her. Just a little bit at a time because of how malnourished she was. But from that point on, she improved every single day, and was able to eat and drink more and more at any one time.
The only problem that has persisted was that of her rear right leg. She has drug it behind her since I first found her, and I am sad to say, she still does, despite our attempts at physical therapy (Some of which was done in warm water to help things to relax, because she -loves- warm water). And this is mainly why this page was created.
Long story short, she will need to have that leg amputated, and this was not a decision we made quickly or easily. We could wait several more weeks and pray it starts getting better, but our Vet was rather blunt in saying that he felt that since there had been no change since the day I found her, her leg was highly unlikely to spontaniously heal considering the nerve damage, and that he had been hoping there would be improvement of some sort by the time we came in yesterday - A little over a month after our first visit where we dropped her off for X-rays and other tests, but there has been no improvement despite all of our efforts - She still can't feel it nor move it, there's no muscle, just skin and bone.
So, after a great deal of discussion about the damage she’s doing to that leg because she's having to drag it, the fact that it gets in the way - sometimes even tripping her good leg up, gets dragged in the litter (Often requiring us to bathe said foot, sometimes more), and causes her to list to one side because of the 'dead weight', rather than her balancing herself like which cannot be good for her spine.... Well, Myself, Seth, as well as the Vet agreed that for her, being between 10-13 weeks now, it would be the better choice to have it amputated sooner rather than later. We feel that having this done while she's young, resilient, and can more quickly adapt to being Tripawd, the better off she will be in the long run.
Thank you for any donations to get this little survivor on all three paws, even if all you're able to do is share this link. And if you would prefer to donate to the vet directly, please contact me and I'll pass along the information. :)
As much as it saddens us, her right leg needs to be amputated, a surgery which costs $350. She also needs to be spayed, which costs $110, and it would be easier on her to have all of that done at the same time so that she only has to be put under once, and only has to go through a period of healing once.
Below are details on how this beautiful girl ended up where she is today. I simply put this at the top, because I know some people don't want to read an entire story just to find out exactly what the donations are being requested for.
Thank you in advance to those who donate and/or share this page. If you would prefer to donate directly to the vet, feel free to contact me, and I will gladly provide the information.
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On Dec. 29th, while driving home from a day of running errands, I spotted a black speck on the side of the road. Not entirely sure what it was, but thinking it may be a cat, I pulled over, and as I walked towards it, realized that it was, in fact, a kitten on the side of the road. Before I reached her so many things went through my mind. It was extremely cold out, so she could have been frozen, she was on the side of the road, so she could have been dead due to being struck by a vehicle. When I reached her, though her responses were barely even there.. she was alive, and I couldn’t just leave her. So after making certain that her abdomen wasn’t split open or something along those lines, I carefully picked her up, took her to the car, set her in my lap to try and warm her up as best I could at that time, and took her home. She went from what seemed to be near dead (Half frozen, unresponsive, not moving on her own), to eating wet food, drinking, looking around more and more (After we had gotten SOME fluids in her via a syringe - Minus the needle of course), and trying to wiggle around. Needless to say, it didn’t take us long at all to fall in love with her.
Not long after that, Seth, my S.O. got her drinking water out of a bowl, and shortly after that, we managed to get some food in her. Just a little bit at a time because of how malnourished she was. But from that point on, she improved every single day, and was able to eat and drink more and more at any one time.
The only problem that has persisted was that of her rear right leg. She has drug it behind her since I first found her, and I am sad to say, she still does, despite our attempts at physical therapy (Some of which was done in warm water to help things to relax, because she -loves- warm water). And this is mainly why this page was created.
Long story short, she will need to have that leg amputated, and this was not a decision we made quickly or easily. We could wait several more weeks and pray it starts getting better, but our Vet was rather blunt in saying that he felt that since there had been no change since the day I found her, her leg was highly unlikely to spontaniously heal considering the nerve damage, and that he had been hoping there would be improvement of some sort by the time we came in yesterday - A little over a month after our first visit where we dropped her off for X-rays and other tests, but there has been no improvement despite all of our efforts - She still can't feel it nor move it, there's no muscle, just skin and bone.
So, after a great deal of discussion about the damage she’s doing to that leg because she's having to drag it, the fact that it gets in the way - sometimes even tripping her good leg up, gets dragged in the litter (Often requiring us to bathe said foot, sometimes more), and causes her to list to one side because of the 'dead weight', rather than her balancing herself like which cannot be good for her spine.... Well, Myself, Seth, as well as the Vet agreed that for her, being between 10-13 weeks now, it would be the better choice to have it amputated sooner rather than later. We feel that having this done while she's young, resilient, and can more quickly adapt to being Tripawd, the better off she will be in the long run.
Thank you for any donations to get this little survivor on all three paws, even if all you're able to do is share this link. And if you would prefer to donate to the vet directly, please contact me and I'll pass along the information. :)
Organizer
Darcie Blanchard
Organizer
Midlothian, TX