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do·nate 1. To present as a gift to a fund or cause, contribute.
2. Help fix a broken heart.
3. To help a young soul soar! |
Meet Maggie May! Maggie came to our shelter from Puerto Rico, She had been rescued off the streets by the wonderful volunteers from All Sato Rescue and was being cared for until she was flown to our shelter. At only 14 weeks old, Maggie has been through quite a lot. Shortly after she was spayed, Maggie developed a severe surgical complication that progressed to kidney failure. On deaths door, she was admitted to our partner hospital at VCA Boston Road on June 2nd and has been in their care ever since. The incredible staff at Boston Road VCA has continued caring for little Maggie around the clock. Maggie could NOT be in better hands as there are a small number of doctors in the country (less than 100, if not much less) who are as skilled, experienced or talented in handling acute kidney injury/failure cases as Dr. Costello. Dr. Costello has trained with two of the original leaders of veterinary hemodialysis and has treated many patient pre and post dialysis and this affords her unique perspective on the management of cases with kidney injury and their recovery needs. The amazing staff and doctors caring for Maggie are our heroes! Although Maggie is STILL hospitalized 10 days after being admitted, we are hopeful that she will be discharged in the next few days and will be able to continue important out-patient medical care. Fortunately, Maggie’s prognosis is much better since she was admitted in such critical care. Maggie’s kidney functions are slowly returning to normal but she’s not out of the woods.
Maggie’s case was critical and we only had a few minutes to make a life or death decision. Either have little Maggie May euthanized due to the high cost of veterinary care she required or treat her and hope that our adopters/donors and supporters would help us raise enough money to pay for her extensive round the clock medical care. For us, it was an easy decision to make. How could WE let this amazing beautiful little girl suffer the pain of complications and kidney failure? She beat the odds living on the streets in Puerto Rico, so she certainly deserved to receive the care she couldn’t live without. We did NOT want our decision about saving Maggie’s life to be based on money, so we hoped and believed that our incredibly supportive shelter friends, supporters, donors and pet lovers would help us help Maggie. So many of you have been amazingly kind, generous and thoughtful when helping the shelter raise money to cover medical costs to help other animals with special needs and special surgeries over the past two decades – animals that would be euthanized at most other shelters.
Though Maggies’ recovery process is long and has required her to remain in the hospital for a lengthy stay which all of our paws are crossed, and we remain positive that the specialist intervened at the right time and were able to help our little Maggie May. We are hopeful her stay should be coming to an end very soon, and as of right now the bill for her treatment and recovery is over $10,000. Even though she’s been in our care for a short time, she has definitely left her mark on our hearts. We want to give Maggie every opportunity at a healthy and happy life! All donations for Maggie will go toward her hospital costs. As of Friday June 10, 2016, there was no word yet on when she’ll finally be released. The hospital removed her catheter, put in a feeding tube, and have started her on solid foods. Hopefully, this will help to get her fluid intake regulated so she can be discharged. We certainly couldn’t look at this sweet soul who had already been through so much after being rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico. We knew couldn’t give up on her. If you could help donate towards Maggie’s care, you can do so by:
Any of our amazing donors who contribute to Maggie’s care and donate $100+, we WOULD LOVE TO send you one of the STERLING SHELTER SUPPORTER SWAG ITEMS – AS A WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU. Select a t-shirt, keychain, travel mug, or shelter supporter decal.
From all your friends at the shelter, with 2 legs and 4, WE THANK YOU!
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This little girl has luckily beat the odds thanks to the amazing medical care she received around the clock, 24/7, by the vet team at VCA’s Boston Road hospital in Springfield, MA.
We didn’t expect Maggie to be hospitalized for an extended amount of time, but being hospitalized since June 2nd her mounting vet care and bills are over $10,000 and growing. Our shelter simply couldn’t give up on her. Maggie deserves to receive the urgent emergency care she
could not live without.
The costs are far more than our shelter can afford, we had Maggie admitted for the emergency care that she needed or would die without receiving. Our shelter runs 100% through surrender, adoption fees, and donations. When we have a “special needs case” we can only do a fundraising campaign to help the pet/s that require the care that we can’t offer in our own clinic.
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