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medical/maternal rescue and foster in Mesa, AZ. a small ripple can create a big wave. be the change.

I am a small rescue in Mesa, AZ dedicated to helping high risk medical needs rescue dogs and pregnant mothers who would otherwise be difficult to place within the rescue network. We take a lot of dogs who are hardest to save, and work tirelessly to give them the best chance at survival.

12/12/2024

Hello my loves, I've missed you. I want to introduce you to our newest cleft, a Yorkie puppy named Fig who is now 9 days old and doing well so far.

But mostly, I want to tell you Kelly's story with the permission from her dads.

Kelly was a gorgeous little squatty bully who came in to my emergency clinic on Sunday as probably the biggest most heavily pregnant dog I've ever seen. Her dads had found her on the Phoenix streets, under a work truck, with a disgruntled truck driver who had no patience and was ready to just run her over and get on with his day. So Charles and Bill stepped in, coaxed her out, and took her home. She may have already been pregnant when she came home with them, or they think it's possible a neighbors dog jumped their wall and came to visit. But Kelly was so very stoic she gave no indications to her dads when she went into labor. she likely had been in labor for several days before she began showing signs of distress. There was no question, Kelly needed a c-section. Her dads scraped up every dollar they could to get her the care she needed, and we went into surgery. When we got in there, it was all bad. Kelly had probably had litter after litter and her poor uterus couldn't handle this strain with these massive puppies. To not be too graphic but still transparent, several puppies had already passed and were slowly decaying inside of her, and her uterus had ruptured spilling all of the contents of that into her belly. We pulled 9 puppies out. The entire hospital worked tirelessly to revive those babies, but sadly 7 of the 9 passed. 2 little boys survived because of the hard work of one of our receptionists and a veterinary assistant.

Even more devastatingly though, Kelly's condition was grave and given the amount of horrible infection that was in her entire abdomen, her doctor was very honest with Charles and Bill that even with days of intensive hospital care, they may not be able to save her. Charles and Bill made the impossible crushing decision to give her the mercy of not having to wake up from anesthesia in that pain, and we helped her pass while she was still asleep. Kelly will be cremated with her 7 babies.

Charles and Bill came in to say goodbye to her and meet her stillborn babies, and her 2 surviving sons. They were overwhelmed and has no idea how to care for newborns and weren't sure if they even could. They would try because they didnt know what else to do, but were so scared. With permission from my hospital manager, we agreed to offer to surrender them into rescue and I took over.

I told her dads they could name them and without even a breath to think Charles said Kel and Lee. After their mother, Kelly.

They know there is a chance still that because of the amount of infection they may have been exposed to, we have no guarantees. But so far, Kel and Lee are doing incredibly well. They are so big. Bigger than their mother, without question. There was no way she could have birthed those babies. Kel was born at a pound and a half, and Lee sitting just below an entire 2 pounds.

To add so much more heartbreak for those wonderful humans, later that same night, their 11 year old Great Dane Heidi became acutely ill, and was rushed back to our hospital where they discovered she had a GDV. a Gastric Dilation and Volvulous. Her stomach had flipped, trapping gas build up that only continues and is so very painful as it does. It is a death sentence without immediate surgery. Charles and Bill had already poured every last cent into trying to save Kelly, and they had to save goodbye to a 9th member of their family within only 8 hours. Our hospital comped their entire bill for Heidi, and her ashes will be returned to them.

Here is where I need to ask for a Christmas miracle. These giant boys are going to FLY through formula. The tiny babies- the Papillion and frenchies and yorkies- the amount of formula they go through is a small financial drop in bucket in the grand scheme, but feeding 4 pounds of puppies at only 3 days old is already expensive and I will only burn through more as they grow. I desperately need more formula for these boys.

If anyone can send us a little Christmas cheer I would be forever grateful.

I was asked if I would adopt them back to Bill and Charles if they survive, and the the answer in unequivocally yes. I haven't offered, and they haven't asked, but I would be so honored to be able to give them this gift and have them have a piece of Kelly's legacy back with them after so much pain and loss.

Thank you reading Kelly's story, of Charles and Bill's story, of Heidi's story. I hope together, with your help and a whole lot of formula, these boys can have the entire long loves they deserve.

Working so much in the hospital has made the being social side hard. I'm still doing all of the things, just in the background. We have had a couple of babies come and go since my last update. I'm still here, doing the small amounts of good I can in this world.

