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NASRN FUNDRAISING
helping us help our dogs
Heidi is a 3 year old female brindle pinto Anatolian Shepherd Dog. She
was left in the overnight drop box at a county shelter in CA.
Whoever "owned" Heidi didn't do a very good job of caring for her. They cared
so little for her that they couldn't even be bothered to walk her into the
shelter, they had to do it in the dark of night so no one would see them.
Heidi has suffered miserably with chronic ear infections that have went
untreated. Not for days or weeks. Not even for months. We're talking
years...... she's suffered for years with her ears hurting her, every single
day, every single minute. Now her ears are beyond repair. She is
already deaf and she is in constant pain.
The only remedy is a bilateral ear ablation.
What this means is everything will be removed from inside her ears. She will
remain deaf but she will be rid of the constant pain that she's had to deal
with for so long.
We knew Heidi had this problem when we pulled her from the shelter. We knew
it would be expensive to give her the treatment that she needed. We think
Heidi is worth it. She's a young dog and she has many good years left ahead
of her. She is a very sweet, kind and loving dog. We think she deserves
a chance at a happy life with no pain.
The cost of Heidi's surgery, including her spay is going to be $4270. Her
ears are so bad that we cannot wait. Her surgery is set for 2/17/09.
We are hoping to raise as much money as possible to help pay for Heidi's
surgery. NASRN is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations to our group
are tax deductible.
You can make a donation via PayPal at our website
www.NASRN.com If you would like to mail a check, Please make checks payable to "NASRN" and send it to:
NASRN
2457 W. Skyline Lane
Queen Creek, AZ
85242
We hope that this will be the beginning of a new life and
happier times for Heidi. :-)
As of
Feb 17, 2009, we are up to $2,019.84 towards Heidi's surgery!
That's with only
16 people donating. Now if we could have the other 284 members of our NASRN Yahoo
groups donate just $10
we would have
Heidi's surgery paid in full. Were almost to the half way point!!
Please keep those funds coming no amount is to small every donation is greatly
appreciated.
UPDATE: 2/18/09
Heidi is resting comfortably and doing well right now but she still has more
surgery.
One ear was done late yesterday. The vet said, once they opened
her ear up, it was "horrific". Due to the extraordinary amount of puss, they
opted to not spay her at this time. During the course of surgery, a blood
vessel that runs along her face was accidentally cut and bled quite a bit. This
is why they finished the first ear and then stopped the surgery. Heidi
will have her other ear done sometime tomorrow but we are not sure of the time
yet.
Considering all she's been through, Heidi is doing remarkably well.
She is in good spirits and is resting comfortably.
As of Feb 18, 2009,we are up to $2,536!!
Thank you to all how have donated!. We still need more to hit our goal amount of $4,270.
Any donation amount: $1,$5,$10,$100 is greatly appreciated and needed.
Please ask Friends, Family, Co-workers, anyone you think would donate just a Dollar for Heidi.
Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:56 pm
(PST): UPDATE ON NASRN
RESCUE DOG, HEIDI, who underwent bilateral ear ablation surgery this
week:
Heidi has made it through both of her surgeries and is resting
comfortably. She had a horrific infection in both ears, much worse than
we had initially thought. We will be waiting for results on tissue
biopsy. With any luck, she will be going back to her foster home
tomorrow to finish her recovery and wait for that special "forever"
home.
Even though Heidi is deaf, she will be free of pain and hopefully
will feel much better than she has in the past.
Thank you to all of you
that have been worried about her and thank you to those of you who have donated
to help pay for her surgery.
We have raised a little more than 50% of the
cost so far.
Thanks again
As of Feb 19, 2009, we are up to $2,796 towards our goal of $4,270 for Heidi's surgery.
Remember: "No donation is too small". We need about 148 people to donate $10 dollars to be able to pay
off Heidi's vet bill!
Thank you all so much for raising as much as we have
in such a short time!
Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:52 am
(PST)
Hi
Everyone
Well, Heidi finally left the hospital yesterday and went back to her
foster home. She's doing well in her recovery so far.
The bad news is the
bill came out to $4800+change.
I feel really bad about spending this much on
one dog but our only other option was putting her down. She's young and
sweet, it would
have been a shame to have her die over this.
A huge
thank you to all of you that have donated to help us pay her bills. You are
a very special group of people and without your help,
we would not have been
able to save Heidi and many other dogs in the past. I know it sounds
corny and cliche but we would never be able to help
as many dogs as we do if
it were not for the people in this group.
Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:11 pm
(PST)
Hi
Everyone, We are up to $4,021 towards Heidi's vet costs!!
Now we have had a
bit of an increase on Heidi's vet bill which is now $4,800. Still we are
so close to that goal amount so please keep donating...
we're almost
there!!
Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:14 am
(PST)
Heidi's foster mom reports that Heidi is feeling "much" better after her
surgery. She is frisky and playful like a puppy!
We are up to $4,331 towards Heidi's vet costs!! Still we are so close to that
goal amount so PLEASE keep donating - we're almost there!!
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