Bree's Oncologist Sweet Sweet Bree had a hard road. To start out with, he got dealt a bad
hand. As a double dapple dachshund, he was one of the majority of these
puppies born blind, deaf, or both. Bree is about 90% deaf and about
half blind. DREAM pulled him from Animal Control with 2 other dogs.
When we took Bree to the vet, we discovered he had an enlarged heart,
and his bloodwork indicated some endocrine issues. Because of his heart
problems, he also could not be neutered. He had a lump on his chest as
well, but we had to deal with the other issues first, as he would not
survive surgery. Bree was also very confused, agitated, and frightened,
as a deaf/blind dog in a new home with a crowd of new dogs. After
several months of medication, Bree was deemed healthy enough to neuter.
His heart was much stronger and the Cushing's disease we found was
under control with Vetoryl. Bree was neutered, and then the lump on his
chest was aspirated. It showed that Bree had thyroid cancer.
By this
time, his foster family had worked with him and he was a happy, loving
guy even with all his issues. A family came forward and said they
wanted to adopt Bree, even with all of his issues. DREAM has paid for
his regular vetting, bloodwork, meds, and cardiologist appointments.
Before we felt comfortable adopting him out, we wanted to take him to
an oncologist to make sure his adopters had complete information on his
health. This is DREAM's bill from that final appointment. We could
really use your help with Bree's bills, all getting him to his final 6
months of life with a wonderful, very special family. You can donate here to help Bree.
Have you considered joining the rescue movement?
Please contact helpmedream (at) gmail.com if you are interested in starting your own rescue group. We can set you up with forms, processes, legal templates, and lots of advice and support. Donations, Donations, Donations If you can help financially, we are always in need of donations to pay for veterinary care for our dachshunds. Since we are volunteer-run, and have many of our services (like web hosting) donated, our non-veterinary expenses are extremely low. Our policy is that 90% of our funds raised go to medical care, but the reality is closer to 95%. Contact sherryaden (at) bellsouth.net if you have any questions about donating. What else can I do?And if you cannot donate time or money, the biggest thing you can do to help dachshunds is to make sure your own are spayed or neutered. There are far more dachshunds than there are homes; please do not add more to that number. We also can use help with Howl-O-Weenie, our annual October event. Can you volunteer for an hour or two cooking hotdogs, selling t-shirts, managing the flow of contests, helping with registration, trimming doggie nails (for vet techs), micro-chipping, registering calendar contest entries, setting up, or cleaning up? We need you! |