Sending all my love to you and yours this holiday season. You are all beautiful and important to this world all year round.

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27/08/2024

I have been remiss in my updates to you, and have been keeping a secret as well. In tge wake of so many bad outcomes, I didn't want to introduce yet another baby only to have to update on another loss.

On July 22nd, my friend at my old ER clinic did a c-section and one sweet baby was born with a cleft palate. I went and picked him up a few hours later.

A few days later, I got a call about his brother, who came back in with severe aspiration pneumonia. Sadly, he was too sick and wasn't long for this world. But 5 weeks later and "Guts" is thriving!

I also rescued this sweet bulldog we called Porkchop. She was adopted after a few weeks of recovery with me after a traumatic labor and delivery of 4 deceased babies.

And now, as of yesterday morning, we have another new addition. This little baby doesnt have a name yet, so give me what you got! He only has a cleft lip, and not a palate, so I have high hopes for his growth as long as other pieces of his insides are not also a little bit imperfect. He is a Papillion/long haired chihuahua cross.

Let's welcome our newest baby and give him an amazing name 💖

30/07/2024

This is going to be an intensely weird adoption post, that's going to start with some adorable photos, a short - what should not even have to be said - PSA, followed by a rescue story, and ending with a graphic detailed description on what willful ignorance in Arizona can do.

Here's the PSA. Brachycephalic breeds are 'built different'. Not in that toxic macho bro 'I'm built different' way, but in the 'I'm a freak of nature and the basic bodily function required for me to live are not the same and a lot more fragile' way. Brachycephalic dogs in Arizona are at EXTREME RISK for heat stroke. And no, heat stroke isn't 'oh my God he's so hot his tongue is out and he's pancaked to a cool tile floor afyer he comes in'. It kills dogs. A lot. A lot lot in Arizona.

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So, here's the rescue story. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a tech supervisor at an Emergency Animal Clinic in Phoenix, AZ.

This gorgeous English Bulldog is Pork Chop. In early July, Pork Chop was brought into my work by a good samaritan as a stray, who they found in front of a gas station in 110+° weather, ACTIVELY GIVING BIRTH. She had already had one baby on her way into us, another flew out within moments of us rushing her to the back. Her temp was over 104°. Her babies were dead. Those babies easy-bake-oven'd in her overheated body. I spent half of my shift playing midwife trying to coax the last dead baby out of her hot, tired body. Because someone 1) didn't care enough to spay her and 2) someone didn't care enough to keep her inside. BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ENGLISH BULLDOGS WHO CAME INTO OUR ER THIS SUMMER. We got to her before she fully heat stroked, and she recovered.

All of the strays who come into the ER go to the humane society where they are held in hopes their owners come for them. Her owners never came. I knew FULL WELL that if she went up for adoption there, someone was going to walk in there, see this cuuutteeee puppy and adopt her with absolutely zero knowledge of the breed or how to keep them safe, and she would end up back in my ER, not so lucky the second time, and heat stroked, and dying. The humane society doesn't vet their adopters. You sign a paper, and you take a dog home. So I went down less than a week after I had had my whole hand up her va**na trying to pull dead babies out of her and snatched her up before she went up for adoption.

Over these last few weeks, I gave her time to heal, to decompress, to feel safe. And now it is time for her to find a home.

Pork Chop is young, 18 months is my estimate. She's approximately 40 pounds. She is spayed, microchipped, up to date on vaccines, and kennel trained. She is good with other dogs, but can be forward (fearless) with intros.

PORK CHOP MUST GO TO A HOME WHO UNDERSTANDS THE DELICACY OF OWNING A BRACHY BREED IN ARIZONA. My personal brachy dogs have a 10 minute maximum outside, with access to water, and my sprinklers go off for 5 minutes every hour to keep the ground cool and wet.

Pork Chop prefers to be near her people. Even when I close the door to go to the bathroom, she politely scratches to door to remind me I have forgotten to include her.

Pork Chop has entered her curious and destructive puppy phase. She collects shoes. She hasn't eaten any, but she will have a pile of them that she has found around the house, hoarded to whatever location she has chosen. She has eaten my sunglasses. She has chewed up a plastic water bottle. She needs training, and guidance. Pork Chop needs help with potty training still. It's likely she never had consistency or maybe even lived indoors at all. The fact that she's quite content in her kennel leads me to believe that's where she spent most of her life.

