ER bills and cancer battle fund
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Hello, my name is Llaniceli Cruz and I'm asking you for help to save our best friend. A few nights ago we went out for dinner for my husband's birthday and when we got home, our two German Shephards got into and ate over 50 Rimadyl tablets.
We rushed them to the ER after calling poison control, and were told with aggressive treatment it was likely both would survive with minimal long term damage. Our bill for 48 hours in the hospital was $3000. If the story ended here, I wouldn't be asking for help.
On the second day in the hospital, (my husbands birthday), I got a call from the attending vet to update me on both dogs. He alerted me to some issues Roxy had, and we discussed treatment for those, but he added that Yokey's issues were more complicated and severe.
It turns out our boy had an elevated calcium level, and this prompted the vet to check for what he knew was one of a few potential causes. He found what he was looking for, an enlarged mass in one of Yokey's anal glands. I approved testing to verify what he was 99.9% sure what the cause, cancer.
It was my husbands birthday, and in that one day he got news that his grandmother wasn't doing well and had opted for at home hospice care, and the news that his best friend and companion had an aggressive form of cancer that could quickly spread and kill him without treatment.
We met with the oncologist and are very lucky to have caught this when we did. The cancer hasn't spread, and with immediate surgery and radiation Yokey can continue to be the happy and loving dog he is for a few more years.
The surgery alone is $3000 and radiation will vary from good ($3000-$3500) to excellent ($8000) depending on what we can raise. We would love for our sweet boy to be able to meet our son when he is born in April, and continue to bless our lives for as long as possible.
We are hoping to be able to go ahead and start with surgery next week, but will need the funds for it up front.
Anything you can offer would be appreciated and mean the world to us, even if it's as little as a dollar. If you can't give at all, please share with any other kind hearted people you might know.
Thank you,
Llaniceli Cruz
We rushed them to the ER after calling poison control, and were told with aggressive treatment it was likely both would survive with minimal long term damage. Our bill for 48 hours in the hospital was $3000. If the story ended here, I wouldn't be asking for help.
On the second day in the hospital, (my husbands birthday), I got a call from the attending vet to update me on both dogs. He alerted me to some issues Roxy had, and we discussed treatment for those, but he added that Yokey's issues were more complicated and severe.
It turns out our boy had an elevated calcium level, and this prompted the vet to check for what he knew was one of a few potential causes. He found what he was looking for, an enlarged mass in one of Yokey's anal glands. I approved testing to verify what he was 99.9% sure what the cause, cancer.
It was my husbands birthday, and in that one day he got news that his grandmother wasn't doing well and had opted for at home hospice care, and the news that his best friend and companion had an aggressive form of cancer that could quickly spread and kill him without treatment.
We met with the oncologist and are very lucky to have caught this when we did. The cancer hasn't spread, and with immediate surgery and radiation Yokey can continue to be the happy and loving dog he is for a few more years.
The surgery alone is $3000 and radiation will vary from good ($3000-$3500) to excellent ($8000) depending on what we can raise. We would love for our sweet boy to be able to meet our son when he is born in April, and continue to bless our lives for as long as possible.
We are hoping to be able to go ahead and start with surgery next week, but will need the funds for it up front.
Anything you can offer would be appreciated and mean the world to us, even if it's as little as a dollar. If you can't give at all, please share with any other kind hearted people you might know.
Thank you,
Llaniceli Cruz
Organizer
Llaniceli Cruz
Organizer
Columbia, SC
