Support Honey's Journey to Recovery

Hey everyone!

I had spent the most of nearly two years living in St Kitts. While there, many animals were living on their own in the streets, begging for food. One of the last few dogs I was able to rescue off the street, was Honey.

On February 16, 2023, my sister came to the island to visit. That night we decided to go get local food and we found a dog around that bar, begging for scraps. She was just so sweet and such a honey we couldn’t help but name her just that, Honey. We asked around, and she wasn’t owned. So later that night, we came back and brought her home.

We noticed right away that her hips were off and not symmetrical. After several vet visits and x-rays, we discovered what they suspected to be a broken, yet healed, hip fracture from more than likely being hit by a car. Honey's right hip has become slightly twisted and her right leg is not straight. To avoid a lot of pain, she learned how to walk in a completely new, but wrong, way. Her leg has basically been holding on to the hip by muscles and ligaments. We knew then, she would eventually need a procedure to help her live a comfortable life, an FHO (Femoral Head Ostectomy).

This procedure is done to “aim to restore pain-free mobility to a diseased or damaged hip by removing the head and neck of the femur”. This surgery can be quite invasive as the femoral head can be floating around in the hip area or, like in Honey's case, the femoral head was nearly non-existent but what was left was broke off and stuck in the acetabulum (the socket where the head of the femur sits).

After I left the island, a good friend of mine, Leah, adopted sweet Honey. She was prepared to get the FHO for sweet Honey once she was done with school and back home in New York. Honey ran like she was a puppy, full of energy, jumping, playing like nothing could slow her down! She loved tearing up dead palm tree bark and playing with the neighbors pet monkey, Janji.

But in the last few months, she has sadly been slowing down… and fast. What was an occasional limp after a hard play became a limp just from waking up. She has now become consistently lame on her back leg not even trying to put pressure on it.

Leah decided it was best to get the FHO done now, at Ross Vet Clinic on island, so Honey wasn’t suffering a day longer. With vet bills piling up and her in school and out of the country, with no source of income, she is in dire need of help. Between tests, medication, overnight stays, the major surgery, post-op and the coming rehab she’ll need… the vet bills are estimated around $1,400us (3,780ec).

Leah knew this was what Honey needed and I want to try to take some pressure off of her shoulders so she can focus on school and Honey's rehab.

Any amount that is donated will help and will go directly to Honey's vet bills. Any amount is appreciated so very much! If you are unable to contribute, please share Honey's story with your friends and family as it would mean the world to them and myself to see Honey living the life she so desperately deserves and have this heavy burden off of Leah’s shoulders!

God Bless ♡

Sarah