Pork Chop has that so very distinct human like bulldog scream to notify you when she needs something. It's charming, adorable, makes your heart melt, but is also at that 'CPS might be called because someone things you're murdering a child' decibel.

If you're interested in adopting Pork Chop, please fill out my preadoption questionnaire

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Now, here comes the graphic, detailed lecture half of this post. This is why I'm being such an a**l retentive ass about owning bulldogs in Arizona. All summer, and every summer, emergency clinics in Arizona see case after case of heat stroke. And I really don't think people know what heat stroke really is, or what it does, or how painful, horrifying and devastating it is.

Do you know what happens when a dogs body reaches 106° or above? Their brain swells, causing confusion, seizures, coma, death. Not sometimes, almost all the time. Their blood loses the ability to clot, and they bleed into their skin, our of their asses, out of their nose, internally, externally. And it's not just because they're hot.

Do you know why most of the heat strokes we see are English bulldogs, French bulldogs, American bulldogs? Because they have large and often elongated soft palates. It's the reason they snore. When they get worked up, they pant, and the harder they pant, the harder it is to breathe, because that palate begins to swell. So they work harder to breathe. And their temperatures keep rising. And rising. And rising. It's not because they're left outside for extended periods of time, it's because even shirt periods of time causes such strain on their ability to breathe the effort of trying to GIVE THEMSELVES AIR IS TOO MUCH WORK.

Most heat stroke dogs die within 24 hours, and that's with thousands of dollars in hospitalization and intensive laborious care from their medical staff trying to do anything and everything possible to save them. Bringing down their temperatures often isn't enough, not when they get to that point. We do our best to bring it down quickly, but not too quickly, to keep their organs from roasting but not putting them into shock from cooling them too fast. But the damage has already begun, and we have to work hard to support them. They are oxygen dependent. So many have to be intubated, just so they can breathe. And if you're lucky enough to have a dog that survives? It doesn't mean its over. Their kidneys can be permanently damaged, and kidney failure can still set in. They may have lasting neurological affects. Or maybe they get lucky, and manage to make a full recovery.

It takes one day of willful ignorance to kill a dog. And your vet staff has to clean up their blowout bloody diarrhea, give them meds to keep them out of the insane pain that their intestines dying and their linings being shat out causes, keep them sedated enough to keep them intubated. Try to correct life threatening electrolytes imbalances. Try to keep their blood pressure from tanking as they lose blood. Just to try to k eep them from dying.

And I refuse to allow Pork Chop to end up back in my ER because someone wasn't prepared to own a 'cute' dog with tailored needs.

So, if you're not a total idiot, you're probably a great candidate to own a bulldog. If you think Pork Chop has been through enough, and are able to offer her the life she deserves, I'd love for her to meet you.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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04/07/2024

Both Muk and Luk became super sick last week after consuming a bad batch formula. I AM pursuing this with the formula manufacturer, as I'm now super suspicious of this formula also causing the demise of our two previous neurological puppies. They had both developed diarrhea in the days leading up to their deaths, that I wrote off and just tried to treat with supportive care. I think because they were both so fragile, just that initial diarrhea hiccup caused them to tank, and their underlying conditions took over.

Muk and Luk both came down with horrifying diarrhea shortly after coming to me, and from the same canister of formula. For these two, I ordered and opened a new can as soon as I suspected a connection, and like magic, their stools began to improve. I fought like hell to keep them hydrated, and they made it almost 5 full days of intensive treatment, before Luk succumbed. We even went so far as to place an IO catheter (a catheger directly into the middle of her femur) to try to get Luk fluids, sugars and antibiotics. We didn't succeed. Muk has recovered, but we lost Luk last Friday.

Please be aware, after several cuter photos, the extent of their diarrhea is shown, and it is the most horrifying case I've ever seen in neonates

25/06/2024

A month. He has been my dog for a month. $8500, 5 days of fear, a second round of antibiotics this last week for his pneumonia, nit going literally anywhere without him.. And he still doesn't have a name. So I need your help.

I've always wanted a dog named Guts.

He looks like Steve buscemi.
Rockhound and Mr. Pink are my favorite Steve buscemi characters.

