Bella is a 10-year-old Yorkshire Terrier in Charlotte, NC, who needs $1,700 for stabilization of diabetic ketoacidosis and pancreatitis.

Bella has always been a happy and healthy dog. She’s never had anything more serious than an ear infection, however, just last month, she was diagnosed with diabetes, and this week, she was diagnosed as diabetic keto acidosis. This diagnosis hit us pretty hard and it’s been pretty aggressive and accelerated so fast within a month.

Bella loves her family dearly! She’s such a sweet girl and she’s very playful and affectionate. She adores her family and friends to no end. If you knock on her door, she’s guaranteed to greet you with a lot of barking until you acknowledge her and show her some love (much like mini small dogs with big hearts).

Bella can be so silly at times. I think the funniest thing that she does is in a hallway with carpet. I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out… after a walk, she will come into a cabinet hallway put her front paws down and her butt up in the air, and then try to race you to the end of the hallway. She runs SO hard and fast you can hear the speed on the carpet.

Currently, Bella is being treated at Long Animal Hospital in Charlotte North Carolina for her DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) diagnosis. The doctors are trying to treat her pancreatitis (which has caused extreme amounts of vomiting and her lack of appetite). They are also trying to get her glucose numbers down from 450 to as close to 100-200 as possible.

This visit is going to cost $1000-$1700 (depending on their need to keep her from 48 to 72 hours. It was necessary to treat her so that she can be stabilized, otherwise, she would be vomiting 10 to 15 times a day, and as a result not allowing her body to absorb the insulin.