Where's Your Money Going?

It's a good question and I have an even better answer. So far we've raised $2,000 in extra cash (that's minus what I took to pay for Lulu's surgery and chemo). Over the course of the past three months we've donated money to Sheila and Gravel and most recently to Ginger, an 11-year-old Golden Retriever.

Lizzi found Ginger as a stray 10 years ago. At the time she was scared of everything, but over time and with lots of work, Lizzi taught the pup not only to get over her fears, but trained her to be a therapy dog. The two volunteer with two organizations, one that helps hospital patients with physical therapy goals and another, which is a reading literacy program for kids. In short, Ginger is the Angelina Jolie of dogs.

About a month ago Lizzi noticed a swollen mass in Ginger's leg. Like a good pet owner, she took her to the vet where Ginger received x-rays, but the film was inconclusive. The vet recommended a bone biopsy, so the two visited an oncologist. More x-rays, blood work, and biopsies all came back inconclusive, but the mass was still there.

To make things worse, after attending a dog event Ginger began to drool. By morning she couldn't eat. Lizzi, a college student planning to go to vet school, looked at her tongue and saw that it was twisted to the side. The vet assumed Ginger had squamous cell carcinoma, the same type of cancer poor little Gravel succumbed to in July. That's when Lizzi came to me asking for help. She had already maxed out her and her parents' credit card. After confirming with her vet that Lizzi was who she said she was I sent her a fat check in the hopes that this would be the start of some good luck.

Well, in what can only be described as bittersweet, biopsies and multiple vet visits concluded that Ginger didn't have SCC, but rather had an infection in her tongue that could be treated with antibiotics. This was a relief, but her leg was still swollen. Lizzi is now trying a different antibiotic in the hopes that what's going on in Ginger's leg is actually a bone infection. Fingers and paws crossed.

Here's a photo of Ginger.

Ok, now with all that said, Ginger wiped us out. We've slowly been revitalizing the fund with the new catpod shirts, but please, if you haven't bought one already, get yourself some Tripod Gear, because there are plenty or people and pets like Lizzi and Ginger who need help.

Comments

[Betty]

your golden is sooo cute!!! my golden recently lost his front left leg! good luck to you!