He has actually imprinted on me. I can't leave a room without him following me. He waits at the door if I leave. He sleeps on my dirty laundry if I'm not around.
So he's my Wart.
Or imprinted on me like Jacob (TITSOAK)

We have a Goomba and a Whomp, if we stay with the Mario theme, we need a King Bowser.

The only thing that's a must- is not a name you hear every day.

Help. Me. Help. Him.

23/06/2024

Meet Muk and Luk! Any fans of Balto know them well 🐻‍❄

Muk and Luk were born Wednesday with cleft palates and touch of edema/extra fluid retention and were surrendered to me Thursday. ...and I also tested positive for Covid Thursday, so Im just a leettllleee tired waking up every few hours to tube feed 🫠 thus far, they have done really well. Let's keep our fingers for these little dough balls!

02/06/2024

It's been a wild 9 days. On Friday, both of our frenchie babies started to tank. Splinter very quickly declined, I think very likely as a result of his neuro trauma from his mom's bite. He stopped wanting to eat and then within only a few hours started having a ton of difficulty breathing. Muffin's body was always slow to grow, but the few days before, he was having trouble just trying to walk because his legs couldn't really support his big head. He was more depressed, his eyes were more red and bulging. Within 14 hours of each other, they were gone.

Only a about 18 hours before Splinter passed, a friend reached out to me about a sick puppy. Their first puppy had fought giardia for more than a week, but his parasitic load was making him vomit, become weaker and weaker, and they had made the heartbreaking hard decision to let him go. And then the following day, his sibling started vomiting uncontrollably too. My friend came over hoping I could show her how to tube feed, but he couldn't keep anything down, and forcing food would have only made him vomit more. I offered to babysit for a couple of days to try to get him rehydrated and back to feeling better. But by that evening, it was pretty clear we had something more serious than a nauseous puppy on our hands. I took him into work just to scan his belly and see if we could find a cause, but my docs took one look at him abd said, oh vanessa, he's really sick. We ran bloodwork, and his electrolytes were CRITICALLY bad, imminently catastrophic, and grave. I tried to take him home, give him IV fluids and supplements overnight, but home care wasn't working. His owner surrendered him to me, and he was hospitalized last Sunday. We placed a feeding tube to get him nutrition. He had a seizure, his heart was throwing irregular beats, his kidneys looked dilated. On day 4 he developed aspiration pneumonia (which wasn't surprising given his vomiting) and was put in oxygen.

..And then he began eating and didnt need oxygen anymore. For 5 days, we battled this illness, and he FINALLY came home Thursday night ❤️‍🩹

His bloodwork is perfect, his kidneys have returned to normal, and he is eating like a pig. He loves the other frenchies, he loves the snuggles, he loves the family. I poured every ounce of myself (and my money) into saving this wonderful boy with only the intention of getting him well, but he is clearly and irrevocably my dog now. But what was supposed to just be a rescue dog came with a massive SEVERAL thousand dollar bill.

I would be eternally grateful if anyone would be able to help make a dent in the debt Im in to save his life 😭

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23/05/2024

Greetings from the land of broken frenchies!

Despite how gruesome this looks, I am so happy with how things are going for Muffin and Splinter.

Muffin has significant hydrocephalus (a buildup of spinal fluid in his brain) which has quickly become our major medical concern, far overshadowing his cleft palate. He is still being tube fed and taking his feedings well, but his head continues to grow. His eyes continue to shift, and he's not real keen on trying to walk. Currently, though, he's holding his own, is mentally appropriate and I am happy to give him all the time he needs until we know where his future lies.

Splinter, sadly, will be completely blind. His right eye will require surgical removal (enucleation) when he is big enough to handle anesthesia. Outside of that, his neurological status was concerning when he got here. He always had his head thrust backwards, and was convinced down was up and up was down and would do whatever he could to backwards somersault himself to try to 'right' his balance. It has slowly shown improvement as time as gone on and I've got hopes he might just end up being a normal goofy bouncing bundle of fluff! He has been on oral antibiotics, eye antibiotics and some heavy duty pain meds to control his discomfort. Now, I'm letting it dry up as much as possible. As gross as it sounds, that eyeball has ruptured 4 times now, and I am SO HAPPY! it is relieving some of that built up pressure, and only improving his mental status and pain levels. Despite being several weeks younger than muffin, he is quickly surpassing him in weight and size. He eats voraciously and has plenty to complain to me about when his meals arent promptly presented to him!

