Dolly is a 5 year old American Pit Bull Terrier in Allen, TX, who needs $2,000 for ICU, Blood Transfusions-Babesia Gibsoni Treatment.

I rescued Dolly from the Fort-worth animal shelter back in December 2022. We were experiencing extreme cold temperatures and the shelter put out a plea for help to foster and adopt, because they would have to euthanize a large number of dogs because the shelter was overcrowded and dogs were being housed outside. I saved Dolly from potential euthanasia, as well as her brother. I went home with two.

Dolly had an emergency splenectomy on February 13 2025, she was recovering well until her CBC lab values dropped to critical, 2 months later. She is fighting Babesia Gibsoni that was dormant until her spleen was removed. Dolly needs continued ICU care and blood transfusions in order to buy her time to allow the medications to start working. She was at MedVet Dallas. I had to bring her home today.

It took Dolly 6 months to walk out the front door. She was completely shut down when we rescued her. She was afraid of everything and especially men. With love and patience she was able to overcome her fears with me and only me. She will not go on walks unless I am with her. If I am walking behind her she will stop and wait for me to catch up, we walk together as our souls are intertwined.

We are still paying off her emergency splenectomy, we used our emergency fund for her first emergency and now we are dealing with another and don’t have that fund available anymore. I am a full time student and I work part time while I try to finish school.