08/07/2025
Theo didn’t make it home.... 💔
8 month old, Theo, has only known love since the very beginning.
He was bottle-fed from just 2 days old, by his wonderful foster mum, Bec & her two equally wonderful young teenage daughters, who adored him like their own. Theo was a standout Neo baby and had never had a sick day in his very short life - Bec has been his everything, despite facing serious health challenges of her own.
Suddenly, on Sunday afternoon, Theo became very lethargic. Bec noticed his leg was quite swollen, and then he urinated on her bed (which he had never done), and it was an orange colour
She rushed him to AEC
Bloods showed that Theo's body had become septic, but there was no wound in sight until the vet shaved the area and discovered some tiny punctures, likely from play fighting with his brother.
Despite three broad-spectrum antibiotics and around-the-clock emergency care, things took a turn for the worse in a very short time: all but one of Theo’s toes turned purple overnight.
The option was to have his leg amputated to stop the sepsis spreading … but he was already critical, and the surgery could only go ahead if he stabilised enough to survive the operation.
On Monday, Theo was rushed to VRH in Dandenong, where specialists would place a central line into his jugular to deliver medications quickly to try to stabilise him.
However, just after Theo arrived at VRH the vet called me, and the news was more dire than was first suspected. She noted that the skin on his leg was oozing fluid, and not only was the skin turning a bluish/purple colour on the leg, but his groin area and the hip area of his other hind leg had also started to change colour. And based on his blood results from the day before, which showed major changes in his liver & kidneys, she was certain he had Necrotising fasciitis (also known as flesh-eating disease), caused by a bacterial infection, such as Streptococcus
With many tears, the decision was made to give him his wings. There was nothing more we could do. The chances of something like this happening are one in a ‘million’ scenario, which makes Theo’s loss even harder to accept...
Please be a part of Theo’s journey to a better place, a place where pain doesn’t exist, where love is all there is, and where many others are already waiting to greet him. One day, we’ll see him again … Just not quite yet.
If you can, please donate to help us cover the $4,000+ cost of Theo’s emergency care and his final moments, including his cremation. Every dollar will help towards his legacy and show that his life mattered, while we continue to fight for those who still need our help.
Fly high, little one, you touched many hearts in your short time here.
Heart & Soul Rescue (CBA)
BSB: 063237
A/C: 10451048
REF: IN HONOUR OF THEO
Bec could do with your support right now, so please share your support and love – She is doing it tough