It isn't lost on me that I am reliving history with him. His eye injuries are almost dead identical to Whomp's last year. And Whomp could give 2 steaming sh*ts about being blind. Splinter will be no different.

Sadly, Kismet passed late last week. Although he had no difficulties with his feedings, he began having diarrhea during the day and by next morning he was gone. When they are that small, it is just so hard to maintain even the slightest deficit. Even though he continued to eat and was receiving nutritional supplements outside of his regular formula, that one little thing was too much for his tiny body.

11/05/2024

And then there were 3! This poor guy got attacked by his momma, and it seems has lost the ability to blink.

Did you know?? The serum extracted from blood can help treat conditions like dry eye and can help heal injuries like ulcers because it's jam packed full of good proteins, growth factors and vitamins and electrolytes. So one of my coworkers dogs selflessly donated blood to try to save his vision!

Sorry, no name game for this little guy. My husband's immediate photo reaction when I sent him the photo yesterday chose it for us 💀

One big headed cleft palate hydrocephalus frenchie
One tiny screaming demanding cleft palate pomeranian
And now
One scruffy blind fluffy frenchie

What a perfect trio ☘️

08/05/2024

We had several suggestions for the same name, so, welcome Kismet!

He is a talker. So feisty. Doing so well the last 14 hours since birth! He had some trouble the first hour or so. His breathing was a labored, so I hung out with him and his brother on oxygen while Mom's csection got finished up. Took one last photo of him with his momma before we packed up and headed home 🩵 Her owner is lovely, and wanted only what's best for Kismet's future. I'm so grateful I was here, right time, right place!

08/05/2024

Tonight was a night of kismet timing. I sent one of my employees home early, and in turn, stayed late to help with a c-section. And one of the babies.. had a significant cleft palate. His owner surrendered him over to rescue as she couldn't care for him herself. So, tonight, we welcome and say Happy Birthday to a Toy (teacup?) Pomeranian boy who needs a big name for a tiny fluffy body!

Rules for the name game: nothing common, nothing overused!! Our dogs all have ridiculous, unique names. Funny, strong, ironic, adorable? All contenders as long as it's not one a thousand other dogs have been named!!

*it's 4am so I'll likely repost this again tomorrow since this post is going to get hidden going up at this crazy hour 🩵*

06/05/2024

Sometimes I wonder what the long term effects of this type of intensive hard heartbreaking rescue will have on my children.

Whether they will grow up with a healthy and compassionate understanding of the importance of always trying, and sometimes failing, to make one little life better. Or whether they will always be afraid that loving something means they will get hurt.

Riley was especially attached to Hoggle, and she found out yesterday that she had passed. She has become a deeply sensitive empathetic little girl, and I watched her heart break as she realized that yet another dog we all loved was gone.

It ended with a good conversation between us, of how we do the impossible over and over again and how sad we still are when we see our fosters go, no matter WHERE they go. I told her how important her job is here. How amazing she is at it by making every one of them feel so loved. How much of a difference she makes every single day.

But am I breaking them by making them experience heartbreak over and over? Or am I helping them become compassionate little humans that will be Given the power to grow into the kind of adults that never fail to step in when someone needs help?

05/05/2024

I'm sorry to report that our little girl fell asleep on Thursday night and didn't wake up Friday morning. I woke up to her and muffin, still cuddled up together, but she was gone 💔

03/05/2024

Our sister rescue needs frenchie fosters!! If you're in the valley and have a space in your home for a giant attitude in a tiny body, please reach out!
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30/04/2024

Things aren't going so great for our little hobbling Hoggle. She is trying sooo hard so I'm not giving up. We did a course of antibiotics when she got here because her pneumonia was so bad. She seemed to be feeling better but as soon as we stopped, she tanked again. The last few days she's struggled so much. I think we are in sink or swim time. She cannot stop regurging. Her color is pretty crap, and I'm having to give her nutrical and sub-q's several times a day. It seems like she's just not absorbing food anymore. Her belly has 'that' feeling to it. Gummy ish? She's been back on antibiotics for 5 days.. it just doesn't seem to be helping. But she's trying, so I'm not giving up til she tells me we have to.

