Lucy and Molly is a family of mixed-breed dogs in Monroeville, IN who needs $1,300 for parvovirus treatment .
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About this campaign
These 2 sisters story with our family starts 7 months ago, even though they are only 8 weeks old. See, I lost my best friend of 10 years when a drunk driver plowed through my fence and killed my dog, gizmo. He was my best friend. In the 6 months after I lost Gizzy, I lost my mother to cancer, my job, and my health. I stopped getting out of bed. For weeks I didn't move. Then, on March 1st, my husband came home with the girls. He met a lady in the Dollar general parking lot, with a box of puppies she was giving away. By the time he came out, only one was left, lucy. She had the head of a chihuahua, with buggy eyes and big forehead, but the body of a pocket bully, with stout little bowed legs. She was the ugliest thing he had seen, and he knew I would love her. When he brought her home, she was the most feisty thing I had ever met, and I instantly loved her. She eventually crawled onto the shoulder of my 16 year old son, buried herself in his hair, and promptly fell asleep. As she was sleeping, she was having bad dreams, and kept crying in her sleep. As my son and I were discussing that she was probably sad because she missed her family, my husband received a facebook message from the lady with the puppies. Her neighbor had returned Lucy's sister because her son was too rough, she had remembered his name, would he be willing to take Lucy's sister? He met her back at the dollar general and returned with a beautiful puppy who was twice the size of lucy and looked nothing like her. She was gorgeous, with soft brown hair and a perfect face. She was shy and timid, just the opposite of our lucy in every way. Within 12 hours, these little 8 week old ladies, without 5 pounds between them, clearly ran the house. I was out of bed again. I had babies to feed and train and shower with attention. My teenage boys were actually out in the open, hanging in the living room to play with the girls. And they were awesome. They would run around, and cry whenever they got out of sight of each other. Whenever molly would take off for a different room, lucy would have to gallop to keep up with her. Watching her hightail it on those short little bow legs made me laugh. It felt so good to laugh again. I was getting dressed too. I had to in order to take them outside. I let people come over again. Everyone wanted to meet the girls. I was conversing with my family again. Two hyper puppies do NOT want to lay in bed all day. They brought me back to life. Ot was their 4th day here the first time Lucy threw up. Then molly threw up. At first we figured it was the food change or something; they both were still having solid bowel movements and were running around. Within 12 hours they were lethargic, had diarrhea, and were running low fevers. They had quit vomiting though, so we were cautiously optimistic that they would be okay. For 3 days, I fed them formula mixed with pedialyte and boiled white meat chicken with white rice. I had to put the food in a processor and feed them with a syringe, because they had stopped eating on thier own. Then, on Friday, there was blood in their stools and the vomiting came back. Lucy weighed half a pound, and you could see their little ribs and hips. We took them to the emergency room on Saturday, and sure enough, it was parvo. The good news, we had kept them hydrated and nourished well enough that they have a good chance to make it. The bad news, it would cost 1500.00 dollars per dog for treatment. I was devastated. I had just spent my entire savings 5 months ago burying my mother, and I didn't have 3 grand. I don't even have 300$ So, here we are. It's this, or the vet will euthanize them. Because I don't have money. Apparently, the incubation period for parvo is 3 to 6 days, so they had it when we got them. We did reach out to the lady on facebook, explained the situation, and asked if she maybe had pet insurance or would be willing to apply for some, but she blocked us. I can't lose these girls. I did offer to surrender them, because I can't imagine a world where they do not exist, and i would rather them be alive with a different family than dead, but the vet said no. I am writing this from the waiting room. The girls are in the basket next to me sleeping. Please help them.
- Location
- Monroeville, IN
- Species:
- Dog
- Breed:
- Mix
- Sex:
- Female
