October expenses are SCARY!
We thought Halloween and scary times were long gone, but no, we just got the October statement from our vet. AHHHHH!
This past year, our vet costs at our regular vet went up - by almost double. I can't complain, the prices we paid were very low and he hadn't raised prices for several years. But, yikes, during this economic downturn, with more and more dogs being homeless and with a lot less disposable income, times for us are hard.
In the past, we typically handled most expenses other than very expensive surgeries with adoption fees, local fundraisers and general donations. Today, we're hurting.
Just this past month, here are just a couple of the things we had to do...
Mae Davis - you know what all Mae has been through - she's on the cusp of being completely FIXED, but the surgical site inside her mouth opened up TWICE in the past couple of months, requiring additional surgeries. GCVS gave us a huge break and charged only $500 and $750 for two separate surgeries to repair the damage, but still. We need help now with Mae's final (I hope) bill. If you'd like to help little Mae Mae, please CLICK HERE.
Mandisa Katy - Mandisa had to have urgent bladderstone surgery. I didn't even have time to do a blog about her until after the fact. So far, we've raised $450. She's recovering well, but we still need $800 to pay little Mandisa's bills.
Thanks to Fur Kids, Barbara Moran, Sandra Brehm, Jeannie Flexer, Gail Ciesielski, Sunny and Robert Goldberg, Linda Downs, Anna Dee Lastick, Christine Hutchison, Jill Kirk, Lorraine Bucklan, Lorna Van De Weile, Marilyn Radler for donations for Mandisa so far. Please DONATE for her via PAYPAL HERE.
Edge Galvez - Edge came to us from another rescue. He had orthopedic surgery at a regular vet to fix a broken leg. Unfortunately weeks after the break was repaired with a pin and plate, he still wasn't using the leg. We took him to GCVS to Dr. Brian Beale for a consult. Dr. Beale thought the pin looked like it was either too long for Edge's leg or that it had shifted. Regardless, it seemed that the pin was causing pain. Dr. Beale removed the pin and charged us only $750. Within five days, Edge was using the leg. This one put us in the hole. Can you please help us so we can continue to help these little fluffies. CLICK HERE to donate to Edge via Paypal.
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