Firefly is a 10-year-old Greyhound in Geneva, OH, who needs $395 for GI Series and X-Rays Needed to Diagnose Extreme Weight Loss.

Now 10 years old, Firefly sustained a serious injury to her right rear leg when she was 4 and she never received the surgery that she needed. Instead, she was shipped to a breeding farm and whelped several litters of puppies. No longer useful to her owner, she came to live in our Sanctuary. Sadly, there is nothing we can do at this point for her leg but she's developed other health problems.

Firefly is a sweet, loving hound that gets along with everyone, humans and animals alike. Before her recent illness, she was always happy to do meet and greets at various events and was an excellent ambassador for her breed. Her calm nature and deep, soulful eyes drew people to her and the way she never let her disability get in the way was an inspiration to us all.

We are a non-profit animal sanctuary to depends on donations to pay for medical bills. We've already raised money to pay for Firefly's previous medications, but need funds to pay for diagnostics. Firefly has been through so much bad in her life and she deserves the best.

Recently, Firefly's kidneys and liver started to show signs of disease and she's not able to properly digest her food. She has lost a good deal of weight. Unfortunately, she has not responded to any medications and needs a special GI series test from Texas A&M and x-rays to further diagnose her illness. Firefly is being treated by Dr. Tom Zulandt, owner of Madison Vet Hospital.

Firefly is a big girl, but she loves to sit on our laps! Somehow, she gets her long legs positioned and gets comfortable. Firefly is also one of the few greyhounds that can sit. We believe that her deformed rear leg allows her to get into a sitting position. She does have extensive nerve damage in that leg. She also has a heart murmur.