ЕDIT:
Dear friends, all the necessary funds for Bruce’s treatment have been raised. Thank you for your kindness and generocity!
Last summer, thanks to the excellent vets at NOVET, Plovdiv, we tested all dogs at the shelter for heartworm. 24 dogs with a different form and complication of the illness. Many of them – from the old dogs nursery – passed away this winter; others were too risky to treat. By the doctors decision and thanks to your generosity we treated the most prospective cases. Healthy and grateful here they are – Jack, Harley, Kara and Sibir.
All other dogs were immediately started on Ivermektine – a drug that protects them from being infected. Meanwhile we’ve prepared Tarja for treatment. She was lucky to have a personal donor – a kind lady – Gergana donated the necessary amount still needed for her health. Tarja is a sweet mother, about 4 years old, we picked her up half-dead from Seslavci about a year ago. She was gravely ill, but still cared for her 7 skinny babies:
This year, with so many new dogs at the shelter we were worried that despite the prophylactic – we probably have new ill animals. As usual – we were lucky to get the help of d-r Ranko Georgiev and his team at the Central Vet Clinic. Our kindest regards to them for not leaving us in need and always being there for the dogs – homeless or owned.
On their own account the kind doctors tested all our new dogs and surprisingly (and sadly) discovered only one case.
Initially, we were not planning to test Bruce. The dear, smiling Bruce who is always eager to give you his belly for scratching, who gives you his amputated paw for a change of bandages despite the severe pain during the procedure. He has been through so much hardship, why are we bothering him with a test, he will be all right? There is no sense for him to survive being hit by a truck only to be killed by a little worm in his heart!? It is not fair. Still, we decided to test him. Just in case. And he didn’t complain – he is used to bearing anything we do – he is fearless. He is only afraid when we take him outside – the horror and fear of being separated from us is still too strong…
And now, when his test is positive, this fear swallowed us too. The fear that we will have to abandon him. That the fight for his life was lost back then and he has struggled in vain. That the promise we made to him: “Don’t worry dear, everything bad is behind you, we will help you, you will live.” Were a lie. That you, his saviors, already donated for his life and will not be able to do it again. Are we wrong? Can we ask you to save him? Again?
Friends, Bruce is special. The most noble, grateful, kind dog. The one with the warmest eyes and the most sincere joy of everything new and good in the world. A world where people are his friends and love him. Where no one is left behind. Please, help him one more time – let us get together and raise the money for his treatment against heartworm – 400E.
