Help 4 year old Fresca get her MRI
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Fresca is a 4 year old mini dachshund who is full of life and personality. Out of all my doxies, she is the most loving and caring. She's always ready to cuddle, ready to play, and follows me around to make sure I get everywhere I need to go in the house safely. Not one morsel of food gets past her either. She waits patiently while I'm cooking to clean up any messes I might make.
I know she is strong too. When she was a baby, her and her brother Gizmo were the only pups out of a 6 puppy litter to survive. The rest were stillborn.
She was recently diagnosed in November with seizures. She had 2 in November and 2 in December. She was taking phenobarbital, but it completely changed her personality and it was tough on her. I made the decision to wean her off and start her on Zomisamide. Fresca ended up having a reaction to the remaining phenolbarbital in her system in February and she had a body infection. She fought that off for almost a month. Again she was still stable and seizure free.
Then this morning 3/20 at 5:30 am she started having a seizure. It went on for about 2.5 mins. Then at 6:15am she had another one. We waited for the seizure to subside a bit before wrapping her up like a burrito in a blanket. We rushed her to the VCA in Fountain Valley where in the car she had ANOTHER seizure. We took her inside and while the vet tech was placing her catheter in she seizured again.
Fresca had a total of 11 seizures today. Needless to say, we are so afraid for her. I want to give her the best care I can. Each time I have taken her to the ER I paid about 1500 dollars per visit. We need to have a MRI done plus a spinal tap to find out the cause of the seizures. Our vet suspects it could be some type of brain disease but he isn't sure until we see those results. The total cost is about $3000. I have been putting everything on Care Credit but I don't have enough left due to all we have went through so far. I want to keep fighting for Fresca. Would you help us fight for her? Anything will help. We want to bring Fresca back to the happy sweet girl she has always been.
I know she is strong too. When she was a baby, her and her brother Gizmo were the only pups out of a 6 puppy litter to survive. The rest were stillborn.
She was recently diagnosed in November with seizures. She had 2 in November and 2 in December. She was taking phenobarbital, but it completely changed her personality and it was tough on her. I made the decision to wean her off and start her on Zomisamide. Fresca ended up having a reaction to the remaining phenolbarbital in her system in February and she had a body infection. She fought that off for almost a month. Again she was still stable and seizure free.
Then this morning 3/20 at 5:30 am she started having a seizure. It went on for about 2.5 mins. Then at 6:15am she had another one. We waited for the seizure to subside a bit before wrapping her up like a burrito in a blanket. We rushed her to the VCA in Fountain Valley where in the car she had ANOTHER seizure. We took her inside and while the vet tech was placing her catheter in she seizured again.
Fresca had a total of 11 seizures today. Needless to say, we are so afraid for her. I want to give her the best care I can. Each time I have taken her to the ER I paid about 1500 dollars per visit. We need to have a MRI done plus a spinal tap to find out the cause of the seizures. Our vet suspects it could be some type of brain disease but he isn't sure until we see those results. The total cost is about $3000. I have been putting everything on Care Credit but I don't have enough left due to all we have went through so far. I want to keep fighting for Fresca. Would you help us fight for her? Anything will help. We want to bring Fresca back to the happy sweet girl she has always been.
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Diana Aydemir
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Huntington Beach, CA