29/04/2024

April 2023 with King Kong (now Drax)
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April 2024 with Muffin Cupcake Heeler
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26/04/2024

I am so so happy to report that EVEREST IS BACK HOME! With so many odds stacked against him, that amazing (not so little) dog fought like hell, and came off the vent, off of oxygen, off of tube feeds, and back home, walking on his single working back leg like nothing ever happened.

THANK YOU so much for your support of this special puppy. He had life threatening complication after complication, and if not for the support of his now forever mom Sierra and all of you, he wouldn't be here.

Sierra still has an astronomical outstanding balance to save his life, and she would still appreciate any help you could give her.

https://gofund.me/38635d87

22/04/2024

I had a neurology appointment before work and had an extra minute to give you an update on my own medical and NMO bu****it. Updates for Everest, Muffin Cupcake Heeler, and Hogglett later today!

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I am so so happy to report that EVEREST IS BACK HOME! With so many odds stacked against him, that amazing (not so little) dog fought like hell, and came off the vent, off of oxygen, off of tube feeds, and back home, walking on his single working back leg like nothing ever happened. THANK YOU so much for your support of this special puppy. He had life threatening complication after complication, and if not for the support of his now forever mom Sierra and all of you, he wouldn't be here. Sierra still has an astronomical outstanding balance to save his life, and she would still appreciate any help you could give her. https://gofund.me/38635d87

I had a neurology appointment before work and had an extra minute to give you an update on my own medical and NMO bullsh*t. Updates for Everest, Muffin Cupcake Heeler, and Hogglett later today!

WE ARE TRANSPORTING HIM 911 TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE HAS DECOMENSATED AND NEED TO BE PUT ON A VENTILATOR. PLEASE HELP!!!

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Hey friends, I have a really really sick puppy that really really needs our help. I'm short on time and can't type it out, please take a couple minutes to watch this if you can. Please please intersct with this video so it's seem. Like, comment, share. It all helps. Her venmo is https://venmo.com/u/Sierra-Rommel Or you can send to rescue and I'll forward it to her. Paypal.me/pawsandeffectmedical Zelle [email protected] I love you all ❤️‍🩹

It is a beautiful rainy day here! Wish Boris some hoppy thoughts, he's meeting a wonderful family this afternoon, and I'm hoping some bunny decides he's the missing piece to their family 🐰💚🐾

Yesterday I posted a medical update video on my NMO treatment, but lets be honest, nobody wants to watch a 4 minute video of me talking about myself. So, I condensed it down as much as I could, and here's what is left. The breakdown is, after more than 6 months of waiting and testing and researching the best treatment, I finally get to start. For those unfamiliar with my journey, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 13 years ago. This last year, that diagnosis changed. My neurologist believes I have a disease called Neuromyleitis Optica. Which, for all intents and purposes, is Multiple Sclerosis on steroids. And that puts me into the wonderful club of RARE Diseases. The true IDEAL treatment is stem cell therapy. Which - shocker because the American Healthcare system is SO GREAT (🙄) isn't approved in the US. Traveling to a country where I could receive it is still the golden goal, but affording $55k for 2 months of treatment is unattainable right now, even with the outpouring of support I've gotten. I hope it can still happen, but in the meantime, I need treatment. And the decision on what treatment to start has finally come. I'm planning on getting my infusion this Friday, if insurance prior authorization goes through, so it's after my work week and I have a couple days over the weekend to get back to feeling normal. And then do it all again 2 weeks later. Which is why rescue life has been on hold. Not to say I don't still do what I can, and will foster for other rescues whenever they need a cleftie foster or medical neonate foster. And an entire year later, 2 of my mommas haven't been adopted. Nora and Natasha are still here, waiting for their own families. I'm going to make them a dedicated post soon. But, that's where I'm at. Reeling from a thousand emotions of anxiety and anticipation and excitement and apprehension. Sending you all my love 💜 I wouldnt be here without you.

The medical update that nobody's asked for and everyone has been waiting for, more than 7 months in the making. To the new followers, this page is a mix of my rescue work and my personal life. This is my own medical MS - not - MS actually NMO update on my treatment plan. (Also aggressive guest appearance by Whomp, who is doing an excellent job wit her post op instructions from her spay of 'no running, jumping, playing for 7-10 days ... do what your vet staff tells you to do, not what THEY do. They're literally the worst.)

Hi! It's been too long. I'll get a better my thorough update for you as soon as I can, but I wanted to check in with you about Kenai and say I miss you 💖

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