Help Trixie Survive Kidney Damage
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My beloved 3 year old rescued pit mix, Trixie, got into a bottle of ibuprofen last Sunday afternoon when we were grocery shopping. She's the type of girl to chew slippers and remotes, and seasonally the Christmas tree, but never anything like this. We came home to pinkish vomit at the door, and when I went looking for what she might have been eating I saw the chewed open bottle and pills scattered everywhere and knew we had to act fast. The animal poison control line said 4-6 pills is a potentially fatal dose for a dog her size. She ate over 100 pills.
The ride to the emergency vet was the most afraid I have ever felt in my life, we could see her slipping away. The ER vets began treatment immediately. While they were saving her life, we were taken into a room to talk about how to cover her treatment. They estimated treatment would range from 2- 3,000 dollars. I instantly started sobbing even harder, I work at a coffee shop. That's more than what I paid for my car, I do not make that kind of money.
Without even blinking, I applied for the care credit card and was approved for $3,400. No way I was going to give up on Trixie because of money, my boyfriend and I don't have human children, our dogs are our whole world.
Anyone who has ever known a pit bull knows how resilient they are, against the odds Trixie's kidney function started showing signs of improvement late Tuesday night.
They had her on 4x the normal amount of administed fluids to keep flushing her kidneys of the poison.

Her kidney values continued to fluctuate slightly, but the original estimate was only for 48 hours. Thursday evening we had a very tough talk with Trixie's doctor and decided to keep her on the fluids for 24 more hours to give her the best fighting chance, and bring her home
Friday night. With the hopes that the safety and calm of home, and extra love from us and her brother Frank would help her heal.

At this point the bill for her treatment is a total of $5,100.

My boyfriend was lucky enough to be able to borrow $1,000 from his retirement plan through his job. We are working as hard as we can to pay this off and to keep Trixie happy and healthy. When she was released Friday night all of her kidney values were in the safe normal range, but we will need to continue to have them checked with our local vet with the hopes that she keeps improving.
Trixie was only 17 pounds when rescuers found her, locked in a cage for so long she was sitting in and eating her own waste. When we brought her home I promised to give her the happiest life I could. This is not her time, I will always find a way to keep fighting for her, and if you choose to help us it would mean the world to our family.






The ride to the emergency vet was the most afraid I have ever felt in my life, we could see her slipping away. The ER vets began treatment immediately. While they were saving her life, we were taken into a room to talk about how to cover her treatment. They estimated treatment would range from 2- 3,000 dollars. I instantly started sobbing even harder, I work at a coffee shop. That's more than what I paid for my car, I do not make that kind of money.
Without even blinking, I applied for the care credit card and was approved for $3,400. No way I was going to give up on Trixie because of money, my boyfriend and I don't have human children, our dogs are our whole world.
Anyone who has ever known a pit bull knows how resilient they are, against the odds Trixie's kidney function started showing signs of improvement late Tuesday night.
They had her on 4x the normal amount of administed fluids to keep flushing her kidneys of the poison.
Her kidney values continued to fluctuate slightly, but the original estimate was only for 48 hours. Thursday evening we had a very tough talk with Trixie's doctor and decided to keep her on the fluids for 24 more hours to give her the best fighting chance, and bring her home
Friday night. With the hopes that the safety and calm of home, and extra love from us and her brother Frank would help her heal.
At this point the bill for her treatment is a total of $5,100.
My boyfriend was lucky enough to be able to borrow $1,000 from his retirement plan through his job. We are working as hard as we can to pay this off and to keep Trixie happy and healthy. When she was released Friday night all of her kidney values were in the safe normal range, but we will need to continue to have them checked with our local vet with the hopes that she keeps improving.
Trixie was only 17 pounds when rescuers found her, locked in a cage for so long she was sitting in and eating her own waste. When we brought her home I promised to give her the happiest life I could. This is not her time, I will always find a way to keep fighting for her, and if you choose to help us it would mean the world to our family.
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Cuyahoga Falls, OH
