Penny is a five-year-old Pit Bull in Beverly Hills, CA, who needs $2,000 for urgent medical treatment and testing.

Penny is suffering from a mysterious medical mystery and needs your help!

Deity Animal Rescue tells Waggle that Penny's owners could no longer care for her and surrendered her to their nonprofit organization. "They said when she was six months old, her legs began to bow," Ellen D., the co-founder of the rescue, says. "It continued to progress, and then over the last year, she was so weak she could not get up and walk anymore. If a rescue didn't take Penny, her owners would have had to put her down."

The rescue rushed Penny over to ACCESS Specialty Animal Hospital for urgent care and tests, but after blood work, X-rays, an MRI, a CT scan, and a spinal tap, the cause of Penny's issues is still not clear. "Initially, the tests indicated possible Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The veterinarian put her on antibiotics for that and on additional antibiotics for a skin infection caused by lying in her urine for so long. It's heartbreaking. We feel like we're at a loss. We really want to be able to help her. Penny is truly a special girl," Ellen says.

Penny's shiny and bright personality captures the attention of everyone she meets. Her foster mom adores her, helps Penny use her wheelchair, and pulls her around in a Radio Flyer wagon. Penny is now showing some slight improvement which is giving everyone a glimmer of hope. "Now she can push herself up on her front legs, and with a little help, her back legs come up," Ellen adds. "Penny is trying so hard!"

Physical therapy is the next course of treatment for Penny. Many of the muscles in her legs are atrophied, and if she can regain some strength, the hope is Penny may be able to walk again. The rescue rang up thousands of dollars in medical bills running tests on Penny. They need to raise money to pay the animal hospital for her care. Ellen says Penny is worth every penny, "Her tail does not stop wagging. She's a happy girl. We think she has the ambition to get up again."

Penny may be limited in what her legs can do, but there is no limit to the amount of love and wags she gives. Please help Penny and Deity Animal Rescue!