Rocky's emergency CT scan, surgery & aftercare
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Rocky is the sweetest, most kind, loving dog, who loves to go hunting pheasents with dad and loves to play catch. Everybody in our neighborhood, our friends, family and 5 kids just love and adore him!
A week ago our beloved Rocky got very sick. We have taken him to 3 different vets and vet hospitals, after a chest xray they determined that he probably had pneumonia, but also a foreign object in his lung but could not tell exactly what was going on until he got a CT scan... The latest doctor thought it would be best to aggressively treat his pneumonia and maybe he could build up his immune system to resolve what was in his lung, so we had him admitted into a seattle vet emergency room... but, after a few days we went back to the hospital in hopes that he would be well enough to continue his treatment at home. Unfortunately, we got the bad news that after doing another xray today, his lungs are way worst. There are a few theories of why, but the most likely one is that the foreign object has migrated through his lungs and has created a lot of damage. We wont know for sure though unless we do a CT scan, which is $2,500. From there we would want to do a surgery right away, which can cost up to $12,000. incliding aftercare and tubing costs.
Today we made a decision after sitting with Rocky, crying, for a few hours, that we would tap his lungs to hopefully reduce the air and help him feel better, so that we have a couple more days with him and think anout our options before we decide to put him down.
Jake and I both absolutely hate asking for money, this is very humbling for us, but we are willing to try anything to get Rocky better. We have now maxed out our Care credit card, we've called a few times to get it raised, but they will not raise it again!
We've only had a couple years with Rocky, we raised him from a pup, my husband has diligently trained him over the last couple years. The doctor said he was overall a healthy dog. He is a huge part of our family, we love him so much and cant imagine life without him! He makes a huge impact on anyone who gets to know him.
Please help if you can, no amount is too small. We only have a couple/few days to raise this money.. also please share this post. Im not sure how many shares it needs to go viral but i imagine a lot, so please share share share. Also keep praying!! Thank you so much in advance!
A week ago our beloved Rocky got very sick. We have taken him to 3 different vets and vet hospitals, after a chest xray they determined that he probably had pneumonia, but also a foreign object in his lung but could not tell exactly what was going on until he got a CT scan... The latest doctor thought it would be best to aggressively treat his pneumonia and maybe he could build up his immune system to resolve what was in his lung, so we had him admitted into a seattle vet emergency room... but, after a few days we went back to the hospital in hopes that he would be well enough to continue his treatment at home. Unfortunately, we got the bad news that after doing another xray today, his lungs are way worst. There are a few theories of why, but the most likely one is that the foreign object has migrated through his lungs and has created a lot of damage. We wont know for sure though unless we do a CT scan, which is $2,500. From there we would want to do a surgery right away, which can cost up to $12,000. incliding aftercare and tubing costs.
Today we made a decision after sitting with Rocky, crying, for a few hours, that we would tap his lungs to hopefully reduce the air and help him feel better, so that we have a couple more days with him and think anout our options before we decide to put him down.
Jake and I both absolutely hate asking for money, this is very humbling for us, but we are willing to try anything to get Rocky better. We have now maxed out our Care credit card, we've called a few times to get it raised, but they will not raise it again!
We've only had a couple years with Rocky, we raised him from a pup, my husband has diligently trained him over the last couple years. The doctor said he was overall a healthy dog. He is a huge part of our family, we love him so much and cant imagine life without him! He makes a huge impact on anyone who gets to know him.
Please help if you can, no amount is too small. We only have a couple/few days to raise this money.. also please share this post. Im not sure how many shares it needs to go viral but i imagine a lot, so please share share share. Also keep praying!! Thank you so much in advance!
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Michelle McMahon
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Snohomish, WA