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Luna Tuna needs your help

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Hello everyone, those of you that know me know that I have an awesome, loving, playful, friendly 1.5 year old Siberian husky, Luna. Today we took her to the animal hospital because for the past week or so she has not been herself. Today was day 3 that she has not wanted to eat, move, go outside or even eat her treats. We got her there and after assessing her they decided to do some blood work and take some x-rays of her belly (she is known to eat socks, underwear etc. ) because they could feel a foreign object in her stomach/beginning of her intestines. When the blood tests came back it showed that her liver enzymes and WBC count was high. They told us that a foreign object can cause those blood results due to it trying to fight it off and pass it. They said that she needed surgery and that it would be a fast and easy surgery and she would be back with us within 3 days. I rushed to get to work at 4 and an hour later I got a phone call (thinking her surgery was over) and was informed that she was calling me while Luna was still open on the operating table. They found many masses on her liver, stomach, and intestines; some the size of golf balls and some smaller nodules. She told me that my, not even 2 year old furbaby, has cancer and that was not even the worst news. The masses were beginning to rupture and because they were on her liver (golf ball size) she was not sufficiently clotting leading to internal bleeding. They could not even think about removing any of the tumors.  They told me that I had to get there ASAP and that I had 3 options, either go ahead and euthanize her, close her up and take her to an oncologist to get chemotherapy and radiation (which she said that looking at the masses, would not be effective), or close her up to take her home and spoil and love her while we could before she passes away. They said they have never seen a case like this. I got there as fast as I could. Once there, they informed me that there was one other possibility, a fungal/micro-bacterial infection. When they biopsied the masses it had a "gooey texture and slight odor". Though they found this just as rare as the cancer and basically were at a loss. At this point they were closed but still allowed us to come because this was not the case that ANYONE was expecting. We have now transported her to a hospital that will be able to monitor her closely all night and give her immediate care if needed and then the biopsy will be sent off in the morning to find out exactly what is going on. As of now we are most concerned with her making it through the night. She is severely anemic from the surgery, weak and gums completely white. Antibiotics can not even be given as a precautionary measure at this point because her liver is too fragile. We are humbly asking for help with the cost of all of this. Her surgery was estimated to be $1,200 not including the emergency bill, blood work, and x-rays. In addition to that, the overnight stay and monitoring is estimated  to be $300 assuming she does not need any extra care or medication. The biopsy estimates $200. Although we are through the most expensive part of this (hopefully she does not need any more overnight monitoring or testing) we still have to pay for what ever treatment is necessary. We will not pursue chemotherapy and/or radiation because if it is cancer it is most likely too far advanced since her body is already failing her this significantly. We are hopeful that she can pull through the next couple of days and that the biopsy finds this is something that can be treated with medications/antibiotics. If her symptoms worsen they will call us immediately so that we can get over there before it is too late.  As a working college student I simply cannot afford these bills but am trying to do all I can to get my baby better.  Any amount is helpful, as little as $1. No donation goes unappreciated and if anything please share. I will keep this updated below as we find out new information. Thank you.
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  • Jenny Lee
    • $50 
    • 7 yrs
  • Elizabeth Cooper
    • $50 (Offline)
    • 7 yrs
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Natalie Smith
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Fayetteville, NC

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