Please help! Yorkie with tumor on right glad?
(I understand this is really long... please take the 3-4 minutes out of your day to read. My family would be incredibly grateful.)
Her name is Little Miss Daisy May - she's a 9 year old
Yorkshire terrier and just recently she was diagnosed with
a cancerous tumor on her right anal glad, or apocrine
gland adenocarcinoma.
She belongs to my grandmother who right now is in a
rehabilitation center after a series of strokes and thus
cannot have the dog with her (she still gets to see her on
her days out, but it's hard for Daisy May).
So, we as a family have been sharing Daisy, but have
decided it'd be better for her to start to stay in one
home as she's very skittish and takes a while to warm up
to people.
Anyways, we started noticing odd behavior from her -
acting like she has to go out, and then running back and
forth from the door to the yard, trying to go, yet nothing
happens. Sometimes she didn't go for over 2 days. She
started making whimpering sounds and was very lethargic.
We took her to the vet, explained her symptoms, and the
vet recommended some test. Those tests included an
ultrasound, blood tests, and even an x-ray. These things
were not cheap.
Didn't take long for the results: she had a cancerous
tumor on her right anal glad and even though it was small,
it was spreading.
Surgery would be expensive (at this point we had already
payed close to $1,000) and our family just doesn't have an
extra $2,000 laying around.
And even though Daisy May is old (9 years) and the surgery
would most likely not cure her, it would extend her life
and certainly better her quality of life.
I'm wondering if anyone else has gone through this and if
they got the surgery or not. Either way, we're going to
try.
I'm reaching out to the dog lovers community. I understand
it may seem tacky for me to ask for donations, but I HAVE
to try. I lived with my grandma for 7 years, all of which
were Daisy was there, and although I have no children, I
feel like she's just important to me as a child would be
to their parents.
I've managed to pool around 1/2 of the money for the surgery and the post-surgery care and medications. We're still short, and the link to donate will be provided at the end of this post.
Even if you cannot donate (trust me, I know how though times can be), maybe you could share/spread this plea to get it more attention.
I am not above asking for charity when it comes to Miss Daisy May - she deserves to live the rest of her years out in comfort and with those that love her.
Or, if you have any experiences with this maybe you can offer some advice?
Thank you for taking to time to read this either way. Give
prayers for little Daisy May. :)
You may donate or learn more here:
Posted Aug 12, 2015, 4:59 PM UTC