Hi everyone! I’m writing this post and spreading the word on behalf of a very dear friend of mine, @saferincages and her doggie. This is Angel, she is a registered emotional support service dog and loved family member. Recently she was diagnosed with lung cancer, a rare occurrence in dogs and unfortunately Angel is now dealing with it.
Angel helps her mommy, Jessica, with her day to day things. Since Jessica suffers from several chronic illnesses she is housebound and is often unable to do the basic things that we take for granted each day. Angel helps provide emotional support and also helps Jessica focus when she is dealing with her severe panic attacks, her POTS, and CFS. Without having Angel around Jessica has an even harder time with things and her symptoms are worse.
Angel wearing her service vest when she goes out.
Sadly, Jessica and her mother have been dealing with a myriad of health issues that severely impacts their financial status mainly due to them not being able to work and afford medical care. Since Jessica was denied disability benefits last year money is in urgent need. Angel’s prognosis right now is positive and we would love to keep it that way, but we need your help. As all us pet parents know having a sick or injured pet is expensive, this is no different. We’re hoping to raise enough money to get Angel the treatment and surgery she needs to help beat cancer and live many more years with her mommy.
While we realize that times are hard and there’s so much going on in the world that it can be severely overwhelming, we ask that if you’re able to spare a few dollars it would mean the world to us. If you cannot, which we understand, we ask that you reblog this post and maybe share the youcaring link to other social media platforms to raise awareness.
Angel is a special doggie, as are all dogs. Please help her fight this illness and get better soon.
DONATE HERE
Bonnie has been so generous in helping me set this page up for my sweet girl. As anyone who follows me and has been reading my updates lately knows, this has been a really tough time for my family and myself, with the discovery of Angel’s lung mass being so unexpected, my mom’s and my own health being quite poorly lately in addition to the other difficulties of our situation, and then my dad’s house burning down on the day Angel had her CT, it’s all been a lot to try and handle. She is such a pure joy in my life, and has helped me through every darkest moment, even on the days when I didn’t know if I could get up or endure, she never gave up on me. We’ll be with her as much as we can during the process of her surgery, and through every step of recovery. I love her with all my heart, and this fighting chance is the best hope we can give her.
(The little panda “donate” button in my sidebar also goes to her Youcaring page. ♥)
Thank you so much to all my exquisite friends who have reached out to me in caring and concern lately, and anyone just sharing this is invaluable. Your strength and thoughts truly do help, and Angel and I are returning that love in the universe in any way we can.
I am very grateful to everyone who’s reblogged this so far, and I’ve had several people ask if it’s okay to share her donation page on other sites (Twitter/FB/Instagram etc), and of course it is! The page has a custom url to make it easier to share anywhere if you would like to (youcaring.com/angelface). Thank you again, from my darling fluff and me. 💖
I’m going to use this post as a place to update for a little while, I hope that’s okay - Angel’s surgery is today (I’m queuing this ahead of time, but we have to have her there at around 8 am, when this actually posts in the afternoon she will hopefully be in post-op intensive care). We won’t know anything for a while, but we’re praying the procedure itself goes well, and I’ll let everyone know as soon as we find out anything substantial.
We’re missing her happy face.
I have to admit, I’ve been worn to the bone by everything that has happened (as has my mom), not only recently but really in a cumulative way over the passage of years, and it’s made this difficult to properly process, but I want you all to know that it would be much more unbearably heavy to carry without the compassion and friendship given by all of you here. 💗
Another update! Angel’s intercostal thoracotomy went well, though the mass was very large and the surgeon told us it was close to the margins of her heart, which made the surgery a little more complex. They removed her left caudal lung lobe, though we still won’t truly know the severity/type/grade of the mass until the histology report comes back. She was a little shocky and cold last night, but the nurses warmed her up. She’s been in ICU care recovering, this morning the surgeon removed her chest tube, and they were able to walk her a little, but they haven’t been able to get her to eat anything. Still, she’s awake and the fact that she’s been mobile is encouraging. If she’s doing well enough tonight, we may get the chance to visit her. The entire veterinary team has been amazing.
It’s so quiet at home without her, I never realize how much the sound of her little padfeet and her jingly tags and all her expressive nosies fill up the silences in a day until she isn’t here. I hope we’ll be able to see her, but if we can’t tonight, we definitely will tomorrow.
There are so many messages I need to respond to, and I have been simply exhausted and haven’t been able to do that properly, I sincerely apologize for not being more on top of things, but I’ve read them all and am so touched by all of you and your light and just love you a lot
Angel is back home with us, I’ll post a separate update in a moment. The scariest part now is waiting for that pathology report - her lymph nodes not being affected and her heart looking really good are positive signs, but the mass being 8cm is worrying, so…we just won’t know until we have those conclusive results. At least surgery gave her the best chance possible, and all that bad cell growth is out of her little lungs.
My mom broke down and cried with gratitude for everyone who has helped us, and she told me to please add a special thank you from her for the help and caring which has been shown to us. We love and treasure our girl so very much, and I know that sometimes it’s difficult for people to understand the depth of that emotion, or they think it’s silly, but she is an incredible blessing to us and a true part of our family. Sympathy, understanding, and caring from others has eased some of our pain. ♥
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