UPDATE: 9/28 Loovha underwent emergency extensive hemi and discocetemy surgery on Tuesday 9/24 and hospitalized till Friday 9/27 as he lost mobility in his back legs and was panting for 7 hours all night prior to me taking him in. He was in respiratory distress and in critical condition. This was a difficult situation to face as it was a very expensive surgical procedure and follow ups. Just the hope of him being my normal ball of love - I needed to give him a chance at a life ahead. Therapy may also possibly be needed which will also top the cost over this goal. However, post surgery, he was already standing again and very good reaction since then. Medications have been hard to give since he came home yesterday 9/27. His frequency of medication is interfering with my work schedule as well, but this is a hardship I have to go through. All donations received are going towards his monthly medical bill I will have to pay off in 2 years. I am so thankful immensely for everyone. Who has contributed to HIM and his care and chance at a normal life. Please continue to support whatever you can and also, please just share this link on socials and with everyone you can in hopes to raise as much as goal as needed. Your help and consideration is truly everything to us!

 

My name is Lian. I am the mom of this most lovable, unbelievably wonderful dog named Loovha, who you see in the photo above. He is 3 years old and is just the light of my life and my whole world. I follow many Frenchie and rescue profiles and have seen many dogs with Intervertebral Disk Disease (IVDD). It just rips my heart apart seeing what the dogs go through, the expense to manage this condition, and the time and exhaustion it takes. I dreaded this would ever happen to my dog, and my worst fear has come true. It breaks my heart immensely and hurts me in ways words cannot describe. The vet says at 3 he should not be having this. X-rays and medication have been done, and bed rest for 10 days. I am at day 3, and he is just spiraling down and can’t walk. The X-ray report states that “there is collapse of the intervertebral disc space at numerous sites throughout the thoracic spine. There is equivocal narrowing of the intervertebral disc space at C2-3. In the lumbar spine, there is narrowing of the intervertebral disc space at T13-L3 and L5-L7. Spondylosis is forming,” interpreting “multifocal intervertebral disk disease.” Recommendations are “careful palpation of the cervical, caudal thoracic, and lumbar spine, and a neurological examination is indicated. If positive, additional imaging such as CT myelogram or MRI examination of the entire spine would be necessary to confirm or deny compressive myelopathy at any site.”

He has continued to spiral downhill after 3 days and is falling to the side. As I’ve heard, this procedure runs about 10k and up. The specialist told me the same as well, depending on the severity, and I don’t know how much longer I should wait because he refuses medication and food and even his favorite treats. He pants for hours, keeping me awake and worried when he can’t sleep! I am just so lost for words and cannot stop crying and just fearing the worst. Surgery and/or therapy is required and highly expensive. I don’t know what route to take, and I feel so helpless. I’ve tried his whole life to give him supplements to prevent this, and it just completely breaks my heart. I don’t even know what to say! Euthanasia is not an option and rips me apart thinking if he’s suffering and how to make him better. I’m just so broken. I’m hoping you have it in your heart to help me out. Even just a dollar and a share can make so much difference if the world could see this. Please help out what you can, and I could never show my gratitude, but my heart would cry for help and tears of joy alongside this heartbreaking moment and journey. Prayers are also deeply asked for because I don’t know how I can cope with this and if my agony is worse than his. We don’t know what these loves of our lives think and feel. I just know that whenever I leave the house, he will take my house shoe and bring it to his bed, and every time I come home, he’d be sleeping with my house shoe at his bed. He always just wants my hands rubbing him and touching him, and he’s just the most lovable, affectionate thing in the whole wide world that I could’ve never existed, and I’m just not ready to let him go or see him suffering. I fear that nothing is gonna work, and I just don’t know what I’ll do, so please, whatever you guys can do is greatly appreciated to help out. Thank you!