Hi everyone!! This is Kim and Devin Walkley and we are creating this fundraiser for our dear friends, Carolyn and Trey Valentine.❤️ They could really use our help! They have an adorable German Shepard puppy, named Chop, that desperately needs surgery!  Chop was born on June 16, 2022 and was nursing well, but when he began eating solid food he began wheezing after he’d eat and then regurgitate the food eaten. He was taken to the vet on July 26 and they were told that he was eating too fast and needed to be monitored to slow his intake down. This was monitored, but the issue kept occurring. Chop was taken back to the vet on August 5th, since there hadn’t been any changes, and after being tested they were told that Chop has PRAA (Persistent Right Aortic Arch). The vessel connecting from his pulmonary artery to his aorta is clamping off his esophagus and he’s unable to eat and regurgitates any solid food intake. Tube feeding is Chops only option right now. Surgery is Chops only option to correct this defect and to survive.   Chop isn't able to have the surgery til he reaches 12 weeks old, so in the meantime, they are having to finely blend his food and tube feed him from a Bailey Chair to allow food to reach is stomach and digest.  The expenses are adding up along with the cost for surgery, Chop and our friends could really use our help! Please consider donating to help them save their sweet pup!!  Any donation amount helps and will be greatly appreciated!! ❤️  Thank you!

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Friends, Family, Kind Strangers,      These are NOT easy times around the world.  First and foremost we thank the superheroes who are holding strong and putting themselves at risk for the care of others.  With that in mind, we ask for your powers in helping our Jimmy.  He too, is a healthcare professional who has sadly been sidelined with a cancer diagnosis.  (stage four lung cancer)  A short time ago, Jimmy was experiencing back and leg pain and went in for what he thought would just be a routine MRI, and they discovered a mass in his lungs and some spots on his spine.  This news has obviously sent us all reeling but we are now back on our feet and ready to gather our forces to fight this with Jimmy.       Doctors are going to start right away with a general treatment of chemotherapy and then follow with maintenance medication as they determine next steps.  Of course we are staying positive, with humor, good energy, lots of support, but there is added worry with regards to the virus lurking around the world while his immunity is at its lowest.  Understandably, Jimmy has not been able to return to his work and remains at home to fight this fight.  With the added agony of family and friends not being able to run to his side physically, we are thankful that Jim's partner Sam will be with him during this time.       Anyone who knows Jimmy, instantly smiles when they think about him because that is the affect he has on people.  He's a smile maker, an instigator of laughter, a spreader of joy, and an all around good soul.   What he does in the world, is what clowns do at the circus. (Which is highly ironic, as anyone who knows Jim knows how he feels about clowns..)  Nonetheless, he is a light in our lives.  Now he needs our help.      It will come as no surprise that medical treatment of any kind does not come cheap.  All the while, bill collectors, utilities, and the mundane costs of day to day do not disappear at times like these.  The inability to work is of great concern and not a welcome one when seeking treatment to fight back at such a diagnosis.  Understanding how people throughout the world are grappling with financial strain and worry, please realize how difficult it is to ask for such help.  However, many have already expressed their desire to help in this way, which is deeply deeply appreciated more than words can express.    PLEASE KNOW that any amount you can give is received with absolute gratitude, but by the same token, if you are unable to give anything monetarily, just a word of support and comfort will be just as appreciated, and will go a long way in returning the very smiles that Jimmy has so happily caused throughout the years.   Please feel free to share such on Jimmy's Caring Bridge site at: <a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/whitacrepowersactivate"><a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/whitacrepowersactivate" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/whitacrepowersactivate</a></a> Of course we ask and encourage you to visit the site and share your words of comfort and support as often as you like.  Or you can do the same here at GFM.      We are committed to pull out all the stops and take this battle head-on with Jimmy...even though currently, we must be together-apart.  Nevertheless, Whitacre powers activate!   We extend our love and gratitude to you all!  Thank you for visiting this page.  If you are here you have been a receiver of Jim's love, light, and friendship and you want to help him.  We appreciate this and accept any help you can offer.  Blessings to you all! - The Whitacre’s Warriors <a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/whitacrepowersactivate"> </a>

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